Theresa May avoids further cabinet resignations as Donald Trump says UK 'in turmoil' - as it happened
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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May chaired the first meeting of her new-look cabinet as she battled to keep her job amid chaos in the Conservative Party.
The prime minister reshuffled her senior ministers on Monday after David Davis and Boris Johnson dramatically resigned in protest at the government's Brexit policy. Jeremy Hunt was moved to foreign secretary and Matt Hancock promoted to health secretary.
However, Ms May's attempts to reassert her authority were dealt a blow when Donald Trump, speaking ahead of his UK trip later in the week, claimed Britain was "in turmoil" and refused to say whether he thought Ms May should keep her job.
"That's up to the people," the US president said.
Ms May and Mr Trump will meet at the Nato summit in Brussels before holding talks in the UK on Thursday and Friday.
Here's how Europe's newspapers are reporting the political "state of emergency'" in "destabilised" Britain, by Jon Stone...
Brexiteers who believe the UK will be able to get cheaper components for manufacturing outside the EU should “get real”, a Tory MP has said, writes Lizzy Buchan.
Pro-EU backbencher Stephen Hammond took aim at his Eurosceptic colleagues during a parliamentary debate, where he set out the importance of customs arrangements on the motor industry, as car parts could come from many different places, leading to reams of bureaucracy for firms.
It comes after Owen Paterson, a former Conservative minister, said firms would be "better off" if the UK leaves the customs union as they will "have access to cheaper parts and components all around the world and European suppliers will be forced to compete".
He said: “It betrays a lack of knowledge of the integrated nature of manufacturing that the 21st century world is and it shows that someone making those assertions - the only response can be get real.”
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NEW: Two Conservative Party vice chairs have resigned over their opposition to the government's Brexit policy.
According to Ukip MEP Patrick O'Flynn, No 10 is blocking David Davis' chief of staff, Stewart Jackson, from carrying on under new Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab...
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Labour is calling for Esther McVey, the shadow work and pensions secretary, to be docked four weeks' pay over her department's handling of universal credit.
The party has tabled a parliamentary motion saying the Department for Work and Pensions' policy of using sanctions to "penalise claimants for not meeting their responsibilities" should be extended to government ministers.
Margaret Greenwood MP, the shadow work and Pensions secretary, said:
“Universal Credit’s roll out has caused real hardship for many people. It has pushed people into debt, rent arrears and forced some to rely on foodbanks.
“Esther McVey needs to get her act together, pause the roll out and come up with a plan to address the serious flaws in Universal Credit.”
Jared O'Mara, the Labour MP who was suspended over a string of offensive comments, has told ITV he attempted suicide on three occasions during his nine-month suspension.
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