Brexit second referendum – as it happened: Nigel Farage and Arron Banks make surprise call for another vote
Senior figures in Leave campaign say another Brexit poll might be needed to 'settle issue for a generation'
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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May has delivered a landmark speech on the environment in which she laid out the Government's 25-year plan for reducing waste and tackling climate change.
The Prime Minister pledged to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042, alongside a range of other measures, but environmental groups said the plan lacks "urgency, detail and bite".
Also included in the Government's strategy are a £7bn fund for "plastics innovation" and plans to encourage supermarkets to set up plastic-free aisles.
Elsewhere, Boris Johnson will use a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to raise the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The British mother has been imprisoned in Iran since April 2016. And new analysis commissioned by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, showed a no deal Brexit could cost the UK economy up to £50bn.
That's it for today's live blog on a day that Theresa May declared war on plastic, Nigel Farage came out in support of a second EU referendum, Labour lost a frontbencher, Bananarama featured in the House of Commons and the House of Lords made history - of sorts. We'll have more from Westminster for you tomorrow - see you then.
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