Uk politics: Voters want MPs to swear allegiance to their constituents, not to king, poll suggests – as it happened

King Charles III and Queen Camilla after the state opening of parliament earlier this month Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

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Early evening summary

• A former counter-terrorism police chief has accused Nigel Farage of helping incite violence that broke out in Southport after the killing of three children in a knife attack this week.

• Angela Rayner has promised her planning changes will not lead to “a load of ugly houses”, as she set out plans for more GP surgeries, roads and schools around developments to win over the “nimbys”. Asked to explain why she has removed a requirement for buildings to be “beautiful” from the revised national planning policy framework (NPPF), Rayner said: “Beautiful means nothing really, it means one thing to one person and another thing to another.” (See 12.42pm.)

• Ministers have rejected claims that Tory-voting areas are being disproportionately forced to accept higher housing targets. (See 10.17am and 12.16pm.)

• Rayner has confirmed that she wants to restrict, but not get rid of, right to buy. (See 12.57pm.)

• Rayner has suggested that people will drop their objections to new homes being built in their communities if there is proper infrastructure in place. (See 11.45am.)

• Republic, the group campaigning against having a constitutional monarchy, has released polling suggesting people overwhelming want MPs to swear allegiance to their constituents, not to the king. (See 4.16pm.)

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Universities face sanctions if they fail to stop 'abuse of power' in staff/student relationships, watchdog says

Universities in England could face sanctions if they fail to take steps to prevent an “abuse of power” in intimate personal relationships between university staff and students, the higher education watchdog has said. PA Media reports:

The Office for Students (OfS) will introduce a new condition of registration which will require higher education institutions in England to set out how they are protecting students from harassment and sexual misconduct.

It comes after a fifth of students who responded to an OfS survey said they had experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in the 2022/23 academic year.

Universities and colleges will not be able to use non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), which forbid students from talking about incidents of harassment or sexual misconduct, under the OfS’s condition of registration.

Higher education institutions will be required to take “one or more steps to make a significant and credible difference in protecting students” from any conflict of interest or “abuse of power” in intimate staff-student relationships.

But universities will have the flexibility to develop and publish their own policies on relationships between staff and students – including the restrictions or prohibitions they consider appropriate, the watchdog has said.