UK politics: Risk of Maccabi Tel Aviv facing antisemitic attacks not ‘predominant’ reason for match ban, police tell MPs – as it happened

Police form cordons outside Villa Park stadium in Birmingham. Photograph: Lab Ky Mo/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

5.34pm GMT

Afternoon summary

• Michael Prescott, the BBC adviser who wrote the memo about the Trump speech edit that led to the resignation of the director general, has told the Commons culture committee that he does not think the corporation is institutionally biased. The hearing is still taking place. Frances Mao is covering the hearing on a separate live blog.

• Two long-serving peers are to be suspended from the House of Lords after a parliamentary watchdog ruled that they had broken lobbying rules.

• Peter Kyle, the business secretary, has opened the door to bosses to influence Labour’s landmark changes to workers’ rights, amid boardroom fears over jobs and growth.

• Rachel Reeves is expected to reveal in this week’s budget that the UK’s economic growth forecasts have been downgraded in each of the next five years despite her efforts to boost output.

• MPs have been told that the risk of antisemitic hate crime was not the “predominant” reason why West Midlands police wanted to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending the Europa League match at Aston Villa. (See 2.24pm.)

For a full list of all the stories covered on the blog today, do scroll through the list of key event headlines near the top of the blog.

5.25pm GMT

Zia Yusuf, head of policy for Reform UK, told the CBI conference during a Q&A that Britain should be more welcoming to wealth and to job creators, Sky News reports. He said many people view Britain as it is now as uninvestible.

In response to his appearance, the Conservative party posted this on social media.

No TV coverage and a half empty hall.

If Zia Yusuf addresses the CBI and no one hears it... did it really happen