Ken Clarke tells peers he can’t support new Rwanda bill because overturning supreme court ruling ‘very dangerous’ – as it happened

6.01pm GMT

Early evening summary

• Ken Clarke, a Conservative former chancellor and former lord chancellor, has told peers that, while he supported the government’s last Rwanda bill, he cannot support the new one because overturning a supreme court judgment is a “very dangerous constitutional provision”. (See 5.42pm.)

• An inquiry has concluded that some of the decisions taken by bodies involved in the Teesworks redevelopment “do not meet the standards expected when managing public funds”. (See 5.44pm.)

• George Freeman, who resigned from government last year, has said that he quit because he could not afford rising mortgage repayments on his £120,000 ministerial salary.

• Nicola Sturgeon broke confidentiality and “jumped the gun” when she announced a ban on mass gatherings in Scotland before other parts of the UK agreed to the move during the pandemic, the UK Covid inquiry has heard.

• The Democratic Unionist party is to consider ending its two-year boycott of power-sharing in Northern Ireland at a meeting tonight that could make or break Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s leadership.

• UK ministers will aim to stop firms from skirting around an upcoming ban on disposable vapes by eliminating ruses such as attaching charging points to them, Victoria Atkins, the health secretary, has said.

Keir Starmer travelling by train to Warrington today. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Updated at 6.18pm GMT

5.53pm GMT

Ben Houchen, who as Conservative Tees Valley mayor has facilitated and championed the Teesworks redevelopment scheme, claims it has been vindicated by the report published this afternoon because it says that there is no evidence of corruption and illegality – despite what has been suggested by some media reports, and by Labour.

@TeesworksUK Independent Review published

👉 In black and white, “no evidence to support allegations of corruption or illegality”.

Confirms land was not sold for £100, but instead a wider deal was done worth £39m.

❌@AndyMcdonaldMP LIED and cost Teesside investment & jobs.

🚨 @TeesworksUK Independent Review published

👉 In black and white, “no evidence to support allegations of corruption or illegality”.

Confirms land was not sold for £100, but instead a wider deal was done worth £39m.

❌@AndyMcdonaldMP LIED and cost Teesside investment & jobs. pic.twitter.com/40Ckkblef0

— Ben Houchen (@BenHouchen) January 29, 2024