Jenrick accused of being ‘anti-British’ after saying he would ‘probably’ ban burqa – as it happened

Robert Jenrick said supporting a burqa ban was not an extreme position Photograph: James Veysey/Shutterstock

6.00pm BST

Early evening summary

• Rachel Reeves has blamed a heavier than anticipated blow from Brexit and austerity for forcing her to take action to balance the books at next month’s autumn budget.

• The governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, has warned recent events in US private credit markets have worrying echoes of the sub-prime mortgage crisis that kicked off the global financial crash of 2008.

• Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, has said that he would probably support banning women wearing burqas in public. (See 4.03pm.)

• Boris Johnson laid blame on the Department for Education (DfE) over its lack of preparation for school closures at the outbreak of the pandemic, telling the Covid-19 inquiry that he assumed detailed planning was going on behind the scenes.

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.

5.52pm BST

Green party reaches its highest level in YouGov poll, at 15% - level with Lib Dems, and 2 points behind Tories

The Green party is at 15% in the latest YouGov poll, level pegging with the Lib Dems. And both parties are only 2 points behind the Tories. It is the highest figure the Greens have reached in a YouGov poll.