MPs vote down Farage’s proposal for UK to leave ECHR – as it happened

Nigel Farage. Photograph: Parliament.tv

5.20pm GMT

Afternoon summary

• Keir Starmer has refused to rule out tax rises in next month’s budget, which would breach Labour’s manifesto promises, boosting speculation that Rachel Reeves is considering raising income tax to reduce a shortfall.

• MPs have voted down a 10-minute rule bill proposed by Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, for the UK to leave the European convention on human rights. Under the 10-minute rule process, there was no chance of the bill being passed anyway. But the Liberal Democrats, who led opposition to Farage, claimed the result as a win. Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, said:

We just defeated Nigel Farage’s bill in parliament to tear up people’s rights and withdraw from the ECHR. Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into a version of Trump’s America. We stopped him.

• Defence lawyers would have used Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly’s statements about China to dismiss a case against two men charged with spying for Beijing, Lord Hermer, the attorney general, has argued.

• The UK government will go “all in” on clean energy and climate policy, Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, has said, as he unveiled plans to put the UK back on track to reach its net zero commitments.

• Reform UK has set out plans for changes to personal independence payments (Pip) that the party says could save up to £9bn a year, with Lee Anderson, one of its MPs, saying he used to “game the system” to help people become eligible for the benefit.

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.

5.07pm GMT

Former SNP MP Mhairi Black gets role in new BBC legal drama

Former MP Mhairi Black has joined the cast of a new BBC legal drama in her first television acting role, PA Media reports. PA says:

She plays a police detective in Counsels, which is being filmed in Glasgow and will be aired on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer.

Black will appear in four episodes of the eight-part series, and starts filming next week.

Black, who stepped down as an SNP MP last year, said: “I’m excited to be joining Counsels and look forward to getting stuck in to playing Detective Inspector Bridges.

“I’ve been relishing trying different things since politics, this is my first TV acting role and I really enjoyed auditioning for the part.

“To work on a series which is set and filmed in Glasgow is an amazing opportunity – what a brilliant show to be a part of.”