Tory proposal to leave ECHR would put peace in Northern Ireland at risk, Labour suggests – as it happened

Kemi Badenoch. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

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Afternoon summary

• Donald Trump-style blanket travel bans on foreign citizens could be “viable” in the UK, Kemi Badenoch has said after giving a speech about law and immigration.

• Labour has suggested that Badenoch’s proposal for the UK to leave the European convention on human rights could put peace in Northern Ireland at risk. (See 3.28pm.)

• Scottish Labour’s surprise byelection win proves “the SNP’s balloon has burst”, a jubilant Anas Sarwar has said, after the popular local candidate, Davy Russell, defied predictions to beat the incumbent Scottish National party and fight off Reform UK’s “racist” campaigning in the central Scotland seat of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse.

• Reform UK was right to start a debate on banning the burqa even though it triggered the resignation of its chair, Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader, has said.

• If the decisions the UK government makes in its upcoming spending review are not in line with the net zero climate target it risks being taken to court again, campaigners have said.

For a full list of all the stories covered here today, scroll through the key events timeline at the top of the blog.

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Downing Street welcomes Council of Europe's suggestion that ECHR might be reformed

Kemi Badenoch was today quite sceptical about the suggestion from the secretary general of the Council of Europe that the ECHR might be reformed. (See 11.15am and 11.39am.)

But Downing Street welcomed what Alain Berset said in his Times interview. A No 10 spokesperson said:

Border security is vital to national security, and we welcome efforts to ensure the European Convention on Human Rights is being applied correctly and allowing countries to protect their borders.

It’s important there is discussion on how the ECHR operates to ensure it can safeguard human rights while meeting the needs of democracies. The Prime Minister has been clear on this, it should be parliament that makes the rules on immigration and government that makes the policy.