Summary

  • MPs vote by 382 votes to 128 to allow the creation of babies using DNA from three people

  • Conservatives unveil plans to give English MPs a veto over laws that only affect England

  • Labour rejects fresh claims it is "anti-business" - the criticism is led by ex-M&S boss Lord Rose

  • There are 93 days to go until the General Election on 7 May

  • Rolling coverage from the BBC's political team - from Today and Breakfast through to Newsnight and Today in Parliament

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  1. Goodnightpublished at 23:57 GMT 3 February 2015

    That's all from the Politics Live team for tonight, at the end of a day which saw MPs vote by 382 votes to 128 to allow the creation of babies using DNA from three people. The leader of the House of Commons, William Hague, has unveiled Conservative plans that would see English MPs able to veto laws on English-only matters. And Labour has unveiled its proposals to improve infrastructure projects, while responding to criticism from business leaders.

    We'll be back at 06:00, with the latest news and comment, including from the Today programme and BBC Breakfast. It looks like being a busy day in Parliament with Prime Minister's Questions; Sir John Chilcot giving evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee about his delayed report into the Iraq war, and suggestions Theresa May will announce a new head and terms of reference for the inquiry into claims of historical child abuse.

  2. Chris Mason, BBC political correspondentpublished at 23:50 GMT 3 February 2015

    tweets:, external Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna tells @SkyNews: "We want to help people make their first million."

  3. Britain Elects, polling analystspublished at 23:49 GMT 3 February 2015

    tweets, external: It appears images of Lord Ashcroft's Scottish polls have somehow been leaked.

    and

    tweets, external: According to the leaked polls, fifteen seats have been polled and fourteen have the SNP ahead.

    and

    tweets, external: Amongst the polled (leaked) constituencies big names look set to lose their seats: Douglas Alexander, Danny Alexander and Margaret Curran.

  4. Labour business rowpublished at 23:36 GMT 3 February 2015

    BBC Newsnight
    BBC Two, 22:30

    Responding to criticism from Yo! Sushi founder Simon Woodroffe that Labour appeared to be putting forward an anti-business message, shadow chancellor Ed Balls told Newsnight: "Who is the party now saying let's work with business to see rising prosperity - I think that is actually where we are. Keep us in the European Union, not lurch off to the extremes where you say that we're going to potentially leave Europe and take us back to a 1930s level of public spending, which would mean fewer apprenticeships, second class infrastructure and our public services undermined. The Tories have left the centre ground, lurched to the right, we're the centre ground pro-business party today".

  5. Inside the Commons - reviewspublished at 23:27 GMT 3 February 2015

    The first episode of Michael Cockerell's Inside the Commons documentary series appears to have won over the reviewers.

    Gerard O'Donovan in the Daily Telegraph, external says "it made a convincing argument that, despite all its leaks and creaks and arcane ways, the Commons is an institution worth preserving". He adds Cockerell's "vivid capturing" of the emotions of those working in Parliament "was by far the most unusual, and impressive, achievement" of the film.

    For Anoosh Chakelian in the Spectator, external, "amid the neo-Gothic magnificence are the banal, bizarre, and often frustrating realities of a career in parliament, and these are the most compelling stories". She says: "The documentary also offers an intriguing insight into the lives of parliamentary staff".

    The Independent's Sally Newal, external says the fact the film manages to find the human side of those beasts, big and small, "makes this revealing series a winner so far".

    And Andrew Billen at The Times, external awarded the show five stars, saying Michael Cockerell had "let daylight into Parliament".

    Still from Inside the Commons documentary
  6. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 23:13 GMT 3 February 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Wednesday's Daily Mail: "Sex lessons at 5 under Labour" (via @hendopolis) #tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers

    Tomorrow's Mail front pageImage source, Daily Mail
  7. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 23:05 GMT 3 February 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Wednesday's Guardian: "Jordan vows revenge on ISIS over brutal death of hostage" (via @hendopolis) #BBCPapers

    Tomorrow's Guardian front pageImage source, The Guardian
  8. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 23:02 GMT 3 February 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Wednesday's Mirror: "How do you feel about your wife working for tax avoiders, Mr Cameron?" (via @hendopolis)

    Tomorrow's front page of The MirrorImage source, Daily Mirror
  9. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 23:01 GMT 3 February 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Wednesday's FT: "ECB's 'hardball' stance threatens to leave Greece without funding" (via @hendopolis) #BBCPapers

    Tomorrow's FT front pageImage source, Financial Times
  10. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 22:55 GMT 3 February 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Wednesday's Times: "Rotherham: police and politicians 'abused girls'" (via @hendopolis) #tomorrowspaperstoday

    Tomorrow's Times front pageImage source, The Times
  11. Labour business rowpublished at 22:52 GMT 3 February 2015

    Shadow chancellor Ed Balls tells BBC Newsnight he believes most business leaders in the UK are in the centre ground and do not want to be involved in party politics.

    Ed Balls
  12. Ian Katz, BBC Newsnight editorpublished at 22:48 GMT 3 February 2015

    tweets, external: Ed Balls says Boots boss Stefano Pessina is a producer, not a predator (despite Labour's attack on him this week) #newsnight

  13. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 22:43 GMT 3 February 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Wednesday's Telegraph: "IDS - We've reversed the boom in benefits" (via @hendopolis) #tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers

    Tomorrow's Telegraph front pageImage source, Daily Telegraph
  14. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 22:39 GMT 3 February 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Wednesday's Daily Express: "Cancer to hit 1 in 2 Britons" (via @hendopolis) #tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers

    Tomorrow's Express front pageImage source, Daily Express
  15. Labour business rowpublished at 22:37 GMT 3 February 2015

    BBC Newsnight
    BBC Two, 22:30

    The founder of restaurant chain Yo! Sushi, Simon Woodroffe, has told BBC Newsnight that Labour's approach to business "scared" him he was worried the party had chosen a populist anti-business message.

    Mr Woodroffe appeared in a 2004 Labour Party political broadcast, but later made a personal donation to a Conservative Party candidate. "What I worry about with Ed Miliband is that he is appealing to the popular by saying 'look at these fat cats'. What I want our leader to say is 'we want enormous profits, and yes we are going to share them out later, but first of all we've got to make it'."

    You can see the interview on BBC Newsnight on BBC Two now or later on BBC iPlayer.

  16. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 22:24 GMT 3 February 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Wednesday's Metro: "Pilot is burned alive in IS cage" (via @hendopolis) #tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers

    Tomorrow's Metro front pageImage source, Metro
  17. Mike Smithson, polling analystpublished at 22:23 GMT 3 February 2015

    tweets:, external William Hill tell me that punter from Hampstead just bet £5k at 4/5 that EdM will be next PM.

  18. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 22:21 GMT 3 February 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Wednesday's International NY Times: "ISIS shows Jordanian pilot being burned alive" (via @hendopolis) #bbcpapers

    Tomorrow's International NYT front pageImage source, New York Times
  19. Justin Tomlinson, Conservative MP for North Swindonpublished at 22:15 GMT 3 February 2015

    tweets, external: Impressive & insightful behind the scenes in the House of Commons; showing Parliament in action is great for democracy #InsideTheCommons

  20. Huhne Commons passpublished at 21:58 GMT 3 February 2015

    Former Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has been granted a Commons pass, a Freedom of Information Act request has revealed. The ex-Eastleigh MP, who was jailed for perverting the course of justice in 2013, is among 360 former MPs given access to the Parliamentary estate, the Press Association has found.