Dying

Just seen an elderly gentleman turned away from a polling station in the Lewisham West and East Dulwich constituency for not having photo ID. He was very upset. Asked if he would come back later, he said: “Well I won’t bother now.” Some policy.

James Timpson and Sir Patrick Vallance given peerages and appointed to be (respectively) minister of state for prisons and for minister of state for science. If you’re wondering how direct ministerial appointments to the Lords work, wonder no more instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/dire…

For all newly-elected MPs- and incoming staff- the Institute for Government has pulled together our most useful explainers about Parliament, covering everything from the support you will get to do your role to how you can scrutinise a Budget. instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ifg-academy/pa…

Looking forward to my first shift inducting new MPs to Parliament today. Over half of the Commons will be made up of new MPs when it first sits next week to elect the Speaker.

We’re pleased to confirm new Ministerial briefs at the Department for Transport: Louise Haigh - Secretary of State Lord Peter Hendy - Rail Lilian Greenwood - Future of Roads Simon Lightwood MP - Local Transport Mike Kane - Aviation, Maritime and Security

How cowardly to pick on Naz Shah. I - proudly - took my Oath on the Hebrew Bible, wearing my Kipa. “Why do we allow this?” Because we’re a decent, tolerant, welcoming country under the Rule of Law. Which makes space for people of all religions and of none. And even bigots.

Gareth Southgate is a shining example of what modern Englishness should be. We are indebted to him.

Report by National Audit Office says new HS2 trains will have less space than existing services bbc.in/3A2svrq

Cancelling HS2 Phase 2 means no 900-seat trains London<>Birmingham<>Manchester, fares now need to rise to throttle demand on the existing line: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… But it's worse than that, see next tweet... 1/3

Our Passenger Railway Services Bill will improve rail travel by bringing train operators into public ownership 🚆 Today marks its second reading in UK House of Commons. Find out what a publicly owned railway will mean for you 👇

After negotiations through usual channels the allocation of select committee chairs to the parties has been agreed. Tories get five, Lib Dems three.

Deputy Speaker announces the timetable for election of select committee chairs and chair of Backbench Business Committee - nominations close 4pm on Monday 9 September. Elections on Wednesday 11 September.

Chuckling

Zaf is a taxi driver. He’s born and bred Sunderland He broke down when he described the hate he’d received This was seconds before racial slurs were thrown, telling him to “go back to his own country” A short clip. Hard, but important, so please watch

Unreal. Legend.

Absolutely awful incident.

Today we've announced new steps that will help put bus services back into the hands of local people. For more information on how this will benefit local communities: gov.uk/government/new…

Councils to take control of local buses under government plan bbc.in/4eeCWXT

Following an election, the Chair of the Transport Committee is Ruth Cadbury