The Liberal Democrats were partners in the Holyrood government bewteen 1999 and 2007 – but returned just 5 MSPs back in 2011. Can they fare better this time round?

The foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has hinted that British ground troops could be sent to Libya in the future. Crispin Blunt is the Conservative chair of the influential Foreign Affairs Committee.

Junior doctors could go back to the negotiating table ahead of Tuesday’s strike – if the Health Secretary agrees to a new proposal, being brokered by the Labour party. A group of MPs have written to Jeremy Hunt, urging him to try out the new working rules for junior doctors in a small number of locations only.

that if Britain leaves the EU it would be “at the back of the queue” for a trade deal with the US.

Barack Obama has given his backing to Britain remaining part of the EU. But he has been accused of hypocrisy by Eurosceptics after his very public intervention.

Leave campaigners branded the US President a “lame duck” after his warning that Britain would be at the “back of the queue” for an American trade deal if it leaves Europe.