The debate on the assisted dying bill is ongoing in the House of Lords.

Peers are speaking in favour and against the legislation before they send it back to the Commons.

Lord George Carey - who was the most senior Church of England priest from 1991 to 2002 - says it is not worth risking either the Church's or the Lords' "legitimacy" by standing in the way of a bill that has the support of the public and Commons.

He added that he believed there are safeguards and protections in the Bill which "without question will resist abuse".

Several peers spoke powerfully in opposition to the bill, incuding Labour's Baroness Luciana Berger, Tory Lord David Frost and former lord justice of appeal Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss.

By Mark Stone, US correspondent

The weeks and months ahead will determine whether Keir Starmer has been naive.

We will find out just how successful the attempt to deepen a bond with this mercurial president has been.

Has the prime minister actually achieved something with this state visit, or will it amount to nothing?

But there is plenty to absorb from these remarkable two days.

Here are my immediate reflections.

First, there is no question that both sides are very happy with how it went.

I had a quick chat with Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, as the PM-president talks wrapped up at Chequers.

Her face and her persona said it all. But she spelt it out anyway for me: "The whole thing has been just great."

"Every part of it. Dinner was the best bit," she told me, before adding: "I just want to do it all over again."

This week, the government deported two small boat migrants to France as part of the one in, one out deal.

But its status as a deterrent is under question - as people are still crossing the Channel in small boats. 

Having set off this morning, dozens of people have been collected from the waterway by Border Force and brough ashore for processing.

If the government gets its way, most of them will be returned to France.

An 'immediate deterrence'

Deputy prime minister David Lammy told broadcasters earlier that "it has been very important to increase the numbers of people that we are returning" to where they're from - although this is a reference to other deportations like criminals.

He claims the "pilot" deal with France is a "milestone" as it sends an "immediate deterrence".

Lammy says that the government hopes more people will be sent abroad in the coming months and years.

Asked if the UK would send in the military as Donald Trump suggested to stop people crossing the Channel, Lammy said: "We've got amazing border guard.

"The Navy do play a role in providing some of the support and logistics that you recognise and need, in the Channel. 

"And I'm also very pleased that Ministry of Defence colleagues are working closely with the Home Office as we look harder, at a new group of accommodation, on some of those sites where we can accommodate, those who are waiting for their asylum applications."

While MPs are back on recess for party conferences, the House of Lords is still sitting till the end of today.

Currently, they are debating the controversial Assisted Dying Bill.

Last week, former prime minister Theres May called it an "assisted suicide bill" and said it "effectively says suicide is OK".

Speaking today, Labour peer Glenys Thornton said: "I was saddened last week by the noble Lady Baroness May speaking about this being a suicide bill.

"People have written to me in the last week, very distressed, and they say, 'we are not suicidal, we want to live, but we are dying, and we do not have the choice or ability to change that'.

"Assisted dying is not suicide."

Like others, she told her colleagues their job is to "scrutinise [the bill] further and improve it, if we need to do so".

Outside parliament, protesters once again gathered.

They have been a common sight in Westminster whenever the legislation is discussed.

Having passed initial Commons scrutiny, the bill will be debated and amended in the Lords before returning to MPs to consider.

As we reported earlier, an Eritrean man was deported to France this morning having lost a legal appeal against the decision yesterday.

Paste BN has learnt this was down to a change in guidance made following a similar challenge earlier in the week.

In a court hearing on Tuesday, a different man was given a reprieve for deportation as his claim of being a victim of modern slavery was reexamined - having had it previously rejected.

This ability to get a reconsideration of an assessment of modern slavery was tightened on Tuesday evening in guidance provided by the Home Office.

A Home Office source told Paste BN: "The first case was delayed so that the claimant could provide evidence for a reconsideration.

"Immediately afterwards, we closed off that route."

Unions representing more than a million NHS workers have pulled out of the government's pay review process in a bid to negotiate reforms to salary bands and structure.

Almost every union that represents staff on Agenda for Change contracts is taking part in the boycott.

These contracts are for workers who aren't doctors or dentists.

This row seems to be far off from industrial action, and is more about changing what the unions view as an outdated structure for pay.

But there is still a warning for ministers - with the unions saying that  "discontent with the 2025 pay award and the broken promises on talks have heightened industrial tension and time is running out".

They want to sit down with bosses and ministers to ensure workers are in the right pay band, as well as discussing payrises - a process they believe is too complicated and nuanced for the pay review body process.

They also want to see investment into the NHS.

Pay review bodies make recommendations on public sector payrises based on evidence provided by government, unions and other stakeholders.

Helga Pile, who is chair of the NHS unions and Unison head of health, said: "The government promised talks over a year ago and they still haven't got round the table with unions with any proper plan to sort things out."

She added: "Some things need sorting urgently while others will take longer to work through. But the important thing is that we agree a plan and get the funding needed to reach a deal.

"The health secretary wants a more efficient system and that begins with getting pay right. Tackling this now will help to deliver the pay rise when it's due in April rather than kicking the can down the road leaving staff with months of delays."

 This morning, a second man was deported from the UK to France as part of the one in, one out deal.

While this was taking place, people at Gravelines beach near Calais were starting a journey the other way.

By Faye Brown, political reporter

"Diplomatic efforts" are underway to resolve the dispute between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, Paste BN understands. 

The co-leaders of Your Party have had a bitter falling out over the paid membership system, as we reported yesterday. 

A source close to the pair is attempting to mediate behind the scenes to salvage the party's future, they told Paste BN.

The row was sparked after Corbyn told supporters to ignore an "unauthorised" email which urged them to sign up for £55 a year or £5 a week. He urged them to cancel their direct debits, and said legal advice was being taken.

Sultana admitted to launching the membership portal, but claimed she did so after being “sidelined” by a "sexist boys club".

It has led to speculation about what - if any - future is in store for Your Party, which was only launched in July and has yet to agree its official name, let alone decided on policies and select candidates. 

By Sarah Taaffe-Maguire, business and economics reporter

Government borrowing last month was the highest in five years, official figures show, exacerbating the challenge facing Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Not since 2020, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic with the furlough scheme ongoing, was the August borrowing figure so high, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Tax and national insurance receipts were "noticeably" higher than last year, but those rises were offset by higher spending on public services, benefits and interest payments on debt, the ONS said.

It meant there was an £18bn gap between government spending and income, a figure £5.25bn higher than expected by economists polled by Reuters.

It compounds the problem for Ms Reeves as she approaches the November budget.

Her self-imposed fiscal rules say she must bring down government debt and balance the budget by 2030.

Responding to the figures, Ms Reeves's deputy, chief secretary to the Treasury, James Murray, said: "This government has a plan to bring down borrowing because taxpayer money should be spent on the country's priorities, not on debt interest.

"Our focus is on economic stability, fiscal responsibility, ripping up needless red tape, tearing out waste from our public services, driving forward reforms, and putting more money in working people's pockets."

In the coming days, the UK is set to recognise the state of Palestine.

Political correspondent Serena Barker-Singh has delved into the topic, and the changes in position that have led us to this point.

Watch her full investigation below: