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It has been a weekend of riots. They began on Friday night in Sunderland, and were repeated in Bristol, Stoke, Hull, Belfast, Leeds, Manchester, Blackpool and Liverpool on Saturday. People threw bricks and bottles at the police, who put up their shields and wielded batons in response. In Hull, a Greggs and a Specsavers were smashed up and a Shoezone was set on fire. Some cities, such as London, saw protests that did not escalate. The Sunday Telegraph says that courts could be open for 24 hours a day in order to dampen the chaos. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said that ‘criminal violence and disorder has no place on Britain’s streets’. The National Police Chiefs Council said they are bringing in 4,000 more police officers to calm tensions over the next few days.

Labour has won the Blackpool by-election as the Tory party also performed badly in local election results overnight, losing 280 seats so far. Here are the results: Labour: 736 seats (+115) Tories: 283 seats (-280) Liberal Democrats: 242 seats (+43) Green: 77 seats (+35) Reform: 0 seats Some Tories will be breathing a sigh of relief not to have beaten into third place in Blackpool by Richard Tice's party. Ben Houchen's re-election for a third term as Tees Valley mayor will also have calmed some nerves. But there are few other glimmers of hope. Keir Starmer has won key bellwether councils, such as Redditch, Thurrock and Hartlepool suggesting that Labour is on course for a general election win, even if there are signs that his position on Gaza cost his party seats.

Last week I stood here to announce the ending of the cooperation agreement between the SNP and the Greens: the Bute House Agreement, and that the SNP would seek to govern as a minority government. I made that decision as leader of the SNP because I believed the Bute House Agreement was the right one for the party I lead, and I still do believe that to be the case. But most importantly, I believe it was the right decision for the country. My hope was to continue working with the Greens, in a less formal arrangement as the SNP moved into a new phase of minority government. Unfortunately, in ending the Bute House Agreement in the manner that I did, I clearly underestimated the level of hurt and upset I caused Green colleagues.

Tonight saw the second reading of the Sunak administration's flagship Tobacco and Vapes Bill. As expected the government easily won the vote by 383 votes to 67, thanks to Labour's support of the legislation. However some 59 Tories chose to cast a vote of protest against plans to introduce a generational ban on smoking, with dozens more abstaining. Below you can find a full list of those who voted against Sunak's smoking ban by their various party affiliation.

The Princess of Wales this evening revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer, and that she is being treated with chemotherapy. Read her full video message here: I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you personally for all the wonderful messages of support and for your understanding whilst I have been recovering from surgery. It has been an incredibly tough couple of months for our entire family, but I've had a fantastic medical team who have taken great care of me, for which I am so grateful. In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time, it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous. The surgery was successful. However, tests after the operation found cancer had been present.

It's not looking good for Lindsay Hoyle, with MPs continuing to sign Will Wragg’s Early Day Motion of no-confidence in the Speaker. The current number now stands at 93 signatories – more than one in eight MPs who sit in the House of 650 Members. Among them are 47 Tories, 42 SNP, three Plaid Cymru and one independent.

The Rwanda Bill tomorrow gets its Third Reading in the House of Commons. But before that comes the committee stage, with MPs on the right of the Conservative MPs putting down amendments to the Bill. Some are warning that unless the Bill is amended to make it tougher today then they will either abstain or even vote against it tomorrow night. If Rishi Sunak and the Whips' Office were to lose such a vote on a major piece of legislation at Third Reading – at a time when they still boast a working majority of 54 – then it would constitute a major crisis for the government. Below are a list of MPs who have publicly said that they are prepared to vote against the Rwanda Bill tomorrow: Simon Clarke – 'I am minded as things stand today to vote against.

Fourteen months after Liz Truss left Downing Street, her list of resignation honours has today finally been finally published. It contains eleven names, three of whom receive peerages and will take up seats in the House of Lords. Four of the recipients are, like Truss, sitting Conservative MPs in the House of Commons. Here is the full list of those who have received gongs: Peerages: Matthew Elliott  Political Strategist and formerly Chief Executive of Vote Leave. Jon Moynihan  Formerly CEO and Executive Chairman of PA Consulting Group. Formerly Chairman of Vote  Leave. Ruth Porter  Deputy Chief of Staff to the former Prime Minister in 2022.