In interviews with The Sunday Times and Andrew Marr, new Education Secretary Damian Hinds signalled he would encourage restrictions on pupils’ rights to sex education.

A survey by Kantar Public, published today (Sunday, 18 February), has found that 56% of the public judge the Conservatives’ handling of Berexit as poor or very poor.

Everything Theresa May said in this speech illustrated that being in the EU is the best way of securing our security objectives.

Last night, in a bumper crop of by-elections the Liberal Democrats made a hat-trick of gains and huge increases in the vote in a brace of others:

Dawlish Central & North East (Teignbridge) result:

LDEM: 70.6% (+52.4)
CON: 29.4% (+5.6)

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.

— Britain Elects (@britainelects) February 16, 2018

Chudleigh (Teignbridge) result:

LDEM: 41.0% (+31.1)
CON: 40.3% (+14.6)
LAB: 18.7% (+7.0)

No Ind(s) as prev.

— Britain Elects (@britainelects) February 15, 2018

Worstead (North Norfolk) result:

LDEM: 72.7% (+39.4)
CON: 16.9% (-25.0)
LAB: 10.4% (-1.8)

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.

— Britain Elects (@britainelects) February 15, 2018

Talks have today collapsed in Stormont.