Shabana Mahmood calls for ECHR reform, saying it has ‘endured because it has evolved’ and must do so again – UK politics live | Politics

Good morning. Keir Starmer is on his way back from the G7 in Canada, and he won’t be in the Commons for PMQs, where Angela Rayner will be taking the questions instead. With the government also publishing its bill to slash sickness and disability benefits, Starmer may feel its a good day not to be around. As Pippa Crerar and Jessica Elgot report, ministers are expecting a big revolt when MPs debate the legislation, probably in early July.

There will be no statement on the bill in the Commons, but we are getting one on HS2.

Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, is also floating reform plans in another area. She is giving a speech in Strasbourg where she will argue that the way…