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Alicia McCarthy with the day's top news stories from Westminster, where the Government's plans to shake up legal aid in England and Wales have run into trouble in the House of Lords.

Ministers were defeated as peers voted to guarantee legal aid protection for victims of domestic violence.

In the Commons, the Prime Minister told MPs that Britain was a key player at last week's summit in Brussels, despite Britain's refusal to sign a new treaty designed to tighten up budgetary rules in the Eurozone.

And Ministers defend the Government's work experience programme after it dropped plans to stop the benefits of young people who drop out of the scheme.