16/10/2014
Susan Hulme and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's parliamentary team report as the government's response to Islamic State comes under fire. And there is more pressure on the 'pay row' peer to quit.
Labour accuses the Government of "complacency" over the effectiveness of airstrikes against Islamic State.
But the Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, insists the coalition's air campaign is having an effect.
MPs raise concerns over the possible loss of jobs after Tata Steel says it plans to sell one of its British divisions.
There are fresh calls for Lord Freud to resign for saying some disabled people were "not worth" the minimum wage.
And ministers deny plans to get more people on their bicycles has been "rushed and botched".
Susan Hulme and team report on today's events in Parliament.
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