UK politics - as it happened: Government makes raft of announcements in final day before MPs' summer holiday on 'taking out the trash day'

Jumping back to the Commons, there's a bit of news here. The Human Papilloma Virus vaccination (HPV) protects against cervical cancer and has previously been offered to young girls. 

The Scottish government recently announced it would extend it to young boys - and the government is looking to follow suit for England and Wales.

Back to Jeremy Corbyn's Q&A in Birmingham.

He's asked if he has something in common with Donald Trump, if he wants to put Britain first in terms of manufacturing.

Corbyn seems a bit stunned by it and says that no one has ever compared him to the US president before.

He says the UK was badly hit by the financial crash because it has become a financial services economy. He wants to put more into manufacturing and small and medium-sized businesses.

He says it is no 'economic nationalism... it is good sense'.

Asked about antisemitism again, Jeremy Corbyn says Labour has accepted all but half of the examples put forward by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) - and it has been expanded in the code.

He says there must be space for sensible discussion of the Israeli government and the actions of the Palestinian Authorities without antisemitism.

He says Labour will have meetings with a very wide range of Jewish organisations before the autumn to get this right. He says he is determined to live in a society where 'racism is behind us'.

Some reaction here on the public sector pay announcements.

UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “Behind the good news headlines, the government is simply robbing Peter to pay Paul. Without extra money from the Treasury to fund these pay increases, services and jobs somewhere will have to be cut.

“Ministers have finally recognised the damage and hardship their ill-thought-out pay policies have inflicted on public services and millions of public servants and their families."

Dr Anthea Mowat, of the BMA, said ministers had also compounded the "misery" by refusing to backdate what will be an inadequate pay uplift.

"Just last week the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care talked about how 'heart-breaking' it was to see how 'under-valued' NHS staff feel.

"Considering those words, doctors in England will rightly feel both anger and disappointment that sentiment has not been matched with action.

"Since 2008, doctors have experienced the largest drop in earnings of all professions subject to pay review bodies, with consultants seeing a 19% fall in pay, junior doctors 21% and GPs 20%.

"The effective pay uplift this year for some doctors will be as little as 0.75%, which will be widely seen as derisory."

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said: "School leaders will have mixed views about this announcement. They desperately want to reward and retain their valued staff, and they will be relieved that the DfE will make an additional contribution to the pay award, as school budgets are already at breaking point.

"However, by ignoring the pay review body's advice that all teachers and school leaders need the same pay rise, they have failed to recognise and reward the critical role performed by leadership teams. This will do little to retain valued and experienced senior teachers and leaders. Our members will feel let down by the Government."

The Ministry of Justice has said it will close 7 courts, which are 'underused, dilapidated or too close to another'.

• Banbury Magistrates’ and County Court and Maidenhead Magistrates’ Court,

• Chorley Magistrates’ Court and Fleetwood Magistrates’ Court,

• Northallerton Magistrates’ Court,

• Wandsworth County Court, and Blackfriars Crown Court.

David Gauke, the justice secretary, said: "All money raised from the sale of these buildings will be reinvested into the justice system, and we want to reassure communities that those affected by closures will have access to alternative courts.

"We must ensure we use public money effectively and make decisions in the best interest of the wider justice system."

Liz Truss, the chief secretary to the Treasury, is now answering an urgent question on the public sector pay. 

She says it "amounts to the biggest pay rise" in almost a decade, which was promised last year. She says it was only possible because the government did not listen to 'siren calls' to increase spending.

Labour's Peter Dowd hits back the 'slash and burn policy' on public sector pay over the last eight years. He says people are thousands of pounds worse off due to 'this stingy government'.

He says it will leave workers 'just about breaking even' and accuses ministers of a 'mendacious PR exercise'.

Liz Truss defends the lack of new funding, saying departments have managed to find money from their overspends. 

She mocks Labour, saying their policies include overthrowing capitalism and asks how they could afford public sector pay rises if there is a run on the pound.

Truss tells them to welcome the fact that the public sector pay cap has been lifted, rather than being 'Eeyore-ish'.

Another statement sneaked out today gives business ministers the power to call in investments from "hostile actors".

It will allow the government to scrutinise investments and address the risks that can arise from hostile parties acquiring ownership of businesses and assets that have national security implications.

Ministers say the call-in power would be economy-wide and would allow ministers the "flexibility to address national security risks wherever they arise".

Greg Clark, the business secretary, said: "Britain is recognised the world over as one of the best places to do business, attracting investment that benefits communities and workers across the country. To retain this hard-won reputation our merger and takeovers rules need to be responsive to technological, economic and national security changes.

"These proposals will ensure we have the appropriate safeguards to protect our national security whilst ensuring our economy remains unashamedly pro-business and open to high levels of foreign investment in the future."