Government to allow prisons to release some offenders 18 days early to ease overcrowding – UK politics live

Justice secretary says move will not apply to anyone serving a life sentence and those released will be tagged

Nicola Sturgeon, the former first minister, is attending the SNP conference this afternoon. As the BBC's David Wallace Lockhart reports, that has led to questions about whether she will upstage her successor, Humza Yousaf.

Ahead of Nicola Sturgeon's expected arrival at SNP conference, Humza Yousaf says members will be really excited to see her", and says he doesn't think he'll be upstaged by his successor making an appearance in Aberdeen

The SNP and Plaid Cymru share a long history, bound by a common cause: to forge fairer and more prosperous nations through independence. Today, we are proud to be renewing that shared political project.

From the days of Gwynfor Evans and Winnie Ewing, our parties have stood side by side, and have crafted a unique alliance in these islands, one that we will endeavour to strengthen further.