Cleverly, Badenoch and Jenrick stay in Tory leadership race as Tugendhat knocked out – as it happened

Trio face one more round of voting by MPs before party members have their say on final two

The prison system in England and Wales was teetering on disaster" when Labour came to power, James Timpson, the prisons minister said today.

Speaking at his first Prison Governors' Association conference in Nottingham since he took on the role, Timpson said:

It has not been easy to rehabilitate offenders in a system teetering on disaster.

We have to take the tough decisions bringing changes to release to ease the pressure on our prisons. It was quite frankly a rescue effort. If we had not acted our justice system would have grinded to a halt - we would have faced a total breakdown of law and order.

Unison said it has given notice to Perth and Kinross Council for strike action by members in schools and early years centres.

The union, which is the largest local government trade union in Scotland, hopes targeting the action in Swinney's constituency will bring home to him the importance of finding a fair settlement" to the council pay dispute.