BBC News – Politics

• MPs investigate ditching smart motorways
  A coroner says the roads – where hard shoulders become lanes at busy times – create a death "risk".
• Coronavirus: Public need 'home truths' on economy – Hammond
  The ex-chancellor says Boris Johnson must "do the right thing", even if it means risking unpopularity.
• Labour renews vow to keep nuclear weapons
  The party says the Trident missile system is "non-negotiable" and pledges to support Nato.
• Government agrees to call pregnant women mothers
  A bill to give ministers maternity pay will change, after peers reject the use of the term "person".
• Sturgeon rejects 'confidentiality breach' claim over Salmond complainer
  Nicola Sturgeon denies that the name of a woman who complained about Alex Salmond was passed to him during a government investigation.