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The liberal democrat autumn conference gets under way today in the uk and the event will once again be a virtual affair due to the pandemic. it comes as the party looks to build on the success of its chesham and amersham by—election victory over the conservatives injune. the conference continues to sunday. it is understood the government is to pause its planning reforms. it follows the appointment of michael gove as housing secretary. it's understood mr gove wants to take stock and discuss concerns with conservative mps. the pause comes as the newly reshuffled cabinet met for the first time ...

The government were pursuing with the right ones. this is a big deal because the government has made some pretty bold promises to build 300,000 new homes in england alone by every year. and that is going to be tough. there isn't a great deal of space and one of the reasons these planning reforms were going ahead was to give some more leeway to allow that to happen. the fact it's been paused suggests the government thinks it needs to rethink its approach. i spoke to the environment secretary george eustice and asked him about michael gove's potential for and asked him about michael gove's poten...

It is understood the government is pausing controversial planning reforms after the appointment of michael gove as housing secretary. and coming up, we'll speak to the woman who took this picture — to win the ocean photographer of the year award. hello and welcome to bbc news. our top story — changes to international travel are expected to be announced by the government later, for travellers arriving in england. there's been speculation that the traffic light system — which places countries on red, amber and green lists — will be simplified, with the amber list removed entirely.

Correspondent nick eardley. the planning reforms that the government has been trying to push through for the last few months were really controversial. they are basically designed to allow the government to meet its target of building 300,000 extra houses per year. but they were really unpopular in many local communities who felt that it could mean new housing developments being imposed on them. and perhaps most significantly in the context, really unpopular amongst conservative mps, many of whom believe that this was a massive mistake and could have a huge impact on their constituencies. mich...

Fibre—optic gigabit broadband, by tackling the skills deficit across our country, by giving people opportunity across the whole of the uk. it was quite a list. it almost feels like borisjohnson was trying to cram in as many policy pledges as possible. i think that is what this new cabinet will be judged on. we had brexit and the pandemic. the big challenge for these new ministers is going to be making sure they can deliver some of these domestic premises as well. remember that we might be 18 months, two years away from a general election so they've not got much time.— from a general electi...