Downing Street has hinted that Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he arrived in the UK after an international arrest warrant was issued for him. The prime minister’s official spokesperson said they would “not get into hypotheticals” but added “The UK will always comply with its legal obligations as set out by domestic law and indeed international law” Home secretary Yvette Cooper had earlier said “That’s not a matter for me as home secretary” when asked about the prospect of an arrest if Netanyahu visited the country. Conservative shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel labelled the international criminal court’s decision to issue the warrant for alleged war crimes relating to the Gaza war “deeply concerning and provocative” Keir Starmer defended what he called “difficult budget” appeared on six regional BBC Radio stations over a 45 minute period. He was interviewed about farmers and inheritance tax, winter fuel payments, local government financing, whether there will ever be a public inquiry into the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings, pylons and solar panels among other topics Former prime minister Gordon Brown has declared his opposition to the legalisation of assisted dying, saying the death of his newborn daughter in January 2002 convinced him of the “value and imperative of good end-of-life care”. In an article for the Guardian, Brown says the debate on assisted dying is moving too fast given the “profound ethical and practical issues” and that instead of a yes/no vote in parliament he suggests a commission to devise a “fully funded, 10-year strategy for improved and comprehensive palliative care” Tracy Brabin, the mayor of West Yorkshire, is proposing to cap bus fares in the region at £2.50 next year when the existing Tory £2 cap in England expires and is replaced by the Labour government’s £3 cap Large parts of England’s adult social care market face collapse as a result of tax and wage rises announced in the budget, with devastating consequences for vulnerable and older people who rely on care services, a leading thinktank has warned An average annual energy bill in England, Scotland and Wales will rise by 1.2% to £1,738 from January, regulator Ofgem has said. Energy secretary Ed Miliband said “Every wind turbine and solar panel we install, every home we insulate will help to protect consumers and bring down bills once and for all”. Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey called on the government to freeze people’s energy bills, saying it was “time for government to live up to their word” on energy bills People who persistently demonstrate antisocial behaviour will face up to two years in jail under Labour’s new “Respect” orders, the home secretary said The SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has u-turned on his plan to “double job” by sitting in Holyrood and the Commons after a furious backlash Edinburgh Liberal Democrat councillor Louise Spence has stood down just over a week since being elected, after telling the party her “familial work circumstances” had changed suddenly, which meant they had to sell-up and move overseas Supporting Brexit is not a belief that is protected from workplace discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled