Boris Johnson faces MPs after controversially missing Heathrow expansion vote - as it happened

Today's coverage from Westminster - as it happened

Boris Johnson setting out 3 reasons why he 'admires Trump' at Foreign Office Questions in the House of Commons

Boris Johnson was ridiculed in the Commons after missing a key vote on Heathrow expansion by arranging a whistle-stop trip to Afghanistan.

Answering questions from MPs, the foreign secretary was mocked for his flying visit to Kabul and forced to defend the government's decision to invite Donald Trump to the UK.

Mr Johnson, whose Uxbridge constituency is under the Heathrow flight path, had previously vowed to "lie down in front of the bulldozers" to prevent expansion at the airport. He was widely criticised, including by a number of Tory MPs, for skipping the vote rather than resigning in order to vote against a third runway.

Elsewhere, Sadiq Khan gave evidence to a Commons committee about the need for more devolution London, while Theresa May delivered a speech on the UK economy after Brexit.

As it happened...

[26 June 2018 15:55 · Kristin Hugo]

David Miliband is getting a bit of stick for this tweet. He's attending a discussion on the refugee crisis but has tweeted about, er, the nice view.

[26 June 2018 17:31 · Kristin Hugo]

[26 June 2018 17:34 · Kristin Hugo]

That's all from me for today - check back tomorrow for more live coverage from Westminster.