By Alexandra Rogers, political reporter

The UN's leading torture expert has urged the UK's two main parties to get behind a proposal that would offer a "small glimmer of hope" to prisoners languishing under a jail sentence that was abolished more than a decade ago.

Alice Jill Edwards called on Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer to back an amendment to the government's Victims and Prisoners Bill that would "improve the situation" for those serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection (IPP).

Peers in the House of Lords are due to vote on a series of amendments relating to IPP - a type of open-ended prison sentence that Ms Edwards has previously denounced as "inhumane".

An amendment proposed by Lord Moylan would reverse the burden of proof, so the Parole Board would have to prove an IPP offender is too dangerous to be released - rather than the prisoners themselves having to prove they no longer pose a risk to the public.

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A little earlier, our political correspondent Tamara Cohen reported on what today's High Court ruling against the Home Office could mean for the government's crackdown on protests (see 15.55 post).

It said the department, then run by Suella Braverman, had acted unlawfully when it granted new powers to the police to tackle them.

Somewhat ironically, news of the court's decision came just an hour or so before the government's political violence adviser published a report recommending even more powers be granted to the police.

Lord Walney, a former Labour MP, made a series of recommendations in his 300-page report which, if adopted by government, Tamara says would result in a "much more heavy-handed approach" to demonstrations.

"His starting point is the UK has a growing problem with protests that, he says, veer into political violence - including intimidation and law-breaking aimed at disrupting our society and democracy," she says.

This includes the intimidation of elected representatives, protests at schools and universities, and those which disrupt public transport.

Among the police powers he suggests are allowing officers to ban demonstrations from taking place on a particular day, or asking organisers to change the route if there is a "risk of intimidation".

He notes that some protests can have a "cumulative" impact in this regard, seemingly pointing towards pro-Palestine marches that have taken place since October.

Lord Walney also floats the idea of having organisers pay for policing themselves, rather than the taxpayer.

Lord Walney will appear on tonight's Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge from 7pm.

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Our flagship weeknight politics show Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge will be live on Sky News from 7pm.

The fast-paced programme dissects the inner workings of Westminster, with interviews, insights, and analysis - bringing you, the audience, into the corridors of power.

Sophy will be joined tonight by Lord Walney, who advises the government on political violence, after filing a report recommending new powers to crack down on protests.

He'll no doubt be asked about a High Court ruling today that ruled the Home Office had already acted unlawfully in granting more power to the police to tackle demonstrations.

On Sophy's panel will be:

• Baroness Warsi, Tory peer and former minister;
• Jess Phillips, Labour MP and co-host of Sky's Electoral Dysfunction podcast.

Watch live on Sky News, in the stream at the top of this page, and follow live updates here in the Politics Hub.

One piece of breaking news we brought you this morning came via the High Court.

It ruled regulations which lowered the threshold for police intervening in protests were unlawful (see 10.55 post).

The decision came after civil liberties group Liberty brought legal action against the Home Office.

This will come as a blow to the department, says our political correspondent Tamara Cohen, given it's allowed police to use these powers "quite extensively over the last few months".

They came into force last summer, introduced by the now former home secretary Suella Braverman, without the usual parliamentary scrutiny.

It effectively changed the definition, as per the Public Order Act, of what constitutes "serious disruption to community life".

It went from something considered "significant and prolonged" to something defined as "more than minor", and introduced a number of new offences - such as attaching yourself to a building.

Tamara says it's "quite clear it was aimed at groups like Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion".

The issue now, having been ruled unlawful, is that these regulations have been used to arrest hundreds of people.

And it comes at time when the government is looking to introduce more restrictions upon protests.

The government is expected to appeal, says Tamara, and so... "the battle continues".

Yesterday, a prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) applied for arrest warrants for Israel's prime minister and defence minister, alleging crimes against humanity (warrants were also requested for the Hamas leadership).

Baroness Bennett told the House of Lords it is "now obvious the UK should at least suspend arms export licences to Israel", and also asked the foreign secretary for confirmation the UK accepts the jurisdiction of the ICC in this case.

Lord Cameron replied that the last time he was asked to make a statement on arms exports outside normal channels was just days before Iran launched a vast attack on Israel, and so making an ad-hoc declaration would be "completely wrong".

On the ICC, he said: "I don't believe for one moment that seeking these warrants is going to get the hostages out, it's not going to help get aid in, and it's not going to help deliver a sustainable ceasefire."

He notes Israel is not signed up to the Rome Statute, which is the treaty which established the ICC itself, not is Palestine recognised as a state.

Therefore, "we don't think the court has jurisdiction in this area".

Lord Cameron himself went "beyond" that government line, saying it is "mistaken in terms of position, in terms of timing, in terms of effect".

"To draw moral equivalence between the Hamas leadership and the democratically elected leader of Israel, I think is just plain wrong," he added.

"And I think it's not just Britain saying that - it's countries all over Europe and all over the world are saying that."

The foreign secretary also said the ICC "was about to embark on a visit to Israel, which some of us had helped to arrange, and at the last minute, decided to cancel that visit and simply go ahead with its announcement".

Overall, the move "probably makes change in Israel less likely".

The foreign secretary has been appearing in the Lords to answer questions.

The first put to him was what assessment the UK government has made of Israel's compliance with the order issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in January to do everything in its power to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza.

Lord Cameron replied: "We respect the ICJ's role and independence. It's up to the court to monitor Israel's compliance.

"We've noted our concerns previously about this case, which we don't think is helpful in the goal of achieving a sustainable ceasefire."

He added that there has been "some progress" in expanding the amount of humanitarian aid reaching Palestinians in Gaza, he said Israel "must do more to make good its promises".

On arms export licences, the foreign secretary said he "regularly" reviews advice on the situation, and the UK's position "remains unchanged".

Victims of the infected blood scandal have called for former health secretary Ken Clarke to be stripped of his peerage.

Lord Clarke was heavily criticised in a report by Sir Brian Langstaff, chair of a seven-year inquiry into the scandal that killed more than 3,000 and infected more than 30,000 Britons with HIV and Hepatitis C with infected blood products between the 1970s and early 1990s.

The politician was a health minister in Margaret Thatcher's government from 1982 to 1985, then health secretary from 1988 to 1990 before becoming home secretary and chancellor under John Major.

He described the infections in 1985 as "the unavoidable adverse effects which can unhappily arise from many medical procedures".

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In January 2023, Rishi Sunak made five promises.

Since then, he and his ministers have rarely missed an opportunity to list them. In case you haven't heard, he promised to:

• Halve inflation
• Grow the economy
• Reduce debt
• Cut NHS waiting lists and times
• Stop the boats

See below how he is doing on these goals:

The Sky News live poll tracker - collated and updated by our Data and Forensics team - aggregates various surveys to indicate how voters feel about the different political parties.

With the local elections complete, Labour is still sitting comfortably ahead, with the Tories trailing behind.

See the latest update below - and you can read more about the methodology behind the tracker here.