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Tomorrow is the spending review - they do not come around too often, but they are incredibly important.

Rachel Reeves will set out budgets for every government department over the coming years - covering everything from the NHS and public transport to policing.

Who better to guide you through the numbers than our economics and data editor Ed Conway - watch below:

Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich were the two Israeli ministers sanctioned by the UK, as well as a number of other countries, earlier.

They have responded to the action taken.

'Britain has already tried once'

Ben-Gvir said "sanctions don't frighten me" - likening the situation to the UK's historical actions in the Middle East.

He added that he will continue to work to "ensure that humanitarian aid will not enter [Gaza] for Hamas".

Smotrich used similar language, saying: "Britain has already tried once to prevent us from settling the cradle of our homeland, and we will not allow them to do so again. 

"We are determined, with God's help, to continue and to build."

The Israeli government has said it will meet to discuss its response to sanctions next week.

We've seen a significant UK response today to the situation in Gaza - and it feels like a moment we might well look back on as a turning point. 

The prime minister has so far been determined not to speak out of turn, incredibly careful with his words.

But we have seen a change in tone in the last week. 

Senior ministers willing to condemn Israel in a way they haven't before.

The government has been treading a tightrope with Israel on one side, Gaza on the other - today they've undoubtedly tipped one way. 

Not just words but action on Israel.

It's a big deal - two senior Israeli ministers banned from entering the UK, their assets frozen. 

That's the sort of action usually reserved for authoritarian regimes, for politicians from countries like Russia and North Korea. 

It also shows the government is willing to risk fracturing relations with Israel, and potentially the US too.

Joining us ahead of the spending review tomorrow is former chancellor Sir Jeremy Hunt MP, and to discuss the plans for Sizewell C is energy minister Michael Shanks MP.

On the panel are James Starkie and Kirsty Blackman MP.

Watch live in the stream below - if you'd prefer to keep watching the Commons, use the stream at the top of this page.

Hamish Falconer, the Foreign Office minister, is giving a statement in the Commons on the sanctions on Israeli ministers announced today.

They are Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.

He starts off by saying the "two-state solution is in peril".

Falconer goes on to describe a "catastrophic conflict in Gaza" and a "shocking deterioration in the West Bank".

'An attempt to entrench one-state reality'

After laying out recent violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, Falconer says Itamar Ben-Gvir has led seven "provocative intrusions" into the region since 2022.

He says one outburst of violence from Israeli settlers saw "houses and injured residents" set of fire.

Falconer says the "violence and rhetoric is deeply concerning" and is "an assault not just on Palestinian communities, but on the very fundamentals of a two-state solution".

"This is an attempt to entrench a one-state reality where there are no equal rights."

The minister is met with "hear, hears" when he confirms the sanctions on Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.

'Appalling rhetoric'

He says the sanctions were imposed as Ben-Gvir and Smotrich are "responsible for inciting settler violence against Palestinian communities in the West Bank, violence which has led to the deaths of Palestinian civilians and the displacement of whole towns and village".

Falconer says the two ministers continued their "appalling rhetoric" despite warnings from the UK government, and so action was taken.

But this does not "diminish [UK] support for the security of Israel and Israeli people", as Falconer says their agendas "are not even supporter by the majority of Israelis".

Hamish Falconer MP is up in the Commons to update MPs on news that the government has sanctioned two Israeli ministers.

You can watch live in the stream at the top of this page.

By Victoria Seabrook, climate reporter

For years nuclear was a dirty word. Now, the tide is turning.

For the past 20 years or so, global nuclear power has stagnated amid concerns about its environmental damage and its safety after the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters.

Another nail in its coffin appeared to be its appalling record of delays and costs, while wind and solar plummeted in price and soared in supply.

But leaders are warming up to nuclear again, driven by a few key trends.

Demand for energy

First and foremost, they are anxious to keep pace with booming demand for low-carbon energy, driven by an explosion of data centres and the switch to electric cars and heat pumps.

Data centres for AI and cloud computing not only have a voracious appetite for energy, but as they operate 24/7, they need a more steady, reliable stream. Enter: nuclear, which can provide this most of the time.

The 'flat pack' power plant

Secondly, a new type of nuclear power plant may be on the horizon.

The much vaunted small modular reactors (SMRs) promise to be much faster and cheaper to build, as the parts can be built in a factory and assembled on site - the flat pack furniture of nuclear power.

The government wants Rolls-Royce to get the UK's first SMRs online "in the 2030s". That's most likely another 10 years from now, so a mid-term solution, with much more clean power is needed in the meantime, hence the announcement of 拢14bn for Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Beyond the UK, even Japan - which suffered the 2011 Fukushima disaster - and Germany - which detests nuclear - are warming up to it. So are tech giants like Google and Meta.

The undeniable price tag

That's not to say nuclear does no damage.

Sizewell C has been very unpopular with some local campaign groups that protest its local damage to trees, birds and coastline, and they recently launched a fresh legal challenge to additional flood barriers.

Large reactors like have also been eye-wateringly expensive and slow, and must be routinely taken offline for maintenance.

Critics argue solar and wind power, backed up by batteries, are faster, cheaper, and safer. Others want the money to be spent on reducing demand for power in the first place by insulating homes.

But societies and leaders are slowly becoming less concerned about nuclear disasters and other environmental impacts, and much more worried about climate change and reliable energy supplies.

The Wargame was designed to test the state of the UK's defences and national resilience after decades of cuts to military spending after the end of the Cold War.  

A year in the making, the podcast was recorded in just one day with a cast of politicians and their advisers, all of whom had worked at the top levels of the British government.  

In today's episode, Dominic Waghorn talks to security and defence editor Deborah Haynes, who created and wrote The Wargame, about why she thought it was so important to make the podcast - and to former defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace, who plays the prime minister. 

The government has announced plans to decriminalise rough sleeping by spring next year.

This involves revoking the 1824 Vagrancy Act, which was brought into law "to deal with rising homelessness which increased after the Napoleonic Wars and Industrial Revolution".

The government says the law's use has "significantly declined" in recent years "in line with modern attitudes and greater understanding around the causes of homelessness".

The last Conservative government tried to bring in tighter restrictions on rough sleeping, but withdrew them after a revolt from its backbenchers.

But it did announce plans to repeal the Vagrancy Act in 2022 - although this was never followed through.

'No one should be criminalised for sleeping rough'

Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner said:鈥� "We are drawing a line under nearly two centuries of injustice towards some of the most vulnerable in society, who deserve dignity and support.鈥�

"No one should ever be criminalised simply for sleeping rough and by scrapping this cruel and outdated law, we are making sure that can never happen again."

The changes have been welcomed by the likes of Crisis and St Mungo's.

Instead of the two century old legislation, police can use the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to manage begging and rough sleeping that is antisocial.

Further guidance will be provided for officers by the Home Office.

From winter fuel yesterday to Israeli sanctions today, never say the Politics Hub doesn't deliver variety.

Here are the main things you need to know:

• The government has sanctioned far right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich over their comments and conduct about Gaza;
• Foreign Secretary David Lammy said they had used "horrendous extremist language", with both opposed to Palestinian statehood;
• Our international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn described the move as a "major step" by Britain and some of its allies, but said critics would question why Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu had avoided sanctions;
• Israel has condemned the decision as "outrageous" and warned that a response will be forthcoming next week.

• Rachel Reeves has committed billions of pounds to a new nuclear power station, Sizewell C, in Suffolk;
• The chancellor said it would provide thousands of jobs, drive investment in British industry, and boost the national energy grid - but it's still about a decade away from being built;
• And Keir Starmer has defended the U-turn on the winter fuel allowance, and the initial decision to cut it, telling our political editor Beth Rigby both decisions were correct.

Politics Hub With Ali Fortescue is live from 7pm.

Joining us ahead of the spending review tomorrow is former chancellor Sir Jeremy Hunt MP, and to discuss the plans for Sizewell C is energy minister Michael Shanks MP.

On the panel are James Starkie and Kirsty Blackman MP.

Also coming up at around then is a parliamentary statement from the Middle East minister Hamish Falconer MP about the Israel sanctions.