Morning briefing Wednesday 2nd July

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0:42This is the Times Morning Briefing on Wednesday 2 July. The shadow chancellors told Times Radio Rachel Reeves will likely be coming for more tax from working people. The government has pushed back plans to change the eligibility for personal independence payments in order to get its welfare reform built through the Commons. It leaves a£4.8bn hole in the public finances. Mel Stride says the chancellors only left with one option. If you look at what's happened here, plus the U-turn on winter fuel payments, she's probably about£6 billion of unfunded commitments now as she goes into the autumn. Well, the headroom is only£10 billion.

1:22Now we've had very weak growth because of the decisions that this government have taken. You add all those things up and the headroom will probably have disappeared. She'll have to rebuild it, and she did in the spring, and this time I think she'll be coming for more tax. Ministers say it's important the bill passed, as too many people are written off, left to a life on benefits. 49 Labour MPs voted against it, though, making it the biggest rebellion of Sir Keir Starmer's premiership so far. US President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed to what he's calling the necessary conditions for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza.

1:57Writing on his social media platform, Mr Trump said he hopes Hamas will accept the deal as it won't get better. He hasn't said what the conditions are, though. Jurors in the criminal trial of Sean Diddy Coombs will continue their deliberations later. They've reached a verdict on four of the five charges, which include sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. But the Times' Will Pavia in New York says they can't make up their mind on the most serious charge, racketeering conspiracy. According to a note, there are jurors on both sides sort of stuck, fixed opinions and they're not persuadable.

2:33They've been deliberating for not that long. They started on Monday. But yes, they would prefer a full verdict, I think, both sides are saying that. Did he denise all the charges? A report's found universities aren't doing enough to protect academics with gender-critical views from harassment. The review, led by UCL, is calling on universities to review their policies to remove what it calls partisan messaging on questions of sex and gender. The body representing universities says it'll carefully consider the reports. A heatwave experienced in some parts of the UK looks to be over, with temperatures today expected to be nearer average for this time of year.

3:12Yesterday was the UK's hottest day of the year so far. It got up to 34.7 degrees in central London. Meteorologist Joe Wheelers told Times Radio what's in store going forward. Things are going to become more unsettled over the next few days. Initially, we have a bit of a north-west-south-east divide, so the rain will basically be in the north. But come the weekend we're looking at an area of low pressure coming through and that is likely to deliver quite a lot of rain to the south providing it goes where it's supposed to go, if it behaves itself. Don't forget you can follow the Times News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online.