Council cash reserve crisis, and Bercow ‘staying’

BBC analysis has identified 11 English councils that risk using up their entire funding reserves – the cash usually saved for emergencies – within four years, if they don’t top up the funds. The Local Government Association says “chronic underfunding” from Westminster has presented authorities with “a choice between using reserves to try and plug funding gaps or further cutting back local services in order to balance the books”.

Televangelist Todd Coontz has a well-worn routine: he dresses in a suit, pulls out a Bible and urges viewers to pledge a very specific amount of money. “Don’t delay, don’t delay,” he urges, calmly but emphatically. It sounds simple, absurdly so, but Coontz knows his audience extremely well. He broadcasts on Christian cable channels, often late into the night, drawing in viewers who lack financial literacy and are desperate for change.

“I understand the laws that govern insurance, stocks and bonds and all that is involved with Wall Street,” he once said, looking directly into the camera. “God has called me… as a financial deliverer.” Crucially, he always refers to the money as a “seed” – a $273 seed, a $333 seed, a “turnaround” seed, depending on the broadcast. If viewers “plant” one, the amount will come back to them, multiplied, he says.

The Mail describes a “day of shame” for Labour, after the UK’s human rights watchdog said it would investigate claims of anti-Semitism in the party. It came as ex-spin doctor Alastair Campbell was expelled for revealing he voted Lib Dem in the European elections, and the i says he will fight the decision in court. Meanwhile leader Jeremy Corbyn will back a further EU referendum after the party was “trounced” in last week’s polls, the Mirror says. Tory leadership rivals also make headlines, with the Times suggesting Michael Gove’s bid was boosted by a “flip-flop” from Jeremy Hunt on a no-deal Brexit, and the FT saying Matt Hancock has criticised frontrunner Boris Johnson. Meanwhile, Mr Gove’s wife – Mail columnist Sarah Vine – declares on the front page he’s unable to “load the dishwasher”.

Anti-corruption Probe into how foreign official afforded £80m London homes

Harassment University accused of “silencing” sex abuse complainants

Plastic Malaysia to send back imported waste

10:00 Migration Advisory Committee due to provide updated details of which occupations should be on the Shortage Occupation List and open, without numerical limits, to workers from outside the European Economic Area.

20:00 Chelsea and Arsenal contest the Europa League final in Baku, Azerbaijan.

1984 Forty-one police officers and 28 striking miners are injured during clashes outside the Orgreave coking plant, near Sheffield, as police use riot gear for the first time since the miners’ strike began in March.