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That's it from the Politics Hub this Monday. 

It's been a day dominated by the controversy over the BBC's handling of Bob Vylan at Glastonbury Festival, and of course, the row over the government's welfare reforms. 

Tomorrow is a big day for Sir Keir Starmer, as the bill will go to a vote - and it seems a growing number of Labour MPs aren't in favour of the reforms. 

But for now, have a look at the key points above to see how the day unfolded - and the challenges that await the government on Tuesday. 

We'll be back bright and early tomorrow - thanks for joining us today.

A Labour backbencher has warned that the government's handling of its welfare reforms have led to "more and more chaos and confusion".

Rachael Maskell is calling on ministers to withdraw the bill and believes a "substantial number" of Labour MPs will join her in rebelling against the proposals. 

The York Central MP told Sky News that she thinks the vote in the Commons will "be close". 

"I'm sensing that many MPs are tearing themselves in two, as what to do", she said. 

"I know that MPs have been talking to their constituents, and they are really concerned about what the future plans will be."

She has now tabled a new amendment to the bill, which is designed to stop the reforms in their tracks. Maskell said it represents the views of disabled people and is backed by 138 disability organisations.

Addressing today's discussion in parliament that followed a statement by Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall, Maskell said backbenchers were left more confused.

She said: "I think we heard in the Commons today real confusion occurring over the contribution of the Timms review, how that will mean that tomorrow we are signing up to something, but then we won't know how it's executed for another 16 months down the road. 

"All we have seen is more and more chaos and confusion happening around this bill."

Maskell said  the government is "being obstinate" on the reforms and is refusing to listen to MPs and disabled people.

The government has announced it is going to be trialling an AI chatbot to help people find their way around its 700,000-page Gov.uk website. 

The bot will become part of the new Gov.uk app, which is being launched tomorrow. 

People will be able to message the chatbot with queries, which the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology says will "help people get answers to niche questions more quickly".

The initial "public beta" version of the app is still being worked on and is intended to allow people to access information and support without having to search the internet repeatedly.

Other functions, such as applying for benefits, will be added later. 

It's the latest embrace of AI by Sir Keir Starmer's government, as the PM has called on the cabinet to incorporate the new tech into their departments. 

Peter Kyle, the tech secretary, said the app's launch tomorrow is "just the start" and that the chatbot will provide "a reliable answer immediately" to questions about government services. 

People will also be able to turn on "personal notifications", such as when their MOT is due or if they need to register to vote. 

An online "wallet" will be introduced later this year, which will have digital versions of official documents, starting with the  veterans' card and a pilot of a digital driver's licence.

Kyle said: "By putting public services in your pocket, we will do away with clunky paper forms and hours spent on hold, so you can immediately get the information you need and continue on with the rest of your day."

The armed forces minister has said there is an "increased threat" from foreign adversaries to the critical underwater linking Britain to the world.

Luke Pollard said that there are significant threats to the 60 or so cables believed to be responsible for 99% of the UK's global communications, internet access and financial transactions.

He added that the 12 cables linking the UK to the US are the ones facing significant threats.

Speaking to the joint committee on national security strategy today, Pollard said: "I think there鈥檚 certainly a newfound understanding that cables are a target.

"And so where this was not really spoken about a few decades ago, it is now a regular topic of conversation about the overall threat.

"It is certainly true that more data is travelling across the transatlantic cables than ever before, and we鈥檝e become more reliant on data for the health of our industry.

"And so the value of that connectivity has increased."

He added that in the past these cables were "reasonably protected by merit of their depth", but that now this is "no longer a guarantor of their safety".

That means "that there is an increased threat to them", he explained.

Members of the committee said two cables that terminate in Cornwall account for three-quarters of all data traffic across the Atlantic.

They questioned whether contingency plans would be effective and sufficient in the event of an attack on the infrastructure.

But Pollard said that despite it being a cross-department issue, "we don't feel that there's another government department that steps on our toes" and that ministers are "quite comfortable" working with their Washington DC counterparts on the issue. 

Sir Chris Bryant, the data protection and telecoms minister, added: "With many of the transatlantic ones, if one goes down there are other routes and the sector will rapidly move on to other routes.

"It will find other ways of getting information around. It is more difficult if there鈥檚 a single cable to an island and that cable is lost."

By Sarah Taffee-Maguire, business reporter

The government has said it wants an investigation into the conduct of directors, as well as the circumstances of the Prax Group insolvency, the parent company of the Lindsey oil refinery.

Hundreds of jobs have been put at risk after the owners of the Lincolnshire site crashed into insolvency earlier today.

About 180 people work at State Oil Ltd, Prax Group's parent entity, while roughly 440 more are employed at the Prax Lindsey Refinery.

Michael Shanks, the minister for energy security, told the Commons that he has written to the Insolvency Services requesting the inquiry.

It follows Sky News reporting that State Oil, which has oilfield interests in the Shetlands and roughly 200 petrol stations, was forced to call in administrators amid mounting losses at the refinery.

Shanks also called for the leaders of the business to "put his hands in his pockets and deliver compensation for the workers".

Earlier today, our city editor Mark Kleinman reported that ministers are looking at ways the government can hand support to Britain's remaining oil refineries, following the collapse of the Praz Lindsey site. 

Ed Miliband, the energy security secretary, is understood to be hoping to create a mechanism for refineries to become eligible for the Energy-Intensive Industries Compensation Scheme, from which they are currently excluded. 

Richard Burgon has formally presented a petition calling for the government to scrap its proposed welfare cuts. 

The Labour MP, who is no fan of the government's reforms and is a well-known rebel, presented the online petition to parliament on Monday evening. 

He told the Commons: "I rise to present this petition on cuts to disability support, further to an online petition signed by over 77,000 people.

"This petition of residents of the United Kingdom declares that a 2% wealth tax on assets worth over 拢10 million could generate an additional 拢24 billion per year.

"It adds that it is considerably more than the government plans to save by cutting key financial support for disabled people."

A growing number of Labour MPs have said they will not be supporting the welfare reforms bill when it is put to a vote in the Commons tomorrow. 

Our political correspondent Liz Bates has said she thinks the vote has "senior figures in the party genuinely very worried" and that it is "going to be on a knife edge".

At their Glastonbury set on Saturday, punk-rap duo Bob Vylan's singer led chants of "death, death to the IDF". 

The chants have been labelled antisemitic by the BBC and the organisation has since apologised for airing the performance 鈥� but Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has called for the broadcaster to be prosecuted, saying they, "should not be transmitting hateful material designed to incite violence and conflict". 

The police have now launched a criminal investigation into the Glastonbury performance.  

What should the BBC have done, and will they face prosecution? 

Sky News' lead UK news presenter, Sarah-Jane Mee, speaks to the former head of Channel Four News and Current Affairs, Dorothy Byrne, to understand what the broadcaster should have done differently. 

She also speaks to legal expert Joshua Rozenberg about whether Bob Vylan's performance constitutes a hate crime and if the BBC may be prosecuted for broadcasting it. 

Listen to Sky News' Daily podcast in the link below or wherever you get your podcasts.

The vote on the government's welfare reforms in the Commons tomorrow will "be on a knife edge", our political correspondent Liz Bates says.

She explains it was thought the government would be able to "pick off" enough rebels to "comfortably win" the vote on the bill tomorrow, having made some concessions last week.

But, she says that speaking to MPs in parliament this evening, "the vote is actually going to be on a knife edge".

Liz believes some MPs have been won over by the government's concessions, but there are "many" Labour politicians who think the government "has handled this really badly".

"Senior figures in the party tonight are genuinely very worried, looking ahead to tomorrow's vote", she says. 

'Defeat would be humiliating'

Government whips will be frantically calling rebel MPs, trying to win them over tonight.

"It would be a huge humiliating defeat for the prime minister", if it came to this, Liz says. 

A reminder that 83 Labour MPs would need to rebel to defeat the government, along with all opposition MPs. 

Tonight, Kemi Badenoch confirmed the Conservatives would not be voting for the welfare reforms.

"At the beginning of today, we thought the government were going to go into this vote quite confidently," she said.

"I think it's quite clear this evening that they are really going to be scrabbling around for numbers, and it's anybody's guess if they can still win this vote.

Dozens of charities have united to call on MPs to reject the government's welfare reforms tomorrow and for ministers to withdraw the bill.

The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments Bill is due to be voted on in the Commons.

The original iteration saw more than 120 Labour MPs sign an amendment, which would have effectively killed the bill altogether. 

This led to significant concessions from ministers - but it's thought several dozen Labour MPs could still vote against it, though not enough to defeat the government.

Now, 86 third sector organisations have united to try and get the bill to be thrown out.

Signatories to the letter include the Child Action Poverty Group, Citizens' Advice, Diabetes UK, Leonard Cheshire, Mind, the MS Society, Scope, Sense, Oxfam, Parkinson's UK, Shelter, and The Poverty Alliance. 

The letter states: "We stand firmly with disabled people and their organisations in calling for the UK government to withdraw the UC & PIP Bill and to undertake genuine dialogue with disabled people to shape reforms centred on the rights and dignity that all disabled people need and deserve."

The groups say that "cutting the incomes of disabled people is a political choice" as the share of GDP spent on working-age social security "has remained stable for the last 10 years".

The alliance also claims that more than 400,000 people will have had their PIP cut and more than 700,000 claimants will have had their Universal Credit slashed by 2030.

The letter states the bill has been brought to a vote without consulting disabled people, without any assessment "of its impact on health and employment outcomes", before the Timms review has even become and "without knowing how the outcomes of the PIP review" may impact the reforms.

The changes announced to ease backbenchers will mean that "MPs will only have a single day to debate or amend the new provisions", the letter adds.

It continues: "There is too much at stake for disabled people for this bill to be rushed through without the opportunity for meaningful challenge or scrutiny.

"We urge all MPs to vote against this bill at second reading."

Not the only criticism of the government's welfare reforms...

These are criticisms echoed by Labour MPs today, too. 

This afternoon, Rachael Maskell said she would not be voting for the reforms as it "feels like signing a blank cheque" ahead of the PIP review. 

Meanwhile, Dawn Butler told Sky News this evening that she won't be voting for the bill as the Timms review "will be meaningful" and she would like this to happen first.

And perhaps most embarrassingly for the government, the work and pensions secretary was asked to name "a single" disability organisation in favour of her reforms.

Liz Kendall declined to do so, but said she has met with "many disabled organisations".

 The culture secretary has warned that "several" editorial failures suggest a "problem of leadership", during discussions about the BBC's coverage of Glastonbury. 

Lisa Nandy was answering questions from backbenchers about the broadcaster's decision to air a performance at Glastonbury Festival by punk-rap duo Bob Vylan, even when the frontman began to chant "death, death to the IDF".

Nandy said she believes the BBC should have cut the live feed immediately, something which the corporation did not do and has since said it regrets. 

Labour MP Peter Prinsley asked Nandy: "How are Jews such as myself, in this country, to be reassured about the editorial processes of the BBC? And who on Earth will be held accountable for this error?"

Responding, the minister said his point about accountability is "extremely important" and something she has "impressed upon the BBC leadership".

She added: "When you have one editorial failure, it鈥檚 something that must be gripped. When you have several, it becomes a problem of leadership."

Responding to her Tory counterpart, Nandy also said that she thinks the public "expect people to be held to account for the way that they do their jobs".

"It's a point that I've made to the BBC.

"They will have heard what he said and what [Prinsley] said as well about accountability, and it鈥檚 a point that I will continue to press."

You can see more on her statement to MPs and her comments in our earlier post.