The Scottish Secretary is to visit the Navantia UK yard in Methil, Fife, on Tuesday, where the £8 million 1,400 tonne barge is being built.

Ministers are also said to be mulling over plans to place a retirement age of 80 on members of the House of Lords.

There are around 7,500 new cases of ovarian cancer in the UK every year, usually affecting women over the age of 50.

Reform UK, which has sought to gain from public dissatisfaction about migration, will reveal its plans to tackle the small boats crisis.