The Midge: Schools row - city seeks childcare costs; MPs press for Iraq war answers; Scots Tories put no to indyref2 at heart of campaign

• Schools PPP row: council seeks childcare costs 
• Corbyn to out himself as an In campaigner
• SNP and Tories join forces to push for Iraq war report
• Scots ‘most political in UK’
• Davidson puts no to indyref2 at heart of campaign

06.00 BBC Today headlines

Corbyn speech … BP investors to vote against 20% pay rise for chief executive … Parents protest as Boko Haram kidnap victims sighted … Unicef criticises UK for failing to do enough on child poverty … Civil Aviation Authority publishes new rules on safety … Ringo Starr cancels gig in North Carolina … Half of those buying vinyl never listen to the records. 

07.00 BBC Good Morning Scotland headlines

Hundreds more Edinburgh pupils back to school ... Abuja protest by parents of kidnapped girls ... Woman dies in two car collision in Borders ... Chicago police slated over treatment of black citizens ... BP investor revolt over chief's £14m pay.

Front pages

In The Herald, Brian Donnelly has the latest on the Edinburgh schools row, revealing that the city will have to pay back half a billion over the PFI deal’s lifetime. The Scotsman says some schools could stay shut till summer. 

The National declares “Nessie found!” as a film prop is discovered in Loch Ness. 

The FT reports on the £19bn public stake in RBS, with Sir Nicholas Macpherson, outgoing Treasury chief, warning it may have to sold at a loss. 

Stacey Mullen in the Evening Times says police wearing body cameras will patrol trains on Old Firm match day this Sunday. The Times says “serial domestic abusers” will be lifted before the game. 

The Mail and the Express say the Scottish Tories have begun a “second battle for Britain” as the party launches a campaign against another independence referendum. 

The Sun pictures the moment when a father was reunited with his eight-year-old son in Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, after a seven hour search. 

The Guardian picks up on the row, begun by the SNP’s Angus Robertson yesterday, over the number of civil servants tackling benefit fraud (3250) exceeding the number handling tax evasion (300). Though the PM said the figures sounded “bogus”, the paper finds the number of benefits investigators was even greater, at 3700.

The Telegraph reports the claim of an unnamed Cabinet minister that the BBC was “pursuing an agenda" against Culture Secretary John Whittingdale by running a story on his relationship with a woman later found to be an escort. 

Camley’s cartoon

Camley is over the moon at the club badges row. Story by Daniel Sanderson here. 

Need to know

Uproar. That is what former Foreign Minister David Davis predicts if the long-awaited Chilcot Report into the war in Iraq is not published soon. Matching Davis for dismay is the SNP MP Brendan MacNeil, the party's deputy foreign affairs spokesman, who has called the delay “outrageous”. 

Both MPs will speak today in a Commons debate designed to put pressure on Sir John (above) to bring the 7-year inquiry to an end with publication of his findings soon. Read political editor Michael Settle’s story here. Among those waiting are Rose Gentle of Glasgow, above, whose son, Gordon, was killed in Iraq in 2004. 

The report is supposed to be on the desks of the security services next Monday, April 18, for checks. The fear is that the process could stall again at this point, or that publication of such a sensitive report will be postponed until after the EU poll on June 23. 

Mr Davis believes there is no argument for the vetting to take any more than two weeks. "I think we'll win the battle. If not, frankly, there will be an uproar.” Also joining the SNP and Davis in putting pressure on Chilcot is Labour’s Paul Flynn who has condemned the delay as “sinful and wicked”.

Afore ye go

"Folk aren't daft. They know the likelihood of me moving into Bute House is next to nil”. 

Scots Tory leader Ruth Davidson goes all out for second place, and the main opposition spot, when launching her party’s manifesto. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

“Just arrived @foreignoffice after a great stay @BDCH. Wasn’t expecting to give media interviews on my first day!"

Palmerston the new Foreign Office cat arrives from Battersea. Palmerston is tweeting at @DiploMog

"I know the rules very well, but I know it's stacked against me by the establishment.”

Donald Trump believes the Republican party hierarchy is out to block him. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

"If no candidate has the majority on the first ballot, I believe you should only turn to a person who has participated in the primary. Count me out.”

But Speaker Paul Ryan appears to rule out being parachuted in to block Trump at a contested convention. New York Times. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

"I thought your tax return was a metaphor for Labour policy - it was late, it was chaotic, it was inaccurate, it was uncosted.”

David Cameron to Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs. The Labour leader was fined £100 for filing his return late. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

"I actually paid more tax than some companies owned by people that you might know quite well.”

Corbyn bites back. Carl Court/Getty Images

“Sex worker reveals she ended relationship when she discovered man she met on online dating site is government minister.”

ITV News political editor Robert Peston’s take on the story surrounding Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, above. Twitter

"I would rather have seen the leaflet not go out. As one colleague said to me, the main problem with it was, it wasn't sufficiently absorbent for the use to which they wanted to put it.”

Brexiteer minister James Wharton on the Government's pro-EU referendum leaflet. BBC World at One. Jeff T Green/Getty Images

"I work a lot less hard, I earn more money and I see my family.”

Former energy secretary Ed Davey looks on the bright side of losing his seat last year. Mr Davey (above with fellow defeated MP Jo Swinson) was at Windsor Castle to be knighted. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

“Holy ****”

Amy Schumer’s response to Bono’s suggestion/joke to a Senate committee that comedians should lead the battle against extremism. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images

"Many years ago when I was political editor at the Sunday Express I was at a dinner at a Conservative Party conference with a couple of MPs. One of those MPs is now a member of the Cabinet. He kept putting his hand on my knee. The third time I removed his hand and said it is very simple, either you don’t put my hand on my knee again or I am going to punch you in the face.”

Tottygate rumbles on with a contribution from LBC's Julia Hartley-Brewer. Sky News. 

“I’m sorry to disappoint my fans in the area, but we need to take a stand against this hatred. Spread peace and love.”

Ringo Starr joins Bruce Springsteen and Bryan Adams in cancelling a gig in North Carolina in protest at state legislators’ stance against anti-discrimination laws. 

Diary

• London: Jeremy Corbyn speech on EU referendum. 
• Washington DC: George Osborne attending meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors.
• London: Man Booker International Prize 2016. Shortlist.
• City: BP AGM.
• City: Bank of England announces interest rate decision

Thank you for reading. See you tomorrow.