Greece’s parliament votes for bailout

The Greek parliament has voted by a narrow majority to take the first steps towards a €86bn bailout (its third) by adopting a series of austerity measures.

Syriza needed the support of centre right and left parties to push it through as it lost some key people as the party all but revolted.

However, this is just the first in a series of hurdles as a number of countries, including Germany, have to give it the go-ahead by tomorrow and the Greeks must agree another raft of laws next Wednesday. France voted in favour yesterday.