Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of repeatedly making “false” statements about the reasons behind the collapse of the China spy trial. The Tory leader claimed the Prime Minister had been “misleading” MPs and the public to try to shift blame for the scandal away from Downing Street.

Trial scheduled for April next year in relation to three fires in May, including one at PM’s family home in north London

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is working on overturning a ban which will prevent Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters attending their Europa League clash with Aston Villa next month

SIR Keir Starmer has been accused of hiding behind petty bureaucracy in failing to stop the Chinese spy trial from collapsing. The PM was slammed for not intervening after being told prosecutors

When it comes to China, the EU tried gently to ‘de-risk’ without ‘de-coupling’. Donald Trump put America first and launched a full-on trade war. Until last week, the UK took an approach that looked a lot like muddling through.

The intervention by Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, on Monday morning to spare the blushes of Sir Keir Starmer was significant. And it follows a deliberate pattern of engagement between a rightwing White House and a centre left Downing Street throughout this year.

FURIOUS MPs are accusing PM Sir Keir Starmer of dragging his feet over the national grooming gangs inquiry. They are demanding an urgent update amid fears of a whitewash. Tory MP Katie Lam writes

Sir Keir Starmer is facing a revolt in the House of Lords over judges' rulings on migrant deportation appeals being kept secret. A proposed new law tabled by peers would force first-tier immigration tribunals to publicise their judgements on whether criminals from foreign countries and failed asylum seekers should stay in Britain.

With Andy Burnham and left-wing Labour rebels threatening to oust him on one side and Nigel Farage taking Labour voters away on the other, Keir Starmer arrives in Liverpool as a man under siege, write

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to fight "hate in all its forms" in a statement to the House of Commons. Addressing MPs earlier, the prime minister condemned the "despicable" attack on the mosque in Peacehaven, East Sussex, which took place on 4 October. He told MPs: "An attack on British Muslims is also an attack on us all".

A Reform win would intensify fears in Labour circles that Sir Keir Starmer is on course for humiliation in May’s mega-elections to the Scottish and Welsh parliaments and councils across England. For Reform, the by-election is an opportunity to test the success of efforts to bring a new degree of professionalism to its campaigning machine.

The Labour government must start being bold and delivering quickly or it will keep haemorrhaging support, writes Anand Menon.