UK politics: Starmer stands by pledges made when running for Labour leader – as it happened

Keir Starmer addresses supporters during the Labour pledge card event on 16 May Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

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Early evening summary

• Keir Starmer has vowed to deliver stability as the cornerstone for changing Britain, unveiling his party’s six election pledges amid a fanfare of endorsements from senior public figures.

• Rishi Sunak has said he will “of course” stay on as an MP if the Conservatives lose the next general election, in his first remarks about what he would do in that scenario.

• Nigel Farage is not a Conservative and should not be part of any Tory frontbench, the former prime minister Theresa May has said, in a speech warning against rising populism.

• The Labour party is coming under increasing pressure to return money donated to the new Welsh first minister by a company whose owner was convicted of environmental crimes.