Khan dismisses Sunak’s attack on his housebuilding record in London as ‘desperate nonsense’ – as it happened

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

4.30pm BST

Afternoon summary

• Sadiq Khan, the Labour mayor of London, has dismissed as “desperate nonsense” a claim by Rishi Sunak that he has a poor record on building houses in London. (See 1.18pm and 2pm.)

• The Home Office’s “routine” housing of unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels is unlawful, the high court has ruled.

• The head of the private bank Coutts has resigned, less than 48 hours after the departure of his boss, the NatWest chief executive Alison Rose, saying he was taking “ultimate responsibility” for the “mishandling” of Nigel Farage’s bank accounts.

• Rishi Sunak has failed to give his backing to Sir Howard Davies, the embattled chair of NatWest Group, following the row over Nigel Farage’s bank account.

4.20pm BST

Miliband dismisses claims Labour leadership divided over its support for net zero policies

Ed Miliband, the shadow secretary for climate and net zero, has dismissed reports suggesting the Labour leadership is divided over its support for net zero policy.

There have been some reports suggestions that Miliband’s passion for green policies is not 100% shared by Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, who are more worried about the impact of measures that might raise costs for voters.

But Miliband dismissed these reports in an interview on the World at One. He said:

I am far too experienced to be worried about that kind of thing. Because the truth is you always get tittle-tattle in Westminster.

The truth is that Keir Starmer is absolutely 100% committed to the project of clean energy by 2030, which is the way to cut bills and give us energy security and tackle the climate crisis.

And he’s also absolutely committed, as is Rachel Reeves, to ramping up to £28bn a year of investment to bring the good jobs that we need for our country.

And you know what? If Labour wins the election, we will never have had a prime minister and a chancellor so committed to this agenda and I’m incredibly proud to work alongside them.

Updated at 4.25pm BST