Both Labour and group of Conservative MPs say Lee Anderson defection highlights Tory failings – as it happened

6.00pm GMT

Early evening summary

• Lee Anderson has been unveiled as the first-ever MP for Reform UK, with the former Conservative party vice-chair telling a press conference that he had joined the Nigel Farage-created party because: “I want my country back.”

• The Conservative party’s biggest donor told colleagues that looking at Diane Abbott makes you “want to hate all black women” and said the MP “should be shot”, the Guardian can reveal. Commenting on the revelations, Anneliese Dodds, the Labour party chair, said:

These comments are reprehensible.

Frank Hester is the Conservative Party’s biggest ever donor, as well as a personal donor to the prime minster, it is therefore vital that Rishi Sunak and the Tories return his donations, in full without delay.

Rishi Sunak has claimed that “words matter”, and he must know that holding on to that money would suggest the Conservatives condone these disturbing comments. Sunak must return every penny.

• Bereaved families who lost loved ones to Covid have accused the former Welsh health minister Vaughan Gething of incompetence and arrogance after he revealed that all his WhatsApp messages from the time had been lost.

5.39pm GMT

Cleverly welcomes deal signed at global fraud summit in London as 'massive step forward'

All G7 countries, as well as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea, have signed a new agreement to tackle international fraud. The deal was signed at a global fraud summit hosted by the home secretary, James Cleverly. The Home Office said in a news release:

Under this framework, signatories have pledged to enhance law enforcement cooperation, improve victim support and bolster intelligence sharing.

Nations have also set out a clear requirement for collaboration with the private sector to prevent fraud ..

The communiqué recognises the impact of fraud is devastating and universal across the world, even if specific crime types may vary in different regions.

It paves the way for closer working practices between international law enforcement agencies.

Intelligence sharing between law enforcement agencies will be ramped up, with operational resources also enhanced. This will help ensure a comprehensive threat picture is maintained, and that action is taken against criminals operating across borders.

And Cleverly said:

We’ve been clear that the global community needs to unite to fight fraud head on and this communique is a massive step forward.

The United Kingdom and our friends at this summit possess the finest law enforcement agencies in the world.

We have already reduced fraud by 13% in England and Wales. New action from the international community will help reduce that even further.