Starmer has ‘full confidence’ in Streeting despite health secretary’s allies saying he is planning to resign – as it happened

Wes Streeting leaves No 10 Downing Street after a short meeting with PM Sir Keir Starmer. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

6.00pm BST

Early evening summary

• Allies of Wes Streeting have said he is preparing to stand down as health secretary amid deep frustration with Keir Starmer’s leadership, and could mount a formal challenge for the leadership as early as Thursday.

• Keir Starmer has put long-promised changes to education, health and the courts at the heart of his agenda for the next year, as the embattled prime minister looks to prove he can enact the scale of change being demanded by Labour MPs and voters. There were 37 bills in the speech. Alexandra Topping has a guide to the key measures.

• Nigel Farage is facing a formal investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.

For a full list of all the stories covered on the blog today, do scroll through the list of key event headlines near the top of the blog.

5.52pm BST

Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, has pulled out of an event she was due to attend in Leeds tomorrow, Sky News reports.