The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Chaotic PMQs sees chancellor upset – reportedly after clash with speaker – as PM fields questions over black hole left by U-turn

Independent MP Zarah Sultana drew a sharp comparison between Keir Starmer’s past and present when recalling how, as a barrister, he defended an activist who broke into RAF Fairford what> to prevent war crimes crimes either needs quotes or a different way into it> in Iraq—calling it “not terrorism, but…

Editorial: A poorly devised cuts policy was mis-sold as reform and MPs were dismissed when they pointed out the problem

Letters: Dr Lynne Jones recalls her treatment under the law as a Greenham Common activist in the 80s. Plus, letters from a reader whose daughter is awaiting trial, Claire Jauffret and Rev Graham Murphy

Government has double challenge to plug £5bn hole while restoring sense that it retains authority and control

A sharper fall for the FTSE 250 typified a drab day for more UK-focused stocks.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office says Treasury chief Rachel Reeves is secure in her job after a series of government U-turns dented her revenue-raising plans

Even Kemi Badenoch was able to land punches after prime minister failed to guarantee Rachel Reeves’s position

City confidence in her is rock bottom — and Rachel Reeves’s high wire act is just one misstep away from a full blown financial crisis, says Jonathan Prynn

COMMENT: Her filleting of Starmer and Reeves in the Commons is arguably her biggest success since becoming opposition leader. It could silence complaints by her Conservative critics that she lacks the ruthless skills needed to become prime minister, writes Simon Walters.

Cost of government borrowing leaps as investors take fright from PMQs, before falling back as No 10 says chancellor staying in post