The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Watch again as Sir Keir Starmer faced a PMQs grilling on the turmoil surrounding his Labour party today (Wednesday 9 October).

US star Taylor Swift got a special police escort for her London concerts after an alleged suicide attack plot led to the cancellation of three performances in Vienna.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy insisted the decision for a motorbike escort was an operational decision by the Met Police

Trade union leaders meet ministers for final talks on employment rights bill before unveiling on Thursday

PM has repeatedly talked up his push to rebuild ties with the bloc after years of acrimony under successive Tory governments

The prime minister spoke exclusively to The Independent about how important the creative arts are to him personally, as someone who has grown up playing the flute and the violin

US president prepares for landfall of Hurricane Milton as German chancellor says meeting will be rescheduled

Letters: Readers call for the prime minister to do the right thing by investing in future generations through European scheme

News analysis: Just days after Boris Johnson likened Dominic Cummings to a ‘homicidal robot’ in his new book, Keir Starmer seems to embrace the idea of putting a ruthless, analytics-obsessed genius in charge of his Downing Street operation, writes The Independent’s politics editor David Maddox