Kemi Badenoch argues that the PM’s economic strategy has formed a damaging “doom loop”, potentially forcing further tax rises amid persistent cost-of-living pressures.

Nigel Farage contends that by lowering the voting age to 16 Labour could inadvertently dent its own election prospects, citing polling suggesting a growing share of teenagers would reject the party.

A review of Prevent finds the anti-radicalisation scheme missed vital chances to intervene before the killings of three young girls in Southport and MP Sir David Amess, urging sweeping reforms to avert future tragedies.

Two men who deliberately felled the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland have each been sentenced to four years and three months in prison, the court finding that the act was pre-planned and carried out in a professional manner.