Angela Rayner has urged Labour MPs to champion the government’s first-year achievements and set out decisive plans on growth, infrastructure and living costs, arguing this is essential to consolidate power and counter both populist and trade-union pressures.

Diane Abbott has been suspended from Labour for a second time, after failing to satisfy the party’s requirements following its inquiry into her comments on prejudice.

After four Labour backbenchers were stripped of the whip for defying the leadership on welfare cuts, the PM signalled a firmer grip on party discipline ahead of key votes.

Following a Ministry of Defence data breach that accidentally revealed the identities of Afghans who had assisted British forces, ministers obtained a super-injunction and discreetly relocated more than 1,500 affected individuals and their families to the UK at a cost exceeding £200 million, prompting scrutiny over transparency and legal accountability.