Downing Street is under huge pressure to relax domestic food standards in pursuit of a US trade deal, prompting concerns from farmers and consumer advocates over potential impacts on quality and safety.

Electric vehicles fitted with certain Chinese-manufactured components have been barred from select British military sites due to potential security concerns, prompting directives to keep them at safe distances from key facilities.

The extended freeze on tax thresholds, introduced by Reeves, will push an additional 11 million people into paying the basic rate of income tax, including many pensioners, as the Chancellor commits to raising thresholds with inflation in 2028–29.

China has threatened to scale back its UK investment after accusations of sabotage at a British steel plant sparked a row with Labour, prompting the PM to move swiftly to protect jobs and reassure key stakeholders.