Dan Norris, a Labour MP, has been suspended by party officials following a police investigation into serious accusations, causing turmoil for Starmer and prompting renewed scrutiny of internal processes.

The head of a prominent African charity, which the Duke co-founded, has reportedly condemned the couple’s public profile as damaging, alleging that the Duke engaged in bullying and caused harm to the organisation’s work.

Senior officers at the Met are accused of adopting a two-tier policing approach after withdrawing armed units from No10 in the face of a protest, prompting scrutiny over security and claims of appeasing disruptive crowds.

A senior security official claims No 10 was warned that the virus originated in a Chinese lab, yet the intelligence was allegedly dismissed by individuals close to the PM despite calls for a thorough inquiry.