The Labour Party’s top team, led by Sir Keir Starmer, will cease accepting donations of clothes following mounting pressure and criticism over support for such donations.

Labour MPs are pressing Rachel Reeves to reconsider cutting winter fuel payments following a £10bn boost from the Bank of England, reports The Times.

The Times reports that the Middle East conflict has escalated into a “new phase” following a second wave of booby-trapped device explosions targeting Hezbollah members in Lebanon.

Thousands of Hezbollah militia fighters in Lebanon were injured or killed due to simultaneous detonations of explosive-laden pagers, in an attack attributed to Israel.