Nigel Farage is considering a move for No 10 after his party’s strong local election performance, asserting that the results demonstrate a significant blow to the traditional two-party structure.

An aide has been dismissed after inadvertently adding a reporter to a sensitive messaging group concerning possible airstrikes, raising questions over the safeguarding of classified details.

Ministers plan to require all newly built homes to include solar panels by 2027 to advance net-zero goals, though some developers are concerned about the extra costs.

The newly elected Canadian PM insisted his government would remain sovereign and robust despite external rhetoric, pledging strengthened ties with the UK and a decisive approach to economic and diplomatic matters.