The PM aims to hold negotiations with up to nine nations to finalise new asylum arrangements, after an earlier proposal was rejected, seeking to establish “return hubs” abroad to ease pressure on domestic systems.

Plans to allow earlier release for those convicted of serious offences have caused concern over public safety, as prisons edge towards capacity and observers demand more stringent safeguards.

An innocent man, believed to be the nation’s longest-serving miscarriage of justice victim, spent nearly four decades behind bars on a flawed conviction before having it overturned, now facing a drawn-out wait for compensation.

Counterterrorism detectives are investigating a series of suspicious fires at two London properties and a vehicle linked to the PM, with authorities exploring possible connections between the incidents while stressing that inquiries remain ongoing.