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MP Josh Barabinde is calling for domestic abuse to be made a specific criminal offence, recalling his own experience of abuse as a child.

After Labour backbenchers forced a welfare U-turn, it will be harder for ministers to hold the line on all their other demands.

The UK has already lifted a number of sanctions against Syria since the fall of Bashar al Assad's regime, and has suggested the rebel group HTS could be removed from proscribed terror lists.

Mr McMurdock strongly insists his business dealings were always lawful, compliant and checked by relevant authorities. But that hasn't stopped rival parties from revelling in the "chaos", as the number of Reform MPs drops from five to four.

Reform MP James McMurdock has suspended himself from the party.

Initially aimed at saving £5.5bn, the watered-down welfare bill now leaves the government with an estimated £5.5bn black hole - close to breaching the chancellor's fiscal rules set out last year.

After 12 months in power, the Sky News Data and Forensics unit has a look at Labour's performance against some of their key measures.

"His new party will be enough to lose Labour many, many seats in 2029," said Reform UK's Zia Yusuf.

Zarah Sultana has announced that she is setting up a new political party with Jeremy Corbyn. How easy is the process, and what is required?

Starmer won power with the largest majority in a quarter of a century but he marks his first anniversary with the humiliation of having to abandon his flagship welfare reforms in a clear blow to his authority.