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A draft letter from the Building Societies Association, seen by Sky News, warns the chancellor that slashing the cash ISA limit risks pushing up borrowing costs for homeowners and businesses.

The chancellor is rapidly losing her £9.9bn fiscal headroom thanks to multiple U-turns on policies that were meant to save money.

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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.