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Wes Streeting has suggested he is confident the government will now win a crunch vote on welfare cuts after Sir Keir Starmer made a number of concessions to prevent a damaging rebellion.

The UK's largest bioethanol plant, employing around more than 160 people, has been explicit that it is the trade agreement and uncertainty over the outcome of government negotiations that has led to the closure.

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YouGov's first MRP survey since the general election suggest Nigel Farage's party winning the most seats - but not enough for government. Meanwhile, the two major parties of the past century fall below half of the vote share collectively.

Cabinet ministers have been frantically calling Labour MPs unhappy with the government's welfare reforms in a bid to curb the mounting rebellion ahead of a crunch vote next week - which Number 10 insists is still going ahead.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warned today of regular cyberattacks emanating from the like of Russia and Iran against the UK. Information shared with Sky News shows a rise in Iran-adjacent attacks since their conflict with Israel began.

Sir Keir Starmer has said a vote on welfare reforms will go ahead next week despite an unprecedented number of Labour MPs expected to rebel.

The deputy PM was pressed on warnings from businesses that tax hikes look increasingly inevitable to fund the government's spending plans.

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Many current and former postmasters affected by Horizon IT failings and associated miscarriages of justice are not yet receiving fair and timely compensation, according to a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).