Keir Starmer will face Kemi Badenoch for another session of Prime Minister's Questions at noon, after receiving a huge economic blow this morning. Labour was handed disastrous news from the OBR at 7am showing that inflation has surged to 3.5%, well above the government's target of 2% and higher than forecast by economists.

The veteran Labour MP strongly criticised the controversial policy which the Government is believed to now be reconsidering

Reform UK MP Richard Tice has claimed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is "terrified" of his party's surge in popularity, after new polling placed Nigel Farage's force ahead of Labour. In the latest YouGov poll,

Prime Minister more disliked than ever after local elections drubbing, with even Labour voters now more likely to take a dim view of their leader

Starmer could have framed the same policies around a softer rhetoric, one that embraces multicultural Britain while making the case for reforming the labour market.

Even the late Queen Elizabeth II could not contain her VE Day excitement. Then a young princess, she slipped into the massed crowds unnoticed, swept up by a ‘tide of happiness and relief’. It was a moment of national togetherness unparalleled in the story of these islands. The greatest victory in the history of this great nation.

Starmer urged to ‘deploy every tool’ to free jailed British activist - MPs and peers have pressed for the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who has been on hunger strike for more than 80 days.