John Healey was joined in his exit from Government by armed forces minister Al Carns and two parliamentary aides, heaping pressure on Sir Keir.

Mr Carns quit on Thursday evening, telling the Prime Minister he could not defend ‘a level of investment I know to be inadequate’.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the Defence Investment Plan would deliver ‘an unprecedented increase in defence spending in a sustainable way’.

Mr Kenyon, who is standing against Andy Burnham in the Makerfield by-election, supported an offensive post about Carol Vorderman on X.

The Financial Times reported that the Prime Minister has taken action to see off any resignations should Mr Burnham return to Parliament.

The Conservative leader said her party would seek to abolish a duty for teachers, nurses and police officers to consider equalities law.

‘It is for the writers and the people who own the rights to make that decision,’ the Conservative leader said.

It comes just a week after a political row broke out over whether the police response to the murder of Henry Nowak was influenced by equality law.

Some Reform-run councils have lowered the Ukrainian flag from their civic buildings which were hoisted in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion.

The Defence Investment Plan will be published before the Nato summit in Turkey, beginning on July 7, the Prime Minister said.

Mr Jones also appeared to criticise Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Jonathan Reynolds and Angela Rayner.

The Reform UK leader has been accused by his political opponents of stoking tension with his remarks.

Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was arrested by Indian authorities in 2017 just weeks after his wedding, and has been detained there ever since.

Sir Keir Starmer condemned the Reform leader at Prime Minister’s Questions for responding to the 18-year-old’s murder with an ‘appeal for rage’.

Sir Keir Starmer paid tribute to the man who led the agency between 2014 and 2020.

The Prime Minister’s weekly appearance in the Commons will be the first opportunity MPs have to grill him about the content of the Mandelson files.

The claim comes after WhatsApp messages revealed Lord Mandelson had accused Mr Streeting of being ‘hysterical’ about the war.

Documents relating to Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to give the prestigious Washington job to Lord Mandelson were released on Monday afternoon.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the publication of the files would be an ‘unprecedented piece of Government transparency’.

The Tagor, a sanctioned tanker, was boarded by the French navy on Sunday in international waters, French President Emmanuel Macron said.