The Business Secretary also noted that ‘entitlement is not a qualification for leadership’ in an apparent veiled swipe at Andy Burnham.

The X owner has criticised the police treatment of the dying teenager.

Files published on Monday showed Cabinet minister Mr McFadden saying Labour MPs were asking the wrong questions on tax and welfare.

The author of a review of youth unemployment suggested the current Government should rethink an uplift in the minimum wage.

The recently-resigned former health secretary joined calls for an Australia-style ban, ahead of a consultation closing.

The Government’s consultation closes at the end of Tuesday.

Reform UK claimed Moscow was behind knowledge of a £5 million gift the party leader received from a crypto tycoon.

Reform’s Makerfield by-election candidate Robert Kenyon appears to have backed an offensive social media post about the broadcaster.

The Prime Minister sought to regain control of the political agenda with a series of announcements on the cost of living.

Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir drew international condemnation for sharing footage taunting international activists.

The former health secretary said his plan could raise up to £12 billion a year.

The former prince stepped down from the role he held for 10 years in 2011 when he came under fire for his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

In his resignation speech in the Commons, the former minister said Sir Keir Starmer’s Government is losing the fight against nationalism.

His resignation as Health Secretary paves the way for a leadership challenge.

No 10 continued to insist Sir Keir Starmer would fight any leadership challenge mounted against him.

Prominent MP Jess Phillips was among the four junior ministers to exit Sir Keir’s Government, piling pressure on him to go.

Jess Phillips and two other junior ministers resigned urging the Prime Minister to go, while more than 100 MPs warned against a leadership contest.

Alex Davies-Jones stepped down as victims minister and said the country needed ‘bold, radical action’.

She became the second minister to stand down, as the number of Labour MPs urging Sir Keir to quit reached 81.

Several senior ministers spoke out in support of the Prime Minister, while others declined to comment amid splits over his future in his top team.