The prime minister and chancellor shared a hug as they moved to calm the markets after a tumultuous week which saw tears in the Commons during PMQs

Reeves rejected suggestions that her tears at PMQs were related to a conversation with Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle

Chaotic PMQs sees chancellor upset – reportedly after clash with speaker – as PM fields questions over black hole left by U-turn

Chancellor’s spokesperson says Reeves was crying over a ‘personal matter’ as Starmer’s press secretary insists she has PM’s ‘full backing’

The debacle over the welfare reforms has stripped Keir Starmer of his authority and left his government damaged. David Maddox tracks how the prime minister lost control

Chancellor’s spokesperson says Reeves was crying over a ‘personal matter’ as Starmer’s press secretary confirms she has PM’s ‘full backing’

PM suffers largest rebellion of his premiership despite a climbdown in which he abandoned a key pillar of the reforms

Sir Keir Starmer’s weaknesses have been badly exposed in a chaotic debate around his welfare reforms. He needs to start listening to his MPs, notes David Maddox

Almost 20,000 people have arrived in the UK across the Channel in the first six months of this year, 48 per cent more than 2024

Keir Starmer is likely to have the numbers to get his legislation on welfare to pass its first hurdle today, writes David Maddox, but the concessions he has been forced to make show he’s rapidly losing control

Labour MPs refusing to show approval for the changes to the welfare reform bill shows a change of mood on the backbenches, observes David Maddox

Labour MPs lineup to demand more changes to proposed reforms

Prime minister hits out at broadcaster after punk band Bob Vylan, led chant of ‘death, death to the IDF’, the Israeli Defence Force

As Labour’s civil war on Starmer’s plans to slash disability benefits rages, the new analysis has revealed working-class voters have turned to Nigel Farage and Reform UK

Keir Starmer’s U-turn now leaves the government with a choice between raising taxes or cutting spending elsewhere