The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

Essex County Council responds to a call from the PM for evidence to justify its security scheme.

Temperatures are expected to rise well above the late September average on Tuesday with a very warm night to follow, as Simon King explains.

Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water

Guardian article criticises RFK JR while ignoring greater restrictions in the UK

Exclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossings * UK politics live – latest updates Shabana Mahmood will announce a new legal route for refugees that prioritises Afghan women and girls and Palestinians, unfreezing a scheme that will put the most vulnerable refugees on a faster path to permanent status. The change marks a shift in Mahmood’s approach to asylum seekers after the abrupt closure of the Afghan resettlement scheme last year and changes that will keep refugee status under constant review for two decades. Continue reading...

PM says he will put proposals for NHS-style service funded by everybody into Labour’s next general election manifesto * UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said that he is going to “rip the plaster off” to fix the broken social care system, as he set out a vision for a universal service that would be free at the point of use for everybody in England. The prime minister said the new NHS-style social care service would be funded by “everybody” but did not give further details of how his radical long-term plan would be paid for. Continue reading...

A former cabinet minister has also accused Andy Burnham of not doing enough to grow the economy.

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Patriot Platform boss Danny Tommo has tonight been arrested on suspicion of serious criminal offences committed on Tuesday in the Channel

El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers

It is four years since Liz Truss’s mini-budget. So drink heavily, move the cat out of kicking distance, and relive the experience in this excerpt from Four Chancellors and a Funeral.

While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts.

Protesters gathered in Gosport after initial reports the small boat would be brought further west.

Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover

Members of the public who were closely following the activity of the vessel turned out in Gosport and Portsmouth to protest.