The brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales has claimed that King Charles sounded ‘giddily elated’ in a phone call to him after her death

The Reform leader was not at the count where he won back his seat in the byelection he had triggered

While the hot summer and hosepipe bans continue, bosses at many utilities firms are receiving pay rises

The prime minister has invited Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey – but not Nigel Farage – to discuss a cross-party consensus on the funding crisis

Days of speculation ended when Andy Burnham secured a possible route back to Westminster

On the day the London Marathon hit the capital’s streets, the PM insisted that he still has the support of the ‘vast majority’ of the Labour party

Donald Trump’s decision to join Israel in attacking Iran will be an acid test for his core support – and his falling ratings at home

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Diane Abbott is the latest Labour MP to be suspended as Keir Starmer attempts to reassert his grip on backbenchers

US secretary of state Marco Rubio warns that Washington will ‘move on’ from peace talks unless it sees progress soon

Donald Trump says the US has had a ‘very good and productive’ discussion with Vladimir Putin – where this leaves Volodymyr Zelenskyy is unclear

Keir Starmer confirms Peter Mandelson as US ambassador while giving councils £1.6bn to ‘get on with fixing potholes’