'The economic situation is hardly rosy but much of the criticism against the Chancellor is overblown,' writes The Mirror's Jason Beattie on pressure facing Rachel Reeves

The Mirror's Jason Beattie looks back at Keir Starmer's first six months in Downing Street - and to the possible pitfalls the PM faces in the New Year

Home Office Minister Jess Phillips urged people to back our Christmas appeal for the Missing People charity as she spoke of getting a second chance with her brother Luke

'Labour MPs in traditional heartland seats have been telling No 10 that Nigel Farage's Reform now poses more of a danger than the Tories,' The Mirror's Jason Beattie writes

'Looming over Mr Starmer’s speech was a ghost from the past, Boris Johnson, and a potential menace in the future, Nigel Farage,' The Mirror's Jason Beattie writes

Jason Beattie says that following Louise Haigh's resignation, Cabinet ministers will have noted Prime Minister Keir Starmer's reluctance to back a colleague in difficulty

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has closed a loophole that should have been shut years ago by reforming inheritance tax rules for farmland

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has closed a loophole that should have been shut years ago by reforming inheritance tax rules for farmland