Keir Starmer is this week conducting face-to-face interviews with four candidates to be Cabinet Secretary: Olly Robbins Antonia Romeo Tamara Finkelstein Chris Wormald If he goes for Romeo or Finkelstein it would be the first female Cabinet Secretary in history

Sir Keir Starmer responds to a petition signed by 2 million people calling for an election, saying it's not a surprise but that it 'isn't how our system works' 'Very many people don't vote Labour. I'm not that surprised that many of them want a re-run. That isn't how our system works'

BREAKING: British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles have been fired at targets in Russia for the first time Fragments of missiles have been found in Kursk It comes after US long-range missiles were used in strikes on a military facility in Bryansk

Labour says that hitting its target of building 1.5m more homes by 2030 is going to be 'more difficult than we expected' Matthew Pennycook, planning minister, says housebuilding is 'in a trough'. 'We've got to pull ourselves out of that trough. That will take time'

EXCLUSIVE: Britain's biggest retailers warn Rachel Reeves NI rise will lead to shop closures, job losses, pay restraint and higher prices 79 retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Ldi, Lidl, Boots, JD Sports, Next have signed letter www.thetimes.com/article/6e6c...

Keir Starmer confirms he will vote on assisted dying bill but won't say how - suggests that doing so would put pressure on people Given that it is a matter for individual MPs is there not a strong argument that it's time to dispense with the neutrality rule and let ministers say what they think?

President Xi channels Keir Starmer after their meeting on the fringes of the G20 summit in Rio, saying that Labour is 'working to fix the foundations' It's the first meeting between a British PM and Xi in five years