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Police confirm all three victims were girls and say five children and two adults remain in a critical condition.

Disturbing stabbings in Southport leave 8 injured, including children, at a community center event in northwest England.

One of Keir Starmer’s first acts as prime minister was to kill off the previous government’s flagship asylum policy. The Rwanda plan was doomed from the start, dogged by legal and political difficulties and culminating in a £320 million bill to the taxpayer with no planes actually taking off.

Sir Keir Starmer has taken on the hard-Left and seen off the Tory Right. But now the Prime Minister faces his biggest battle yet: a head-on collision with the undisputed heavyweight champions of British politics — the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Exclusive: Ipsos data shows both Labour and Tory parties lost a significant number of Black and Asian voters, who turned to Greens and Independents in unprecedented numbers

What voters want is a display of reliability and competence – but the current favourite for next leader has other ideas, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The coming of a new Labour government is a moment to take stock. Are there things that the new administration can learn from previous Labour governments? Is it true, as David Cameron claimed in 2009, that Labour governments always run out of money?

The government repeated Sir Keir Starmer’s promise not to take Britain back into the single market, customs union or restore freedom of movement

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden left open the prospect of a string of tax rises apart from on VAT, income tax and National Insurance

Israeli prime minister releases statement following visit to scene of strike in which 12 youngsters died

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves to deliver speech expected to lay the groundwork for tax rises.