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Ex-Tory chairman Sir Jake Berry has defected to Reform, in the latest blow to the Conservatives.

Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have agreed the need for a "new deterrent" to deter small boats crossings in the Channel, Downing Street has said.

Sir Keir Starmer's watered down welfare bill has passed its final stage in the Commons, after another concession was made to MPs.

Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out a wealth tax or say if he would extend a freeze on income tax and national insurance thresholds.

The idea of a wealth tax has raised its head - yet again - as the government attempts to balance its books.