A senior politician accuses the Tories of neglecting future generations by weakening net zero plans, insisting on a new publicly owned energy initiative to bolster clean power and address the climate challenge.

Reeves is poised to unveil sweeping reductions in public spending, the largest since austerity, aiming to close the budget gap while heightening concerns about significant effects on services and benefits.

The PM’s plan to impose substantial cuts to disability benefits has triggered rapidly intensifying objections from economists, campaigners and party colleagues, who warn that vulnerable people will be disproportionately affected.

Starmer is under fire for aiming to cap monthly disability support at £675, with MPs and campaigners expressing alarm over the potential harm to those reliant on these funds.