A report warns that an estimated £17 billion is needed to fix the nation’s deteriorating roads, highlighting serious safety risks and calling for substantial, sustained investment to address infrastructure shortfalls.

Streeting asserts that some medical professionals are too quick to diagnose mental health conditions, pledging to help individuals back into employment amid looming benefit changes and signs of discord within his party.

Starmer proposes a radical overhaul of the NHS aimed at reducing bureaucracy and boosting patient care, while the PM vows to rein in “flabby” quangos to streamline public spending.

A new set of US tariffs on steel has prompted the PM to adopt a careful stance, while Starmer insists on securing a robust UK–US trade arrangement to safeguard British exports and avert economic strain.