Starmer announces ‘groundbreaking’ one in, one out migration deal at press conference - French president ends three-day state visit with announcement on plan to tackle illegal Channel crossings

The Prime Minister and the French President will address their countries at 4pm in the UK, as part of Mr Macron's landmark state visit

Keir Starmer’s government has hit its lowest ever approval rating with the public, according to a damning new poll. The YouGov survey, carried out to mark Labour’s first year in power, found that just 13% of voters are happy with the party’s performance. By contrast, 67% of the public say they disapprove of how the government is doing.

Fears are mounting of a £8 billion stealth income tax as pressure builds on Starmer to commit another budget U-turn

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The effect of the policy is to drag millions of workers into higher tax bands when their pay goes up, raising tens of billions of pounds for the Treasury in the process. But critics say this is a stealth tax, a sneaky way of giving the chancellor more money to spend without having to increase the rate of income tax or National Insurance.

Sir Keir Starmer has sparked fears of a new stealth tax after Kemi Badenoch warned that "millions of our poorest pensioners face being dragged into income tax for the first time ever". Fears arose after the Leader of the Opposition quizzed the Prime Minister on whether Labour would maintain its commitment to unfreeze income tax thresholds.