In a post on X, leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch welcomed Keir Starmer's announcement of a public inquiry - but said "Labour must not use it to hide behind their own failings". "There remain serious questions about the transparency of government information at the time of the unrest that followed these horrific killings," Badenoch wrote.

ANALYSIS: Prime Minister visibly irritated as Tory leader accuses him of 'vandalising' education in hard-hitting PMQs attack

Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash after Tulip Siddiq's resignation and inflation fall - PM faces questions over Tulip Siddiq’s resignation as Treasury minister

Michael Saunders, a former member of the BoE's monetary policy committee which sets interest rates, said the latest inflation figure would be "some help" in trying to ease some of the worries over the UK economy - more on that in our next post.

Kemi Badenoch hbranded Sir Keir Starmer’s education reforms “an act of vandalism” in a Commons clash. The Tory leader said that under the Conservatives pupil attainment in maths, reading and science soared, with English schools now top of global league tables in the subjects.

No love lost: Starmer seeemed particularly angered by the Tory leader’s blast at his plan to slap VAT on private schools, a move Badenoch warned would hit people with special needs. “She’s got a nerve,” the PM shot back. “We are going to fix that mess like we are fixing every other mess.”

Keir Starmer departs Downing Street ahead of PMQs