Politics

Sir Keir Starmer's government has not yet been in place for 100 days. By all accounts, things are not going well.

Before we get onto the budget and what Rachel Reeves might do to fiddle her fiscal rules and give herself a little more room to spend, I want you to ponder, for a moment, a recent report from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

The government has pledged nearly £22bn to fund projects that capture greenhouse gases from polluting plants and store them underground, as it races to reach strict climate targets.

Ministers are plotting a shake-up of Britain's drive to attract inward investment days before a summit they will claim demonstrates the country is "open for business".

Northern Ireland's first minister Michelle O'Neill has apologised after two Sinn Fein officials provided the British Heart Foundation (BHF) with references for a former employee who was under investigation for child sex offences.