Good evening. Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he is “completely in control” despite the chaos over his chief of staff’s pay. Elsewhere in today’s newsletter, Israeli jets have disrupted the Hezbollah leader’s speech,

Keir Starmer has faced questions over his chief of staff Sue Gray, gifts and winter fuel payment cuts in a pre-conference round of interviews with regional broadcasters

In a round of interviews with regional broadcasters ahead of the start of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Sunday the PM tried to deflect questions about her pay.

Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed a Uefa warning that England could be thrown out of their own European Championship over the Government’s new football regulator.

A bill to establish a body to oversee the top five tiers of the men's game in England was reintroduced in July.

Keir Starmer said he was confident the Three Lions wouldn't be excluded from the 2028 tournament the UK is co-hosting after reports UEFA was worried about 'government interference' in football