Starmer claims voters being ‘conned’ by Tories and Reform UK as parties are planning a coalition – as it happened PM says supporters of both groups are being misled and a tie-up would be a ‘disaster’ for Britain
Sound the alarm for a KemiKaze breakfast, then hit snooze for the Starmer roadshow It’s local elections week and the party leaders are putting their faces out there, whether we want to see them or not
Fathers ‘betrayed’ by Labour workers’ rights bill, say paternity leave campaigners Exclusive: Promised ‘day one’ right will not include statutory pay for new dads who have been in job for less than six months
Girl detained for 15 years for attempted murder over school stabbings in Wales Teenager, then 13, attacked pupil and teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin during incident in Carmarthenshire in 2024
Play to tell tale of surprise Banksy that appeared on garage in Port Talbot Season’s Greetings, which was removed from the town much to residents’ sadness, is focus of touring show
Met police ‘maintain concerns’ about China super-embassy plan Exclusive: Force, which had dropped objection to plan, says protests of more than 500 people would impede traffic and require extra resources
Reform UK challenged to give details on donations after £2m mailshot campaign Exclusive: Liberal Democrats say voters need to know sources of funding for Nigel Farage’s party before local elections
Counter-terrorism police examine Facebook ‘massacre’ posts after Leeds attack Crossbow and firearm recovered from city’s Otley Run pub crawl route where two women were seriously injured
‘This is important’: on the ground with Liverpool fans at Anfield Emotions ran high as the club prepared for Premier League final against Tottenham
Alison Oldham obituary Other lives: Journalist, subtitler and researcher whose book Everyone Was Working: Writers and Artists in Postwar St Ives was published in 2003