Starmer says he ‘felt sick’ watching video of Henry Nowak’s arrest – as it happened

Keir Starmer has condemned Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, for saying that people should respond to the murder of Henry Nowak with “with pure cold rage”. (See 5.09pm .)

Keir Starmer’s WhatsApp messages automatically delete from his smartphone, Downing Street has confirmed, calling into question how full a picture emerged of his role in the appointment of Peter Mandelson from a recently released tranche of government documents. In a pooled TV clip, asked to confirmed that he used disappearing messages, Starmer replied:

double quotation mark Let me assure you, I’ve complied with the humble address. All the messages I hold have been passed over. I went through the same process as everybody else, and many people, not just in politics, use disappearing messages.

The luxury motorhome that Peter Murrell bought using money stolen from the Scottish National party was driven for only four miles, sitting unused for more than two years, a court was told today.

Wes Streeting has said he felt he was “hitting up against a brick wall” when he tried to raise concerns about Gaza in government, after private messages from Peter Mandelson were disclosed where he was accused of being “hysterical” about the issue.

For a full list of all the stories covered on the blog today, do scroll through the list of key event headlines near the top of the blog.