Ewan Somerville

Nigel Farage has said he fears Donald Trump will "aggressively" continue his war with Iran after his "disaster" in the US midterm elections. The Reform leader said the US president was still a friend, but "broke a promise" to American voters. More:

More asbestos has been discovered in Parliament, BBC has learnt, as MPs come under pressure to sign off on a multi-billion pound revamp of the crumbling home of UK democracy. Known asbestos items in the Palace of Westminster & wider estate up by 45% in past five years. More:

No10 has defended sending the official UK government plane to Manchester to pick up Andy Burnham today, rather than the PM going to London beforehand. Bound for the Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda, the plane made a 35 min trip from Stansted to Manchester first. More:

NEW: Labour has pulled out of power-sharing agreements with the Green Party in 11 local councils, after the "Zionism is racism" motion. Labour councillors will now no longer be in coalition with the Greens in areas including Sheffield, Warwick and Lewes. More:

NEW: Andy Burnham's Number 10 North has gone on a multi-million pound hiring spree with dozens of new jobs being advertised. The Manchester office has launched 50 external job adverts, including a "rewiring the state deputy director" on up to £117k. More:

A "mindset shift" is needed across UK's central government to help Number 10 North deliver its objectives, its deputy director has said. Duncan Parish has told a conference there are "institutional challenges" within govt. Comes as questions continue about No 10 North costs.

Zack Polanski has said he will not overturn a motion passed by Green Party members that declared Zionism a form of racism. The Green leader told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that, while he would like to make amendments, it would be party policy until 2028.