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

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,

It has emerged Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Sue Gray, received a pay rise which means she is now on a higher salary than him. The story, briefed to the BBC by a number of sources, painted a picture of fractious relationships at the heart of government,