The fragile ceasefire has given rise to cautious hope for longer-term peace even as Tehran insisted it will not give up its nuclear programme.

The 19-year-old was killed when his motorbike crashed into a car driven by American national Anne Sacoolas outside RAF Croughton in 2019.

Major housebuilders cannot be relied upon to achieve the Government’s target of building 1.5 million new homes, a housing expert has said, as he criticised a “failed monopoly” in the sector.

Angela Rayner insisted the Government was not expecting backbenchers to go against traditional party values amid a looming revolt over the welfare Bill set for a Commons vote next week.

Camden groups supporting Palestine have condemned the government's decision to proscribe a national group as terrorists.