Sir Keir Starmer will attend the Cop30 summit in Brazil next month, Downing Street has confirmed.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “The Prime Minister will attend the Cop30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil next month, because net zero is the economic opportunity of the 21st century, one that has the potential to reignite our industrial heartlands, create good jobs for the future.

“That’s why we’re restoring the UK as a global leader for climate action and green growth.

“You can expect to see the PM driving forward that agenda at the Cop30 summit next month.”

The UK Football Policing Unit has contacted Israeli authorities regarding disorder at a match in Tel Aviv on Sunday.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “We absolutely recognise the concerns raised by police due to previous incidents in Europe and, of course, we acknowledge events over the last few days, and we condemn any violent behaviour.

“We understand the UK Football Policing Unit are reaching out to their Israeli counterparts to gain an understanding of what happened at last night’s match in Tel Aviv.

“But as we’ve said, we want to ensure that all fans can enjoy the Aston Villa game safely early next month.”

The Tories are set to vote against the Government’s Chagos Islands Bill as it faces its final Commons hurdles this afternoon.

Shadow Foreign Secretary Dame Priti Patel said: “Our spineless Prime Minister is kowtowing to China. He is so desperate for the CCP’s approval he is prepared to hand over his own country’s sovereignty – not to mention £40 billion of taxpayers’ cash – to an ally of Beijing.

“As usual, he is running scared of scrutiny. He can’t face being held to account over Chagos and China, because he knows his arguments don’t stand up.

“He thinks that by hiding behind the façade of international law, he can betray the British people and get away with it.

“But the Conservatives will always stand up for the national interest, and so we will resist Starmer’s Chagos-China Surrender Bill every step of the way.”

Rachel Reeves’ attempt to blame Britain’s problems on Brexit indicates that she consistently making the “wrong choices”, shadow chancellor Mel Stride has claimed in a stinging attack.

Ms Reeves, speaking at the weekend, suggested the decision to quit the European Union was hampering the nation’s economic performance, pointing to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s calculation of a 4% long-term hit compared with having remained in the bloc.

“Every time the numbers don’t add up, Rachel Reeves blames someone else. This isn’t about events or excuses. It’s about choices. And Rachel Reeves is making the wrong ones – letting spending spiral, failing to reform welfare, and hammering families with higher taxes to cover her own economic mismanagement.”

Rachel Reeves has been accused of “filling the needle with poison” with inflation forecasted to have surged to 4% in September, delivering a stinging blow to borrowers and evoking fears of 1970s-style stagflation.

The prediction, from S&P Global, marks a sharp climb from August’s 3.8% rate and doubles the Bank of England’s (BoE) 2% target.

Official figures are due on Wednesday, piling pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves just weeks before her Autumn Budget on November 26.

Analysts pin much of the blame on April’s tax hikes, which have eroded household spending power and reignited price pressures amid stubborn core costs like energy and food.

Omer Mehmet, managing director at Welling-based Trinity Finance, said: “Borrowers are the big losers here. If inflation creeps back up to 4%, this will show exactly how fragile the recovery really is.”

The Conservatives have called for an independent judge-led grooming gangs inquiry after victim Fiona Goddard’s resigned from the probe’s panel this morning.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “Victims and survivors have been betrayed over and over again. First by the authorities who ignored them, and now by a government that’s watering down its own inquiry before it’s even begun.

“Survivors will never get justice from the same institutions that failed them in the before. This inquiry must be led by a sitting or recently retired senior judge, not ex-police officers or social workers marking their own homework.

“The Conservatives are demanding a full, statutory, judge-led inquiry into the rape gangs and the cover-ups that protected them. Every official, police officer, and councillor who enabled these crimes must face prosecution for misconduct in public office. No more delays, no more excuses, no more cover up.”

A Liberal Democrat spokesperson said: “Reform’s meetings are starting to sound more like an episode of The Traitors than the running of a major council. All that’s missing is for Claudia Winkleman to appear and ask who they’re going to banish next.

“Reform don’t know what they are doing. Residents are paying the price for their incompetence. Since taking control, they have broken their promise to lower council tax after they realised their plans don’t add up, and they can’t even hold meetings together without an argument breaking out.”

Labour claimed that Reform UK “aren’t up to the task and just can’t be trusted” after four councillors were suspended from Kent County Council following a leaked video from a council meeting.

A spokesperson said: “Reform’s leader in Kent said that Reform councils were ‘the biggest advert’ for what a Nigel Farage government would look like. Well now we know what that means: complete chaos.

“For all Farage’s talk on cutting council waste hasn’t come close. Now members of his flagship council are fighting like rats in a sack. Reform is in meltdown and it’s local residents who will pay the price.

“Only Labour can be trusted to renew Britain, secure our borders, and put money back in people’s pockets. Reform have shown they aren’t up to the task and just can’t be trusted.”

Four Reform UK councillors have been suspended after a video of their flagship council leader telling members to “suck it up” was leaked to the press.

Footage of an online meeting where Kent County Council leader Linden Kemkaran could be seen berating backbench councillors when they questioned her was released by The Guardian on Saturday.

A Reform spokesperson said: “Cllrs Paul Thomas, Oliver Bradshaw, Bill Barrett and Maxine Fothergill have had the whip suspended pending investigation, following evidence that they brought the party into disrepute.”

The Government will “provide what is necessary” to ensure Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans can attend a match in Birmingham next month, a Cabinet minister has said.

Bridget Phillipson said blocking supporters from the Europa League game against Aston Villa was “very difficult to justify” after local authorities announced the Israeli team’s fans would be barred amid safety concerns.

The Government’s explanation of its role in the collapse of the China spying case is “falling apart”, according to Tory MP Nick Timothy.

He told GB News: “The Government’s case is falling apart. Every single day we get new news reports. Last week we had the security minister come to Parliament. He denied that one of the most sensitive meetings in this whole story took place in September.

“By Wednesday, the Prime Minister came to Parliament and confirmed that that meeting did take place. And then on Thursday, they sent a junior minister who gave, I’m afraid, I think, the worst performance I’ve seen in the House of Commons in my time there to date.

“He wasn’t able to answer any question. He wasn’t able to justify what the Prime Minister had said, had contradicted what the Government had previously said in several key ways. And we need to get to the bottom of this. We need the truth.

“We need total transparency, because at the heart of this is something really, really important, which is our national security.”

York Central MP Rachael Maskell said Parliament should “act” over removing Prince Andrew’s titles.

Ms Maskell, who in 2022 introduced a private members’ bill that would give the monarch powers to remove titles, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “It’s a single clause bill which I’m proposing, so it wouldn’t take up time, but it would make a real difference should these occurrences arise.

“And of course, any associations with individuals as apparent as somebody like Epstein could then be addressed in such a way.

“So I really do trust that Parliament will take this seriously and recognise there are opportunities here to address the wrongs of history and to ensure that the voices of victims and survivors are really heard and acted upon.”

The MP, who had the Labour whip taken off her for objections to the Government’s welfare reforms, added: “I do think it is for Parliament to act.

“I presume the technicalities of that would be that there would have to be a conversation between the Palace and Parliament to indicate that the King was willing to assume those powers.

“But of course, Parliament could press forward with action and legislation if it so chose. And I think we need to find a mechanism in order to achieve that. The private members’ route would be one such measure.”

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said stripping Prince Andrew of his right to be a prince “isn’t a matter for the Government”.

Asked whether Parliament should strip Prince Andrew of his titles, Ms Phillipson told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “This isn’t a matter for the Government, and we do support the statement that the royal family issued and the action that’s been taken.

“Our thoughts have to be with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, those who suffered and continue to suffer because of the abuse that they experienced at his hands, but these are matters for the royal family.”

The Labour MP added: “We would be guided by the royal family in this and I imagine the royal family would want Parliament to continue to dedicate our time to our wider legislative programme, but we will be guided by the monarch.

“It’s why we do support the statement that was issued and the action that has been taken. But of course, Prince Andrew holds the title of Prince because he is the son of a monarch, and that’s the situation that we have.”

Asked why it was not a matter for the Government, Ms Phillipson said: “Because the Government by long-standing convention does not involve itself in matters concerning the royal family.

“The royal family don’t involve themselves in the business of government in terms of inserting themselves into the discussion and it’s right that we respect that going the other way as well.”

Rachel Reeves has launched a fresh attack on Brexit ahead of her Budget.

The Chancellor insisted Britain’s departure from the EU has done long-term damage to the economy.

In remarks published this weekend, she told an international economic committee at the International Monetary Fund (IMF): “The UK’s productivity challenge has been compounded by the way in which the UK left the European Union.”

Ms Reeves quoted the Office for Budget Responsibility’s estimate of a 4% long-term hit compared to remaining in the bloc.

She said the UK “acknowledges this” in seeking stronger trade ties.

The two candidates vying to be Labour’s next deputy leaders are beginning their final week of campaigning before the polls in the contest close.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has vowed to reduce child poverty and warned that not voting for her will result in “internal debate and divisions that leads us back to opposition”.

Lucy Powell, the Manchester Central MP and former Government minister, said she would offer a “strong, independent voice at the top” in what could be Labour members’ last chance to change the party’s course before the next general election.

The deputy leadership contest was triggered after Angela Rayner stood down over a row over her tax affairs.

Results will be announced on Saturday, October 25.