Data from the Office of National Statistics shows Londoners are less likely to be violent crime victims (26.4 offences per 1,000 pop) than the rest of England & Wales (31.9 offences). Violent crime has fallen in every London borough in the past year.

Exclusive from my colleague Patrick Maguire Nigel Farage will use a live broadcast in the wake of Sir Keir Starmer's speech to accuse the prime minister of inciting violence against his party Farage believes the prime minister's description of his immigration policy as

Powerful interview with Ashley Dalton MP. If you only read one thing today make it this. Very much worth your time. We are so lucky to have her Department of Health and Social Care. thetimes.com/article/e73d70…?

I interviewed Shabana Mahmood just over 48 hours ago at Labour conference. She spent a lot of time talking about the role Jewish socialists played in founding the Labour Party, and her feeling of solidarity between faiths. She means this.

Kemi can't even get the packaging right on a cheap stunt 🤦🏻‍♂️

You were a Tory MP supporting that Government for 13 years. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Stamp duty cut is a big tax cut for London and (to a lesser extent) the south but much less for the rest of the country.

Brass. Neck.

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from Putin’s Russia. Not once, but 8 times. If these are the friends Nigel Farage MP keeps, can he really be trusted to run the country?

NHS Hospital records are the most reliable indicator of knife attacks. They show a trend rather different to the social-media narrative about London...

LBC Chris Philp MP "A meaningful inheritance tax is needed to prevent our democracy from becoming a dynastic plutocracy." - Warren Buffett, net worth £160bn, general fan of capitalism. Other worlds are possible…

Just the Shadow Home Secretary calling Oli Dugmore a "lunatic" for having a different economic view to him. So much for calm rhetoric.

This week is #NationalAdoptionWeek! 🏡 This year's theme is 'Perfectly imperfect' – reminding us that children need a loving and welcome home, not perfection. Start your adoption journey: adoptionuk.org/national-adopt…

Probably not a big surprise Tory MPs support the bookies given several made money on the timing of the last General Election...

David Lammy: Nigel Farage can be stopped The Deputy Prime Minister argues that Reform’s onward march is not inevitable. newstatesman.com/international-…

Wild. A British journalist for GB News trying to goad a foreign leader into destroying one of her country's main media organisations. Publicly agitating to get a foreign power to destroy one of your country's main institutions. Is this... patriotism Bev Turner

Storm Claudia

Think about how insane this is: not just a supposedly patriotic Conservative ex-British prime minister going on a foreign TV channel to encourage a foreign government to sue the BBC but also claiming that it costs the taxpayer money while calling for the taxpayer to pay Trump $$!

Facts.

Children in care should be treated as children, not criminals in waiting, and often bear the brunt of other people's failures to protect them. Our review of the National Protocol will ensure they get the help they need to build a more positive future. gov.uk/government/new…