Britain and China will aim to revive a "golden era" business dialogue when Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Beijing next week, three sources familiar with the initiative said, with top company executives from both sides invited to participate.

Richard Holden, the Shadow Transport Secretary, was ordered out of the Commons by Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle after Keir Starmer quipped he could be the next Reform defector

He has now faced direct challenges to his ability to lead by two senior figures, including the former Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner. Ms Rayner, who had served in Government until she was forced to resign after failing to pay £40,000 of stamp duty, blasted the embattled PM in an article for a national newspaper.

Following the concessions on inheritance tax thresholds for farmers just before Christmas, this is the second major U-turn within a month, and the 13th since Starmer came into office. Here are some of the other major rowbacks since the 2024 election.

KEIR Starmer has attacked Green leader Zack Polanski claiming he is "reckless and irresponsible" for suggesting US military bases should be removed from the UK.

Cabinet minister Darren Jones said the US administration had welcomed the deal on the islands in the Indian Ocean

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to reaffirm the UK’s commitment to NATO in a press conference on Monday, after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on the UK and other European nations if he couldn’t reach a deal to buy Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark.