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In an exclusive interview, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has backed The Independent and Refuge’s Brick by Brick campaign.The prime minister has vowed that both he and Cabinet would donate to the campaign, which is looking for £300,000 to build a safe house for survivors of domestic abuse.Watch Refuge advocates such as Cherie Blair CBE, KC and other famous faces explain why they’re supporting the campaign here.Be a brick, buy a brick and donate here or text BRICK to 70560 to donate £15. More

Boris Johnson confirmed the exact number of children he has after being questioned on The Diary of a CEO podcast.Host Steven Bartlett directly asked him why the amount of kids he has is such a widely debated subject, to which the former prime minister replied: “Search me.”It was previously believed that Mr Johnson has nine children.He and his second wife, Marina Wheeler, who separated in 2018, have four children.Mr Johnson’s fifth child, Stephanie Macintyre, was fathered as a result of an affair.During court proceedings, it was alleged that Macintyre was one of two children the former prime minister fathered as a result of an affair.He also shares three children with his third wife Carrie Johnson. More

The culture secretary has defended Labour’s winter fuel payment cut, insisting “No pensioner will be worse off this winter”.Lisa Nandy insisted the government is taking “tough decisions to stabilize the economy”, when she appeared on ITV’s Peston show on Wednesday evening (9 October).Ms Nandy insisted: “We haven’t taken £300 from pensioners“There are many hundreds of families paying hundreds of pounds more in rent or mortgages because of the economic chaos caused by the previous government.”Ms Nandy said the government is working hard to ensure the poorest pensioners are on pensioner credit.She said: “No pensioner will be worse off this winter than the last winter.” More

Sir Keir Starmer declined to rule out raising employers’ national insurance contributions as Tory leader Rishi Sunak attacked the prime minister over Downing Street personnel changesMr Sunak told MPs: “When he talks about security at work, once again, it’s one rule for him and another rule for everyone else.“But I know that not everything or everyone has survived his first 100 days in Government, so can he confirm that when he promised not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT, that commitment applies to both employer and employee national insurance contributions?”The prime minister replied: “We made an absolute commitment in relation to not raising tax on working people.” More

Conservative leader took a swipe at Sir Keir Starmer claiming the prime minister is “a convert to fire and rehire”, as he referred to the resignation of his former chief of staff Sue Gray.Addressing the Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) today (9 October), Mr Sunak said: “Tomorrow the Government will publish their anticipated changes to employment law, given the weekend’s events, when did the Prime Minister first become a convert to fire and rehire?”Sir Keir responded: “I’m very pleased and proud that tomorrow we will publish the Bill which will be the biggest upgrade of workers’ rights in a generation.” More

Donald Trump appeared to dance and pump his fists to the YMCA song as he walked off the stage at an event commemorating victims of the Hamas 7 October attack on Israel.The former US president can be seen clapping his hands to the Village People song, often played at his rallies, after speaking to a crowd at his Florida golf resort.In his speech, Trump said: “We will never let the horrors of October 7 be repeated.“We will have peace in the Middle East. We will have strength and resilience. And we will have a very powerful and strong Israel. And I will be with you all the way. More

Boris Johnson has given the success of Brexit a mark out of 10.After describing Brexit as a “great thing” during an LBC interview on Tuesday (8 October), presenter Nick Ferrari pressed the former prime minister to give it a mark out of 10 – one being the worst and 10 the best.Mr Johnson said: “I’d give it 10/10 for what it enabled us to do during the pandemic and that was the biggest problem I had during my time in government.”He continued: “I think the problem is not with the decision itself, it’s not even with the implementation of the decision, the problem is with the use we make of it right now and the championing of Brexit.”When pushed to rate the current state of Brexit, Mr Johnson delivered his final verdict.Watch the video above to find out his final mark. More

Boris Johnson claimed the inside of his Downing Street apartment resembled a “crack den” before its refurbishment.The former prime minister defended his reported £200,000 refurb during an interview with LBC on Tuesday (8 October), insisting it “wasn’t as much as that”.Mr Johnson said: “Frankly, once I pulled the carpets out of the flat in number 11, which is where we lived, because Dylan was then in the stages of being — the whole thing was looking a bit like a crack den to be totally honest, and it needed to be refurbished.” More