Politics

Sir Keir has been forced to ditch a key element of his proposed shake-up of Labour’s internal rules.

An announcement to boost HGV driver numbers by up to 5,000 is expected this weekend.

Tony Danker called for a "temporary and managed" system to urgently bring in foreign labour for a number of sectors.

The Labour leader is still pushing ahead with some reforms, but has U-turned on ditching one-member-one-vote.

Corbyn said the current leadership “props up rather than challenges our broken political and economic system”.

Angela Rayner will open the party conference with a promise to improve pay and conditions.

As the crisis escalates, prime minister reportedly "doesn't care about visa limits any more".

"We have shortages of staff, shortages of supplies and shortages of skills. It’s largely happened because of the promises that your party made on Brexit which have not been delivered," Labour's David Lammy told Shapps.

Brazil's president said Johnson “wants an emergency agreement with us to import some kind of food lacking in England".