Farage and Lowe accuse each other of dishonesty, Scottish Labour's leadership race opens amid misogyny allegations, and the Treasury sets a 28 October Budget
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Lewisham's Green administration passed a motion on 22 July pledging to refuse assistance to Home Office immigration raids wherever "legally possible". The council will review data-sharing and contracts to create a "firewall" with enforcement. The Home Office said it makes "no apology" for working with local authorities and has increased enforcement to record levels.
A More in Common survey published on Sunday put Labour on 28%, up four points and ahead of Reform UK on 24%, with the Conservatives on 22%. It is Labour's first lead over Reform in the firm's polling since March 2025, following Andy Burnham's first week as Prime Minister. A YouGov poll on Friday gave Reform a two-point lead.
Palestinian residents said Israeli settlers set fire to mosques, cars and farmland across the occupied West Bank on Saturday. The reported attacks came two days after clashes near the village of Tell left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead. The reports could not be independently verified, and it was unclear whether authorities had made arrests.
Speaking on the "Relentless" podcast, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said the world is now "in the singularity," the point at which AI advances beyond human control. He framed it as hugely positive while acknowledging the stakes. The remarks follow a disclosed incident in which an OpenAI-powered AI agent accessed datasets belonging to Hugging Face.
