The UK’s commitment to Ukraine remains “ironclad”, Sir Keir Starmer said as Vladimir Putin ratcheted up nuclear tensions on the 1,000th day of the conflict.

Celebrities including Jeremy Clarkson, who warns the policy is a ‘blunderbuss’ that has hit farmers, joined a rally in Whitehall.

Police must investigate so-called non-crime hate incidents so they do not miss “precursors to violence”, one of the UK’s most senior officers has said. Chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council ...