Sir Keir Starmer is under fire after Labour took the decision to press ahead with a tuition fee hike. The Prime Minister has previously supported university costs being “abolished”, but they are now set to rise for the first time in eight years.

The Trump debacle is the latest example of a Labour Party which is struggling with understanding the consequences of being in government

The road ahead for Kemi Badenoch can only be tough, with her newfound power perhaps something of a poisoned chalice. She must cope with a divided party, which won't be easily forgiven by a long-memory electorate, and which must also contend with the challenger Reform UK outflanking the Conservatives at every turn.