UPDATE: Starmer says the UK “will not be drawn into the wider war” in the Middle East, and the government is ‘working on a viable plan’ to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. No commitment on warships to do that.
He confirms a £53 million support package for “those households that are most exposed” to rising heating oil prices.
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”