David Lammy: “Let’s be… clear about that, and I said, ‘Look, Mr vice-president, you’re wrong about this’.”

I am immensely proud of what we achieved, in Opposition and in Government.

They say you can't put a price on love – but too often, the cost of weddings puts this commitment out of reach.

I have the honour to say that His Majesty the King has accepted our advice to grant Ruth Ellis a conditional pardon – the last woman to be hanged.

I am confident it will be back in the coming days.