The latest revelations about the ‘Prince of Darkness’ expose a web of political patronage, media collusion and unaccountable power. To restore public trust and safeguard democracy, Leveson 2 is urgently needed to hold the powerful to account, says KIM JOHNSON MP

Labour’s collapse in public support and the stench of sleaze around its leadership share a common origin in the New Labour project. Without a decisive rejection of this harmful ideology, the road is clear for a Farage-led government, warns DIANE ABBOTT

Unions and MPs warn Starmer against blocking Burnham’s potential return to Westminster

The US assault on Venezuela is brazen and unlawful – yet our PM claims uncertainty. By refusing to confront Trump’s naked imperialism, Starmer abandons international law, mortgages British policy to Washington, and clears the ground for war, argues ANDREW MURRAY

SALLY LEWIS asks why Maduro’s legitimacy in Venezuela is contested, while Keir Starmer’s is not despite his mandate resting on a far smaller share of the vote