Politics

An inquiry into the Southport stabbings has been announced by the government.

It was a small signifier - one which could be over-interpreted - but nevertheless provoked angst among some in government at a time when there isn't universally huge confidence that UK-US political relations are as robust as they should be.

Jeremy Corbyn has been interviewed under caution by police following a pro-Palestinian rally in central London, Sky News understands.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will travel to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week to court potential investors in UK growth projects, joining hundreds of political and economic leaders gathering in the Swiss Alps in the shadow of Donald Trump's inauguration.

Can a Labour prime minister get on well with a Republican US president? Or a Conservative PM with a Democrat in the White House?