Starmer vows to govern Scotland with ‘mandate for change’ as Braverman warns of Reform threat to Tories - live

Sir Keir Starmer kicked off his UK-wide tour with a speech from Edinburgh alongside Scottish Labour Anas Sarwar.

The new prime minister vowed to govern all four nations with a “mandate for change” and to deliver for the people of Scotland, where he secured 37 Labour MPs.

He met First Minister John Swinney in an effort to “turn disagreement into cooperation” with the SNP.

After the Tories suffered a historic election defeat, Suella Braverman said Reform UK could kill off the Conservatives . Nigel Farage’s party won five seats in parliament .

The former home secretary claimed the Tories are experiencing an “existential crisis with Reform ” and blamed Rishi Sunak’s “idiotic strategy” for their worst-ever defeat in the general election.

On the third day of a Labour government , Labour cabinet minister Jonathan Reynolds ruled out introducing digital ID cards after Tony Blair called for their use to help control migration.

The business secretary initially said the government would be “looking at all sorts of things” and that he did not want to pre-empt the plan, but in a later interview he ruled it out.