Burnham: Good COP or bad COP?

As the prime minister heads to COP, the UN’s annual climate change conference, does the government have a coherent message?

With the cost of the green transition starting to bite, the government faces tough questions on its policy decisions and delays around oil, gas, and electric cars. Are Labour’s climate ambitions slipping because of hard economic choices?

Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy examine the political divisions and why COP could matter far more for Labour than it at first appears.

Elsewhere, Nigel Farage has reportedly appointed Amar Johal as Reform UK’s new policy chief – but was he already pulling the strings?

Plus cabinet secretary Antonia Romeo has described a brutal lesson in Whitehall hierarchy, following a run-in over chairs.