Nigel Farage is the closest to a “tribune for the working class”, the former Bank of England chief economist has said in a stark warning for Keir Starmer’s Labour party. Andy Haldane said the surge in support for Reform UK in the opinion polls suggested there had been “something of a moral rupture” between the government and many voters, which …

The Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe has been shot in Bogotá, with reports he was taken to hospital in a serious condition. The 39-year-old senator, who is running for the presidency in 2026, is a member of the opposition conservative Democratic Centre party founded by the former president Alvaro Uribe. The two men are not related. According to the party’s …