Liberal Democrat MPs have publicly broken ranks with leader Sir Ed Davey over his staunch defence of the state pension triple lock policy.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called an emergency Downing Street summit on social care, inviting Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey to find a cross-party solution.

Sir Ed Davey is pressuring incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham to overhaul the UK's first-past-the-post voting system immediately. The demand sets up an early legislative challenge as Labour navigates internal divisions over electoral reform.