内容摘要：Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has come under increasing pressure to change course on some policy decisions.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has come under increasing pressure to change course on some policy decisions.

He has so far travelled more than 12,000 miles (19,312km), through 24 countries in 365 days.Apart from the occasional flight over seas and oceans, Mr Zintel-Warner said he had cycled everywhere.

He hopes to raise £10,000 by the time he finishes the challenge."I chose to raise money for Great Ormond Street partly because back home I taught one student who often frequented the hospital for treatment," he said."It's an amazing cause that really helps children live more of a comfortable life and gives them some really promising prospects in the future."

A former police officer who was suspended and jailed after he was in a sexual relationship with a suspect has been barred from working in policing again.West Mercia Police said a misconduct hearing held on Tuesday would have led to dismissal for Nicholas Peacock, 40, who had been an officer in Market Drayton, had he not already resigned.

for misconduct at Shrewsbury Crown Court.

The misconduct hearing was told that during his suspension he failed to declare a business interest and undertook paid employment, and did not comply with the force's policy on the declaration and approval of business interests.Another within government said of Gray’s leadership: “However bad you think it is, it’s worse.”

When asked by reporters if Gray had “become the story”, Sir Keir responded: “I’m not going to talk behind her back and I’m not going to talk about individual members of staff, whether it’s Sue Gray or any other member of staff.“All I can say about the stories is most of them are wildly wrong.”

Gray controversially joined Labour as the leader’s top aide last year after more than 30 years in the civil service.She was thrust into the public spotlight in 2022 when she led an investigation into gatherings in government offices during the Covid-19 pandemic, while Boris Johnson was prime minister.