Summary

  • Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been interviewed by political correspondent Henry Zeffman live from Downing Street on BBC Breakfast

  • You can watch the interview back at the top of this page - just click watch live

  • Starmer was speaking ahead of a weekly meeting with his Cabinet - which comes with just 15 days to go until the 30 October Budget

  • In the interview, he does not rule out a National Insurance increase for employers in the Budget - read the full story on that here

Live Reporting

  1. Starmer pressed on manifesto pledges and weight loss jabs

    That's a wrap on the PM's interview on BBC Breakfast, but you can still watch it back on the top of this page by clicking the watch live button.

    Keir Starmer was quizzed about Labour's manifesto promises, weight loss jabs, plus his pledge to build 1.5 million homes over the course of this Parliament.

    "We were very clear in the manifesto that we wouldn't be increasing tax on working people and we expressly said that that was income tax, that was NICs etc," he said.

    "So I'm not going to reveal to you the details of the Budget... what I will say is where we made promises in our manifesto, we will be keeping those promises."

    On the government's examination of whether weight loss injections could get unemployed people back into work, Starmer said they could help reduce pressure on the NHS and boost the economy.

  2. Watch as Starmer speaks to BBC Breakfast

    Starmer on BBC Breakfast outside Downing Street

    The prime minister is now being interviewed by BBC Breakfast live from outside Downing Street with just 15 days to go until the 30 October Budget.

    Keir Starmer is being questioned by our political correspondent Henry Zeffman, and you can follow this as it happens at the top of this page, just click the watch live button.