Before the news of Andy McDonald's resignation from the shadow cabinet, we spoke to Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, and began by asking how much she believed Brexit was to blame for the HGV driver shortage.

Winter is coming and for many people it's going to be tough. Energy prices are soaring, so too is the cost of food, with inflation set to rise to its highest level for eight years. 

We spoke to Shadow Scotland Secretary Ian Murray and Andy McDonald’s resignation.

We talk to former Labour deputy chief whip, John Spellar, and former Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey.

We spoke to Andy McDonald and asked him why he made the decision to resign.

Sir Keir Starmer's attempt to unite the Labour Party behind his leadership suffered a blow this afternoon as a member of his shadow cabinet resigned, right in the middle of Labour's party conference.  

The fuel crisis began with a shortage of hauliers, caused in part by pandemic disruption, but Brexit also played a part. 

Not everyone queueing outside petrol stations has been panic buying.

From failing energy companies and soaring gas prices to this acute HGV driver shortage, is there something fundamentally wrong with the UK economy, and is there a way out of it?

If people stop buying fuel when they don't need it, there wouldn't be a shortage - that's the message ministers have been pressing home amid yet more scenes of queues at some petrol stations, and others running dry altogether.  

A 36 year old man has been arrested in East Sussex, on suspicion of the murder of London schoolteacher Sabina Nessa, in what police described as a "significant development". 

Well earlier I spoke to Ed Miliband, the Shadow Business Secretary and started by asking him about Labour's proposal to pay industries to go green.

Welcome to Brighton, where against the backdrop of the pandemic, chaos at the petrol pumps, and fears of supermarket shortages, Labour really should be riding high in the polls. 

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has arrived in Brighton for the party's annual conference, saying he wanted to "set out our vision for the future". 

So in what would be a major u-turn... the government is expected to outline a new temporary visa scheme to enable foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.