Queen Elizabeth II died aged 96 on 8 September 2022. Her 100th birthday would have taken place on Tuesday.

Set up as one of three projects honouring the Queen's legacy, the independent Queen Elizabeth Trust will offer grants for UK communities to develop and regenerate shared spaces.

It's set to be formally unveiled on Tuesday, along with the National Memorial landmark and gardens in St James's Park, and the Digital Memorial tribute to her life and service.

In support of the new charity, the government will make a one-off £40m endowment to start the projects. These could include developing underused buildings, green spaces and neighbourhood hubs in UK communities.

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Sir Damon Buffini, chair of the Queen Elizabeth Trust, said in a statement: "I'm honoured and excited to have been chosen as the founding Chair of the Queen Elizabeth Trust to help guide its direction from the start.

"This is a real chance to support communities across the United Kingdom and bring shared spaces back to life: places where people of all ages and backgrounds can meet, connect, and belong.

"As an organisation, we're ambitious about what we can achieve, and our goal is to significantly increase our impact by attracting support from others.

"I'm looking forward to rolling up my sleeves, listening and learning from communities, and seeing what we can make happen."

Ms Haigh, an influential figure within the soft-left Tribune group, will speak at an event next week alongside the Labour MP Chris Curtis - a former YouGov pollster seen as a rising star from within the 2024 intake.

Mr Curtis chairs the Labour Growth Group (LGG), a caucus of around 100 Labour MPs who are broadly loyal to Sir Keir Starmer but believe the government must be more radical to bring about growth that puts more money in people's pockets.

While from different wings of the party (the LGG defines itself as moderate), the pair will outline polices they believe can unite both the party and Labour's wider voter coalition. They want to challenge the assumption that Labour MPs, who have forced the government into several U-turns, are unmanageable and nothing can unite them.

Speaking together on a panel at the Good Growth Foundation's National Growth Debate, they are expected to make the case for a revamp of council tax and stamp duty as well as regulatory reform to encourage investment and support businesses to grow.

They will argue that this is not about left or right, but a plan that pitches Labour against the status quo rather than as its defenders, with an economy that rewards hard work and takes on profiteering.

Tuesday's event will also hear from senior cabinet ministers including Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones.

It follows a difficult week for the government after another turn in the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal led to fresh calls for the prime minister to resign.

An LGG source told Sky News: "People are fed up of week after week of firefighting when we need to be talking about how we're going to change the country.

"This concept that government can't do that because the PLP (Parliamentary Labour Party) can't be united is nonsense. There's an agenda that can unite Labour MPs and the country and they're (Chris and Lou) going to show that this week."

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Ms Haigh was forced to resign in November 2024 after it emerged she had pleaded guilty to an offence related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013.

However, she remains well respected by colleagues who credit her with Labour's railway nationalisation. Last year she was involved in reviving the Tribune group, which has been pushing for the government to have bolder, more progressive policies.

Sky News understands that Ms Haigh is leading a piece of work for the Tribune group on tax and institutional reform. She has previously called for an overhaul of the Office for Budget Responsibility, and is expected to expand on that in the coming weeks.

In a sign of frustration coming from all factions of the party, the LGG has separately drawn up a blueprint for how Labour could cut taxes and incentivise small businesses as part of an overhaul of its economic strategy.

As Sky News reported last month, the report will be published following May's local elections, which are expected to be disastrous for Labour and will pile further pressure on the government for a change of direction.

Growth debate 'to define next decade of politics'

Labour's manifesto has pledged to grow the economy, but there have been concerns the chancellor's self-imposed fiscal rules will make that difficult to achieve.

The war in the Middle East has posed another blow, with experts predicting the UK will be harder hit than other advanced economies.

The Good Growth Foundation's (GGF) director is Praful Nargund, who stood as Labour's candidate in Islington North at the general election, which Jeremy Corbyn held onto as an independent. As well as running the GGF he is a skills adviser to the Department for Work and Pensions.

The think tank is campaigning for a fairer economy that prioritises growth which improves living standards.

Nick Thomas-Symonds, the minister in charge of EU relations, will not give a public address but will host a private roundtable on the UK-EU relationship at the event.

The event will also hear from opposition figures, including the Conservatives' shadow chancellor Mel Stride, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper, and the Green Party's Treasury spokesperson Adrian Ramsay MP.

Attendees will include business leaders, unions, campaign groups and think tanks as well as MPs.

Mr Nargund said: "We are living through an era of permanent volatility - and people are feeling it. Rising costs, stretched services, the sense that decisions made thousands of miles away can upend your finances overnight. Good growth is the most powerful tool we have for changing that: for giving people back their economic stake, their security, and the confidence that if they work hard, they can get on in life.

"For our inaugural National Growth Debate, we have brought together ministers, mayors, CEOs, unions and campaign groups to ask: how can we build an economy where prosperity and opportunity are felt across the country? The answer to that question will define the next decade of British politics - and today we start the debate."

"Today's order will ensure that people suffering from debilitating symptoms might finally have a chance to reclaim their lives and lead a happier life," the US president said in the White House on Saturday.

Mr Trump also said his directive will help "dramatically accelerate" access to research and treatments on psychedelic drugs, adding: "If these turn out to be as good as people are saying, it's going to have a tremendous impact."

He made the remarks in front of podcaster Joe Rogan and US military veteran Marcus Luttrell.

Rogan told reporters that he texted Mr Trump about ibogaine as a treatment for depression and PTSD, to which he responded: "Sounds great. Do you want FDA approval? Let's do it."

Mr Luttrell added to the president: "You're going to save a lot of lives through it. It absolutely changed my life for the better."

Ibogaine is made from a shrub native to West Africa. In high doses, ibogaine can cause hallucinations. It's also been linked to cardiac-related deaths.

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Ibogaine is heavily restricted in the UK under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, making it a criminal offence to produce and supply it.

US veterans have reported benefiting from the drug after travelling to clinics in Mexico that administer it.

The head of Ukraine's interior ministry has said that police killed the suspect at a supermarket in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district.

Ihor Klymenko said special forces entered the store, where the gunman had taken people hostage and shot at police officers, after attempts to make contact with a negotiator failed.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said later that the incident was being investigated as a terrorist act.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that five people are known to have died.

The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali ​Klitschko, added that 15 people were injured in the shooting, and said earlier that those injured included a child.

He added at around 5.10pm that a woman in her 30s died in the hospital, bringing the total to six killed.

In an update after 6pm, Mr Zelenskyy said that one of the six killed was a hostage, and four others were killed on the street.

He added on Telegram that investigators are aware that the attacker set fire to the apartment before going out into the street with a weapon.

According to Mr Zelenskyy, the suspect had also been criminally investigated before - although it is unclear what for - was born in Russia, and had lived in the Donetsk region for a long period of time.

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According to the Associated Press, televised footage of the scene showed police taking cover in the shopping mall that housed the supermarket while shots were fired.

Bystanders were escorted away from the scene.

Kenneth Law, 60, has agreed to plead guilty to counselling or aiding suicide, according to Matthew Gourlay.

Canadian prosecutors will in exchange withdraw all 14 murder charges he currently faces, the lawyer said.

Law's case is scheduled to return to court in Newmarket, Ontario, on Monday.

Canadian police said Law, who was a chef at the five-star Fairmont Royal Hotel in Toronto, used a series of websites to market and sell a poisonous chemical to people at risk of self-harm.

He is suspected of sending at least 1,200 packages to more than 40 countries and authorities in the US, Italy, Australia, New Zealand and the UK have launched investigations.

The National Crime Agency previously said they are investigating 109 deaths linked to the supply of poisonous substances through the online platforms.

Law has been in custody since his arrest at his home in Mississauga, Ontario, in May 2023.

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It is against the law in Canada for someone to recommend suicide, although assisted suicide has been legal since 2016 for people aged at least 18.

Any adult with a serious illness, disease or disability may seek help in dying, but they must ask for assistance from a physician.

According to the Canadian Criminal Code, abetting suicide carries a maximum sentence of 14 years, while a murder conviction automatically means life in prison, with no chance of parole for at least 25 years.

Anyone feeling emotionally distressed or suicidal can call Samaritans for help on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org in the UK.