Angela Rayner

Labour's deputy leader caused a storm on the first day of her party's conference in Brighton by calling senior Tories 'scum' - but she's refused to apologise.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the attack by his deputy Angela Rayner was "not language that I would use".

Labour's deputy leader admitted to ITV News that the party had got the tone "wrong" when campaigning for the Hartlepool and local elections.