Inside Politics: Fuel prices soar as Johnson puts army on standby

PM makes formal request just hours after environment secretary said there were no plans to draft in troops, writes Matt Mathers

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With no immediate end in sight to the ongoing fuel crisis, Boris Johnson has made a formal request to put troops on standby to deliver petrol and diesel across the UK as prices soar due to unprecedented demand. Back at Labour conference in Brighton, Keir Starmer has been hit by the resignation of a shadow cabinet minister amid a row over wage policy. Elsewhere, Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, pledged to spend an extra £28bn on making the UK economy more green. And later today Nick Thomas-Symonds, the shadow home secretary, sets out the party’s stance on crime.

Inside the bubble

Our chief political commentator John Rentoul on what to look out for today: