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  2. Close up of Rayner against a green background

  3. A man with a light beard and short grey hair looking at the camera in a navy jacket wearing a white shirt and pale brown coloured tie. There is a view of rooftops in a town behind him.

  4. Woman putting money into a pink piggy bank. She is wearing a green and white striped top.

    5. The HM Revenue & Customs logo on a pale brick. A woman walks past in the foreground.

    • Handout photo issued by the House of Commons of the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, during the debate on the King's Speech in the House of Commons, London, following the State Opening of Parliament.

    • Royds councillor Stephen Place, who has short, shaved hair and a grey beard. He is wearing black-rimmed glasses.

    • The first minister and cabinet ministers stand on steps in front of a grey building with a brown door.

    • A man in a blue suit shakes the hand of a woman, the counting officer, who congratulates him.

    • Health Secretary Wes Streeting arriving at number 10 Downing Street, London

    • Rhun ap Iorwerth stands at a lectern surrounded by members of his cabiney

    • A man with grey hair and glasses looking into the camera with a brick wall behind him.

    • King Charles III sits besides Queen Camilla during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, both are on thrones and wearing full regalia and crowns

    • A man is dressed in a blue suit with a white shirt and a blue and white patterned tie. He is standing in the Suffolk County Council building with Ipswich Town Football Club in the background, through a window.

    • Christopher Harborne, left, wears a beige and black jumper. He has a full head of grey hair and a grey beard and bushy eyebrows. He stands next to Farage who is grinning. Farage is wearing a green suit and checked shirt and purple tie.

    • The entrance of Sunderland City Council headquarters. The sign above the glass fronted building reads "city hall".

    • Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer adjusts his glasses as he speaks in Downing Street, Westminster, London, in April 2026

    • Composite of Zeffman, Starmer and Badenoch

    • Sir Keir Starmer addresses members of the cabinet. He is looking towards the camera and is wearing glasses and a dark suit and tie with a white shirt. Some members of the cabinet are looking away from the camera and some are not in focus. In front of them are papers, drinks glasses and mugs.

    • Caroline Jones, a woman with dark curly hair wearing a pink jacket.

    • The King and Queen are sitting in large gold chairs. They are both wearing crowns. King Charles is addressing MPs and is reading a speech from a book in his hands.

    • Wes Streeting wearing a neutral expression as he emerges from 10 Downing Street

    • A man with short brown hair and a beard is wearing a dark-coloured raincoat. Behind him a wooden fence, a section of which is missing. There is a tree behind part of the fence and a building which appears to be boarded up.

    • The Imperial State Crown is carried on a red velvet cushion by a liveried footman ahead of the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords in November 2023