Green leader said he hosted fundraisers for the Red Cross but accepts he should not have described himself as a spokesperson for it

Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, has said that Keir Starmer would fight any attempt by Labour MPs to replace him after the elections.

In an interview on Sky News this morning, McFadden, who is one of the ministers trusted most by Starmer, said:

I think this country has tested to destruction the idea that the answer to your problems is to swipe left on our prime ministers. We’ve seen too much of that in the past 10 to 15 years. It hasn’t solved our problems. It has added to political chaos and uncertainty that has economic as well as political consequences.

The prime minister was elected for a five-year term, and he should serve out that term. His job is to lead the country through uncertain times, and that’s the job I know he wakes up in the morning and wants to do.

Yes. I hope there isn’t [a challenge], because I don’t think it would be the answer to our problems.

I hope we do well tomorrow. But even if we don’t, the day after our job is to wake up, continue with doing our job and serve the country.

I think me and Jeremy are very different people, and there’s much … you know, the question was almost inviting me to condemn Jeremy Corbyn.

I think there was lots that Jeremy Corbyn was putting forward to this country that I think was really positive. We’ve talked about wealth taxes, about public ownership.

I’m not ready right now. No. I’ve been leader for eight months, and there’s lots of skills and lots of knowledge to get, and I think that’s fine. I think I’m a human being. I’m not perfect.

Well, we’ll see in two years time, won’t we? But I’ll certainly be putting in the work.

With most major European cities well-served by trains and buses, bringing US transit up to par would cost $4.6tn

The only train station in Houston, the US’s fourth-largest city and one of the fastest-growing conurbations in the country, is a diminished, morose sight. Intercity trains arrive at this squat, shed-like Amtrak building, which cringes in the shadows of roaring highways, just three times a week.

That such a meager train station could ostensibly serve a metropolitan area of about 7 million people is a stark symbol of how the sprawling, car-dominated US has fallen behind cities around the world where people can rely on extensive, high-quality public transport to get around.

Owner of Japan nightclub says ‘This is a response to a year of insults directed at us – as a country – by the United States’

A Mexico City nightclub has gone viral for charging Americans a nearly $300 cover charge, while citizens from any other country pay just $20 for access, and Mexicans and other Latin Americans pay only $14.

The Instagram announcement from the nightclub Japan in the Roma Norte neighborhood has been liked over 26,000 times and received more than 200 comments, mostly supporting the policy as part of a broader revolt in the capital against what many see as a US takeover.