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Police were looking into reports about Green Party leader Zack Polanski over an Instagram collaboration that included an image of a man in a T-shirt showing a guillotine and the words we're only making plans for Nigel; Reform UK reported him to police. In an interview, Polanski said police had not contacted him, the post was not his own, he had not looked carefully enough at a 20-image collaboration and had removed it, and he condemned political violence while declining to apologise to Nigel Farage because the mistake was inadvertent and Farage had amplified it. He said calling it incitement to murder put him in danger. A Reform UK source said he was not fit to lead a national party, and Polanski replied that Reform had proved his point. Panellists discussed the interview, other examples of offensive social media posts, Green Party unease, and recent polling.

The Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, invited Kemi Badenoch and Sir Ed Davey to a meeting tomorrow on reforming social care, which he called urgent. Badenoch was not attending after being given 18 hours notice for a 30-minute recess meeting and having a pre-planned minor operation; Shadow Health Secretary Stuart Andrew would attend, and Ed Davey would join by Zoom from France because he needed to care for his disabled son. Downing Street said Burnham was committed to cross-party working and further meetings would follow. Reform UK's Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick said Reform had not been invited, with Farage calling it a closed-doors establishment approach and referring to tax rises; reports focused on a possible new tax on workers or property to fund social care. Panellists noted 22 previous attempts to fix social care and past rows over a death tax and dementia tax; Kieran Mullan said cross-party talks were already ongoing and opposed more tax, spending, or borrowing.

Victims of crimes whose perpetrators could be released early went to Downing Street with politicians including Kieran Mullan, after Andy Burnham paused the early release scheme for review. One survivor, Marie Stone, waived her anonymity. Mullan called for emergency legislation before September 2 to stop the early release of rapists, child groomers, and paedophiles, saying the government could revoke the plans immediately and there was no real pause until Burnham acted. He said the changes were permanent and other ways existed to manage prison pressures. The Ministry of Justice said the Conservatives had left the prison system in a state, and Mullan said Kemi Badenoch had been clear that not enough prison places had been built.