News about Eliot Ness

DAN HODGES: One of Sir Keir Starmer's advisors told me how he would be sold to the British people a few weeks after he was elected Labour leader. 'We're going to present him as our Eliot Ness,' he said, quoting Kevin Costner's incorruptible crime fighter who successfully killed Al Capone in Hollywood blockbuster The Untouchables. On his time as Director of Public Prosecutions, 'it's going to grow.' That's a different kind of background for a Labour leader.'

DAN HODGES: It began two weeks ago. Sir Keir Starmer was earning his fortune, albeit robotically, through an interview with Mumsnet, the parents' website. When asked his reaction to the independent study into gender reassignment services at the troubled Tavistock clinic for children, he said no. It was as if the Labour leader had been struck by a bolt of lightning. "I feel very strongly that children should not be making these really important decisions without their parents' permission," he said vehemently. I say so as a matter of principle.' I say that as a parent.

Boris Johnson (left) is house hunting in the suburbs. According to The Sun, he's got his eye on Dulwich Village, South London (pictured bottom right), where Mrs Thatcher moved when she was booted out of No. 10. 'Carrie and Boris are looking somewhere they can put roots away from central London's glare,' a source told the newspaper.' It won't come cheap. A semi in the area is priced at just shy of £2 million.