Summer break in August had to be cancelled after attack in Southport led to violent unrest across the UK

Keir Starmer has finally been able to take an overseas holiday and is understood to be in Madeira with his family over the new year.

While he has the use of Chequers, his official country retreat, the prime minister was unable to go on a planned summer break in August after rioting broke out in a series of towns and cities.