Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 1 Jul 2017

1. Grenfell: Sadiq Khan calls for commissioners

London mayor Sadiq Khan has urged the Prime Minister to appoint commissioners to run Kensington and Chelsea council after its leader resigned over the Grenfell Tower disaster. Nicholas Paget-Brown said he was stepping aside to accept some responsibility for "perceived failings" by the Conservative council. Deputy leader, Rock Feilding-Mellen, who is also responsible for housing, will also step down.

2. Household income falls at fastest rate since 1976

British households are enduring the most protracted squeeze on living standards since 1976, reports The Guardian. As wage growth stagnates and prices rise, incomes adjusted for inflation have now fallen for three successive quarters. The amount being set aside as savings is just 1.7% of disposable income – the lowest level on record. The TUC said: "These figures make for grim reading."

3. Donald Trump has 'run out of patience' with North Korea

Donald Trump says he has run out of patience with North Korea over its nuclear drive. "The era of strategic patience with the North Korean regime has failed, many years it has failed. Frankly, that patience is over," the US President said at a press briefing in the Rose Garden. Speaking alongside South Korea’s Moon Jae-In, he said the North Korean "dictatorship" has "no respect for human life".

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4. Ministers consider digital force field against terror

The government may install digital force fields around sensitive buildings and bridges to stop vehicles being used in terrorism. Following the attacks at Westminster, London Bridge and Finsbury Park, ministers are interested in "geo-fencing" systems that employ satellites to create electronic boundaries around specific sites. Sweden is using the technology after an attack in Stockholm in April.

5. Scuffles as China swears in new Hong Kong leader

There have been clashes as the Chinese president swore in the new leader of Hong Kong. As it marks 20 years since its handover to China from Britain, Carrie Lam has become the new chief executive of the territory. The BBC reports that scuffles took place between pro-democracy and pro-Beijing demonstrators close to the site, with several arrests made.

6. Tories must target 'young metropolitans' says Green

The Conservatives must win over "young metropolitan" voters if they want to win the next general election, Damian Green will say today. Theresa May’s deputy will say that the party lost its majority earlier this month by failing to appeal to 18-35-year-olds. He will argue that affordable homes and job creation must be at the heart of the party’s strategy to remain in power.

7. Tennis star Venus Williams sued over deadly car crash

Venus Williams is being sued over a fatal car but will still be able to play at Wimbledon. The lawsuit came a day after Palm Beach Gardens police released a report saying Williams caused the crash, on 9 June, that left 78-year-old Jerome Barson with a fractured spine and other internal injuries. He died on 22 June. Wimbledon fortnight begins on Monday.

8. Could the 'neckwear revolt' spread to the House of Lords?

The neckwear revolt could be spreading through Parliament as a Liberal Democrat peer urges his male colleagues to take off their ties in the House of Lords. Lord Scriven wants the protest to take place in the chamber a week on Monday. However, Tory Lord Tebbit said other members of the Lords were likely to emit "grumbles and noises" in protest at the "exhibitionism".

9. Volvo's self-driving vehicle are confused by kangaroos

Volvo has admitted that its self-driving car is unable to detect kangaroos because their hopping confuses its systems. Although the Swedish carmaker’s Large Animal Detection system can identify and avoid deer, elk and caribou, tests in Australia found it cannot cope with the kangaroo’s movement. Kangaroo collisions on Australia's roads cost the insurance industry just over £44m.

10. Gunman shoots himself after killing woman at Bronx hospital

A gunman killed a woman and injured at least six other people before shooting himself at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital in New York yesterday. The Times quotes sources identifying the man as Henry Bello, a former employee of the Bronx hospital. He reportedly resigned in 2015 as an alternative to being sacked over sexual harassment allegations.