44 m. ago Labour policies ‘obscured’ by rows over welfare and winter fuel – Lord Kinnock

The week of Sir Keir Starmer’s first anniversary in Number 10 saw the Prime Minister scrap a raft of the Government’s proposed welfare reforms.

Events

12 h. ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: So, Chancellor, why is it so wrong to stand by a solemn election pledge?

Are Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves actually secretly pleased to have been publicly humiliated by their own backbenchers? A cynic might conclude this was so.

Politics

14 h. ago Kneecap chant 'f*** Keir Starmer' and 'you're just a s*** Jeremy Corbyn' at largest ever gig

The 45,000-strong crowd in Finsbury Park, London, watched the group walk on in front of a screen that said "Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people"

Politics

14 h. ago Kneecap supporters chant ‘f*** Keir Starmer’ at largest ever gig in north London

Controversial group played in Finsbury Park on Saturday evening as a supporting act for Fontaines DC

Politics

17 h. ago Donald Trump 'obsessed with death' and asked Keir Starmer 'weird' question over brother

The US President allegedly asked the PM 'Your brother, Keir... He died... Was it a good death?' during a "weird" conversation at the White House, according to one insider

Politics

18 h. ago Alarm call for Keir Starmer as stark poll shows voters don't understand his plan

The pundits and politicos have had their say on Keir Starmer's first year. But there's only one verdict that matters: Yours

Politics

18 h. ago DAN HODGES: This is who's REALLY to blame for the crushing failure of Labour's first year

A year ago, Keir Starmer penned one of his first articles since becoming Prime Minister. It focused on immigration

Events

22 h. ago Starmer and Macron hope for ‘progress’ on defence and migration at summit

The two leaders will hold a summit when the French President travels to the UK for a state visit next week.

Politics

23 h. ago Steve Coogan claims Keir Starmer’s Labour will ‘pave the way’ for Reform UK

‘Alan Partridge’ star claimed Labour are ‘putting Band-Aids on the gash in the side of the Titanic’

Politics

23 h. ago 10 ways Labour will make your life better after first year in power

While it's been a tricky first year for Keir Starmer and co, there are lots of success stories they can point to, from free school meals, breakfast clubs and the minimum wage going up as well as jobs being saved

Politics

25 h. ago The leadership rumours inside Labour that speak volumes about Starmer’s future

Voters are unconvinced they have seen much change after the ‘14 years of Tory failure’ that Starmer so often talks about. Every day that this sentiment is allowed to fester, the likelihood of a coup within the Labour Party increases, writes Millie Cooke

Politics

28 h. ago The 10 moments that defined Keir Starmer’s first year in office

Sir Keir Starmer celebrates his first year as prime minister with the largest parliamentary majority in a quarter of a century — a commanding mandate that has brought both opportunity and scrutiny.

Politics

28 h. ago A year of Keir: Mirror experts cast their verdict on Labour's first 12 months

After 12 months in Government, the Mirror digs into Keir Starmer's performance in key areas from the NHS, the economy and education to defence, foreign affairs and policing

Politics

29 h. ago ‘We promised change but people aren’t feeling it yet’: Labour rues poor first year

MPs, aides and other party figures reflect on what went wrong and how they could still turn things aroundIn a stiflingly hot room at a health centre in East London, as he announced the government’s 10-year plan for the NHS on Thursday, Keir Starmer was confronted with a brutal assessment of his first year in power.“You’ve U-turned on your reforms, your MPs don’t trust you, and markets worry that you’ve lost resolve on fiscal discipline. It’s the epitome, isn’t it, of sticking-plaster politics and chaos that you promised voters you would end?” a television journalist asked. Continue reading...

Politics

30 h. ago Tell us what you think of Starmer's Labour party after one year in UK government

One year has passed since Keir Starmer was elected to power on July 5, 2024

Politics

34 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: We've become an unserious country. We're rudderless, adrift in a sea of troubles rather than in command of our destiny. And our leaders are to blame.

By common consent, on the Left almost as much as on the Right, Keir Starmer has got off to the worst start ever of any incoming British Prime Minister.

Politics

35 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer under mounting Labour rebel pressure to scrap two

Sir Keir Starmer is coming under mounting pressure from within his own Cabinet to scrap the two-child benefit cap, despite Treasury warnings over a lack of funding to ditch the policy.

Events

36 h. ago Keir Starmer: I'm a 'hard enough b*****d' to lead the country... despite collapsing under pressure to own MPs over benefit cuts

In a bizarre aside, the Prime Minister pushed back against suggestions that recent U-turns have wrecked his political authority.

Events

36 h. ago It’s time to show us that things are going to get better, prime minister

Editorial: Despite a tumultuous and, at times, disappointing first year in office, Keir Starmer remains the best person for the job, streets ahead of any alternative leader who might theoretically replace him. But now he needs to rewire his relationship with the British people

Politics

36 h. ago We now know what Starmerism is – but the prime minister lacks an inspirational vision

As Sir Keir Starmer marks a year since his huge general election victory, he still has a lot to prove if he wants to continue being prime minister, writes David Maddox

Politics