14 h. ago Rachel Reeves gives defiant show after crying in PMQs just a week ago

Rachel Reeves was last week seen with tears rolling down her face during PMQs - but the defiant Chancellor has since coming out fighting and 'cracking on' with the job

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26 h. ago Talks to finalise US steel tariff exemption ongoing as deadline due to pass

President Donald Trump has said he plans to start implementing tariffs on the US’s trade partners on July 9.

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26 h. ago First neighbourhood health services to be rolled out from September

The initiative is part of the Government’s 10-year health plan, which was unveiled by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer last week.

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31 h. ago Sport minister rejects calls to consult on alcohol ban in football stands

Stephanie Peacock said moves to reverse the ban, which has been in place since 1985, do not fall within the scope of the Football Governance Bill.

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35 h. ago EDF investment hailed as ‘vote of confidence in UK’, despite reduced stake

French state-owned electricity company EDF said it had agreed in principle to invest £1.1 billion in the power plant on the Suffolk coastline.

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38 h. ago Can things only get better, Keir? Government approval falls to worst EVER after PM's benefits humiliation and Chancellor's tears

YouGov found just 13 per cent approve of the administration's performance, the worst level yet detected by the polling firm.

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41 h. ago UK government backs French police immobilising small boats, minister says

Heidi Alexander says new tactics are ‘welcome’ and would prevent people leaving French shores to cross ChannelUK politics live – latest updatesFrench police slashing the boats of people smugglers was not “pleasant” but the right tactics, a UK cabinet minister has said, saying the government welcomed the new tactics from the authorities.It comes as Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce new plans for French police to do more to block small boats crossing the Channel when the French president arrives for his state visit in London this week. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Macron to arrive in UK with Starmer set to press for help on small boats

Mr Macron’s trip is the first state visit by a French president since 2008.

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52 h. ago Majority of Brits want Rachel Reeves to resign as Labour's chaos continues

A poll of UK voters has revealed the public is losing faith in the Keir Starmer-led government, with a growing number of Brits demanding high-profile figures step down

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54 h. ago US air strikes on Iran were absolutely necessary, says Patel

US defence forces attacked Iranian nuclear sites near Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan last month.

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer must slap wealth tax on richest Brits, warns ex

Former leader Neil Kinnock said the Government appeared 'bogged down by their own imposed limitations' and said Keir Starmer should consider a wealth tax on assets over £10million

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3 d. 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.

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3 d. ago Starmer’s approval ratings at lowest level since becoming PM after welfare chaos

A More in Common poll also found seven in 10 voters think Sir Keir’s government is at least as chaotic as the Tories’ previous term

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4 d. 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

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4 d. 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...

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5 d. ago Reeves says welfare fallout ‘damaging’ and declines to rule out tax hikes

The Chancellor warned there would be ‘costs to what happened’ as she faced questions about how she would cover the shortfall left by concessions.

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5 d. ago John Rentoul answers your questions on Labour’s future – from welfare U

Chief political commentator John Rentoul answers your questions on Labour’s deepening welfare crisis, the rise of a Corbyn-Sultana breakaway party, and what it all means for Keir Starmer’s grip on government

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5 d. ago Martin Rowson on a year of Keir Starmer’s government – cartoon

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5 d. ago Have your say on Keir Starmer's Labour's first year back in government in our new survey

As the Labour government marks its first anniversary, the Daily Star wants to hear your thoughts on how the party has performed since returning to power

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5 d. ago Crying in the Commons: why are women’s workplace tears a source of shame?

Rachel Reeves’s distress may help destigmatise an emotional response to pressure or professional frustrationRachel Reeves’s tears this week triggered a fall in the pound and attracted widespread derision from political columnists, mostly male. “What is wrong with Rachel Reeves?” the Telegraph asked. In an article headlined “The meaning of the chancellor’s tears”, a New Statesman columnist told readers that Reeves’s authority was “beginning to melt away”. The Daily Mail spoke disdainfully of her “waterworks”.But in the longer term the chancellor’s display of distress may prove to have an unexpectedly positive legacy, helpfully normalising a still hugely stigmatised phenomenon: women’s tears in the workplace. Continue reading...

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