56 m. ago Sharks circle wounded Starmer: Now Angela Rayner makes her pitch to Labour saying she has 'not gone away'

The humiliating failure of No10's pre-emptive strike on rivals last week has effectively fired the starting gun on a race to succeed Keir Starmer.

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65 m. ago Angela Rayner insists she hasn’t ‘gone away’ as speculation mounts over return to frontline politics

The former deputy prime minister said she would ‘keep fighting’ for ordinary people as she hit out at Westminster ‘tittle tattle’

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5 h. ago Scottish Labour source calls for Keir Starmer and "puppet master" Morgan McSweeney to leave No. 10

Senior party figures fear defeat in the Holyrood election unless there is a change of leadership.

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6 h. ago Angela Rayner condemns ‘arrogant tittle tattle’ amid Labour infighting

When quizzed if a return to frontline politics may be on the cards, the former deputy Labour leader said she had not ‘gone away’.

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7 h. ago Fury as Chinese state security granted permission to check visitors' passports at BRITISH heritage site in latest row over Beijing's 'super embassy'

The plan to build the embassy has been mired in controversy over claims that Sir Keir Starmer struck a secret deal with Beijing to approve the project - despite objections from intelligence services

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10 h. ago Keir Starmer has had ‘500 days of failure’ in office, says SNP

SNP Westminster deputy leader Pete Wishart highlighted issues such as pensioner winter fuel payments and the two-child benefit cap.

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11 h. ago Keir Starmer facing calls to 'stand up for Britain' after Trump vows to sue BBC for up to $5billion in taxpayers' money

The BBC has apologised but declined to pay Trump damages, setting the scene for a high-profile legal showdown. Trump said he planned to call Sir Keir this weekend and talk to him about the issue.

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12 h. ago Angela Rayner hits out at Westminster ‘arrogant tittle tattle’ in first interview since resignation

The former deputy prime minister said she would ‘keep fighting’ for ordinary people

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13 h. ago It's war! Hundreds take to the streets in protest over Starmer's plan to house 300 asylum seekers at Scottish barracks

Scots have sent a resounding message of defiance to Keir Starmer over his plan to house hundreds of asylum seekers at a historic military base.

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17 h. ago Two arrested over phone hidden in Commons to reportedly play sex noises during PMQs

Police believe device was deliberately planted near frontbench to disrupt proceedings, prompting heightened security in parliamentPolice have arrested two men in connection with a mobile phone hidden in the House of Commons that was reportedly planted there to play sex noises during prime minister’s questions.The phone was found near the frontbench during a routine sweep of the chamber. It is believed to have been intended to interrupt the keynote weekly showdown between Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch in September. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Labour MP becomes first to break ranks and call for Keir Starmer to be replaced by Andy Burnham as Prime Minister

Speaking to Channel 4 on Friday night, Mr Lewis said the Labour Party must put 'country before party' and boot out Starmer in favour of the current Mayor of Greater Manchester (pictured).

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18 h. ago Lucy Powell slams 'unacceptable' Labour infighting and explains what needs to change

Speaking in a week that saw a briefing war emerge over Keir Starmer’s leadership, the Deputy Labour leader Lucy Powell called for a 'cultural reset' in how politics was done

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20 h. ago Wave of London Labour defections grows as another councillor quits party over ‘financial mismanagement’

Hounslow councillor Vickram Grewal blamed his former party’s financial “mismanagement” as he announced he was joining the Conservatives

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21 h. ago Euan McColm: It’s a vision thing – and sitting duck Sir Keir Starmer does not have it

Undermined by a crisis overseen by his own chief of staff, the Prime Minister is now a sitting duck with Wes Streeting the most credible candidate to replace him

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21 h. ago Keir Starmer must 'get a grip' in next three months or he is finished, Lord Blunkett says as Prime Minister's Cabinet is beset by leadership infighting and Budget chaos

Former Labour Home Secretary Lord David Blunkett has warned Sir Keir Starmer that he needs 'to get a grip' within three months or could face serious consequences.

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22 h. ago Keir Starmer must 'get a grip' in next three months or he is finished, Lord Blunkett says as Prime Minister's Cabinet is beset by leadership intriguing and Budget chaos

Former Labour Home Secretary Lord David Blunkett has warned Sir Keir Starmer that he needs 'to get a grip' within three months or could face serious consequences.

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27 h. ago Trump vows to sue BBC for up to $5bn over edited Panorama clip

The BBC apologised but said it would not pay financial compensation.

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40 h. ago Ukrainian male model who 'set fires outside homes linked to Keir Starmer' appears in court

Roman Lavrynovych, 21, is accused of being behind a blaze started during the early hours of May 12 in Kentish Town, north London.

Events

40 h. ago ‘They all think Keir is done’: how push to protect Starmer’s job backfired spectacularly

Botched briefing operation was proof to many that PM is leading an ineffectual No 10. How did it go so wrong?If there’s one thing the Labour party can agree on this week, it is that efforts by Keir Starmer’s allies to shore up his position backfired spectacularly.By briefing journalists that he would face down any challenge and accusing Wes Streeting of leading an advanced plot to overthrow him, figures around the prime minister managed only to expose the weakness of his position. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Why the public needs decisiveness, not a government under Keir Starmer that changes with the wind

The UK Government’s short-term thinking may get them over hill this time, but it erodes public confidence.

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