63 h. ago The Guardian view on 10 Downing Street: not up to the job | Editorial

The Labour leadership briefing furore highlights failures at the centre of government. Keir Starmer needs to raise his gameSir Keir Starmer went to north Wales on Thursday to announce the building of a new nuclear power station. This is a significant policy event, with local and national implications. However, the prime minister did not spend much time in Wales promoting solutions to UK energy needs. Instead, he spent it trying to draw a line under the Labour leadership briefing row, telling reporters that No 10 had not, in fact, briefed against the health secretary’s ambitions earlier this week.As such, Sir Keir’s day was a microcosm of what his prime ministership has now become more generally. On the one hand, he wants his government to be doing, and to be seen to be doing, important things. On the other hand, he is unable to achieve this because of the way he – and to an extent the country more generally – now does politics and government.Do you have an opinion on the issues...

Politics

66 h. ago Keir Starmer says 'probably the biggest announcement for a generation' has just happened in Wales

Sir Keir Starmer has made a visit to Coleg Menai in Anglesey after the announcement that Britain's first small modular reactor (SMR) will be built at Wylfa on the island

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3 d. ago Live updates as Keir Starmer visits Anglesey after major nuclear announcement

The UK's first small modular nuclear reactor will be built at Wylfa, creating thousands of jobs

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3 d. ago The people of Anglesey have been let down on Wylfa before, but this time it is different

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer writes for WalesOnline on the day it is announced a small modular reactor (SMR) will be built at Wylfa on Anglesey

Politics

1 week ago Rats, overcrowding and urgent riot warnings — my day inside a London jail

Britain’s jails are “on the precipice of failure”, with warnings that jails could run out of space within days. As Keir Starmer announces emergency measures to fix the crisis, Katie Strick spends a day on the frontline

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1 week ago Ed Sheeran praised by Keir Starmer as government announces changes to music education in UK schools

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson announces government plans to ‘revitalise arts education’ after Sheeran published an open letter backed by Harry Styles, Stormzy and Elton John

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2 w. ago Ministry of Defence still unclear on cost of RAF nuclear jet plan, MPs say

Sir Keir Starmer announced at the Nato summit in June that the UK would purchase 12 F-35A jets

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer announces new funding to protect mosques after suspected arson attack

Around £10million will be made available to mosques and Muslim faith centres for security measures such as CCTV and alarm systems to protect them from hate crimes and attacks

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3 w. ago PM announces £10m additional funding to protect British Muslims from hate crime

On Thursday, Sir Keir Starmer announced the funding boost following a visit to the Peacehaven Mosque in East Sussex.

Economics

3 w. ago Keir Starmer announces major law change to honour young brothers burnt alive by their own dad

PM Keir Starmer has promised to end grieving mum Claire Throssell's an 11-year fight for justice - telling her: 'I don’t know if I would have had the courage to do what you have done'

Society

3 w. ago Keir Starmer announces major law change to honour young brothers killed in a house fire

PM Keir Starmer has promised to end grieving mum Claire Throssell's an 11-year fight for justice - telling her: 'I don’t know if I would have had the courage to do what you have done'

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3 w. ago ‘Significant exposure’: Amazon Web Services outage exposed UK state’s £1.7bn reliance on tech giant

Cloud computing disruption highlights risk of deepening ties despite warnings from UK’s own regulators, including the TreasuryAmazon chief executive Andy Jassy beamed as he met Keir Starmer in Downing Street’s garden to announce £40bn of UK investments in June. Starmer was equally effusive, gushing: “This deal shows that our plan for change is working –bringing in investment, driving growth, and putting more money in people’s pockets.”Four months later, and the tech company was left scrambling to fix a devastating global outage on Monday that left thousands of businesses in limbo – and shed light on the UK government’s reliance on its cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Continue reading...

Economics

4 w. ago Boy, 17, arrested after woman, 75, dies in suspected arson attack at house

'We understand that reports of this nature can be concerning however we are not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident'

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