51 m. ago Five more London Labour councillors defect to Greens amid slumping support for Starmer in capital

Zack Polanski welcomed the Brent councillors to his party on Monday, claiming mass defection showed the ‘Green surge has widened in London’

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1 hour ago Keir Starmer admits Labour leadership speculation is 'rife' as he is battered by MPs over briefings against Cabinet and Budget leaks

Keir Starmer squirmed as he was pressed on the behaviour of his own No10 aides during an intense session at the powerful Commons Liaison Committee.

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer faces demand to rebuke Labour donor Dale Vince for blaming Israel's attacks on Gaza for anti

Green energy tycoon Dale Vince, who has given millions to Sir Keir Starmer and his party, lashed out on social media in the wake of the atrocity on the iconic Sydney beach that left 15 people dead.

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4 h. ago European leaders gather in Berlin as US pushes to end Ukraine conflict

Zelenskyy to meet British, French and German leaders, with Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, also invitedEurope live – latest updatesEuropean leaders including Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron will meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday in a show of support hosted by the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, as the US pushes for a swift end to the war in Ukraine.The British prime minister, French president and the heads of Nato and the EU, who have criticised previous US proposals to end the Russian invasion as too favourable to Moscow, are set to convene with Zelenskyy on Monday evening at Merz’s offices in central Berlin. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago The Pogues and Kneecap join stars backing prison hunger strike in warning to Starmer

Kneecap, Sally Rooney and The Pogues lead 200 stars in a furious warning to Keir Starmer, demanding he act immediately to save hunger strikers in UK jails from a 'life or death' crisis

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8 h. ago Keir Starmer faces open Labour revolt as minister condemns botched reshuffle saying he still has no clue what the PM was thinking

Ian Murray complained he still does not know why the PM demoted him out of the Cabinet in a chaotic reshuffle in September.

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9 h. ago Britain condemns ‘politically motivated’ Hong Kong conviction of Jimmy Lai

Jimmy Lai has been found guilty by a Hong Kong court of conspiracy charges under the territory’s Beijing-imposed national security law.

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11 h. ago Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls | Nesrine Malik

After weeks of allegations of schoolboy racism, the Reform leader is doubling down. And our political establishment is allowing itJust as I was starting to write this column, an email alert popped up on my screen. “Punters back Nigel for prime minister after Keir Starmer,” it read, placing the Reform leader second in the odds market after Wes Streeting. What a weird, dissonant duality this is. Nigel Farage is in his fourth week of revelations about alleged racist behaviour at school, and yet, here we are. This is one of those twilight-zone moments in British politics, where it seems something is going to “cut through” any minute now. For a moment it seems as if it absolutely will. And then, there’s a loss of momentum and a return to the status quo. In my mind it manifests like a battle of physical forces, acting on one another. Journalistic investigations, testimonies, whistleblowers, all as a sort of storm that blows on a political actor who may be knocked off his feet, but still m...

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13 h. ago Ian Murray's wife was 'absolutely f****** furious' after Keir Starmer sacked Scottish Secretary

The long-serving Edinburgh MP was suddenly demoted by the PM as part of a wider Cabinet reshuffle.

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15 h. ago Resident doctors to announce whether or not strike will go ahead

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15 h. ago Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to hear verdict in his landmark national security case

Jimmy Lai, a former Hong Kong media mogul and critic of Beijing, is in court waiting to hear a verdict in his trial on national security offenses

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17 h. ago Minister demands explanation from Starmer after being sacked from cabinet

Culture minister Ian Murray is still furious about receiving no explanation over why he was sacked as Scottish secretary

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17 h. ago Adolescence’s Hannah Walters had to buy new suitcase to hold show’s awards

The actress told the Christmas edition of the Big Issue magazine the past three years had been ‘chaotic and exciting’.

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17 h. ago Murray says he is yet to receive explanation for sacking as Scottish secretary

The Edinburgh South MP was axed from Sir Keir Starmer’s Cabinet in September.

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25 h. ago Andy Burnham hits back at claims he is plotting to replace Starmer as PM

The Greater Manchester mayor was responding to reports that he plans to run for a parliamentary seat before next May’s local elections to allow him to take over from Keir Starmer

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26 h. ago Starmer ‘not going anywhere’, says Mahmood while admitting PM role is on every politician’s mind

Shabana Mahmood has insisted that Sir Keir Starmer is “not going” anywhere – but admitted that she has been tempted by the prime minister role.

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28 h. ago Shabana Mahmood tells Andy Burnham to 'focus on the day job' amid fresh claims he's ready to challenge Keir Starmer

The Home Secretary warned her party not to 'waste a single second' of being in power as she attempted to dampen down questions about the Prime Minister's future.

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28 h. ago More police in British Jewish communities after Bondi terror attack

Prime Minister Keir Starmer sent his condolences, saying Hanukkah ‘should be a time of celebration and joy’.

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30 h. ago Mahmood urges Labour figures to ‘focus on day job’ amid Burnham speculation

The Home Secretary said everyone within the party had their ‘role to play’ in backing the Government.

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30 h. ago Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage condemn 'horrendous' Bondi Beach shooting

Sir Keir Starmer posted on X that he was being kept updated about the 'appalling attack' on Sunday, following the 'deeply distressing' news from Australia.

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