49 h. ago Starmer targets Reform as Labour kicks off local election campaign

The Prime Minister was joined by his deputy Angela Rayner and Labour chairwoman Ellie Reeves.

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50 h. ago Keir Starmer launches Labour's local election campaign with attack on Reform amid rising alarm at Nigel Farage threat

Keir Starmer joined his deputy Angela Rayner in the East Midlands as they formally kicked off the push towards the votes on May 1.

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63 h. ago Starmer and Rayner launch local election campaign as Labour talks up NHS

The Prime Minister and his deputy will visit the Midlands on Thursday as the party asks voters ‘to play their part’ in delivering national renewal.

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9 d. ago Nigel Farage is 'paid an unspecified sum' to settle with NatWest in debanking scandal

It is understood that after NatWest agreed to pay Farage damages he has now withdrawn the threat of potential civil and criminal proceedings.

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1 week ago Kemi Badenoch is 'not doing enough' to earn a hearing from voters says only Tory metro mayor Lord Houchen ahead of local elections

Lord Ben Houchen hit out at the leadership, saying it needed to start putting forward concrete Tory ideas now to help see off the threat from Nigel Farage's Reform UK.

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2 w. ago 'Sorry Emmanuel, can I call you back?': Moment Zelensky leaves Macron red faced by throwing him off the phone after French president called him during a televised press conference

The poorly timed phone call came as British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer prepared to launch construction of the UK's next-generation of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

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3 w. ago Calls for inquiry after black children labelled 'subnormal' and 'made to wash white kids'

Labour MP Kim Johnson is calling on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to launch an inquiry for black children who were labelled 'educationally subnormal' and sent to schools for children with disabilities

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3 w. ago ‘People want change’: voter anger opens door for Reform in key Labour seats

Projections suggest Merthyr Tydfil and Dudley could be won by Nigel Farage’s party – but how real is the threat?“Labour used to be the party of the working class. I haven’t got a clue what it is now,” was how Richard, a retired welder, described his feelings towards Keir Starmer’s fledgling government.That response would be sobering anywhere, but more so for the fact he was speaking as part of a focus group in Merthyr Tydfil, the parliamentary constituency of Labour’s founder and the prime minister’s namesake, Keir Hardie.Luke Tryl is the UK director of the research group More in Common Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Voices: Reform’s implosion makes a second term for Keir Starmer more likely

Nigel Farage’s party may have been the main threat to a continued Labour government – but the split in his own ranks, combined with Starmer’s newfound popularity, means he’s on shaky ground, writes John Rentoul

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4 w. ago How Scottish Tories can see off threat posed by Nigel Farage and Reform UK

Reform UK may be buoyed up by the defections of a few Conservative councillors, but their closeness to Donald Trump is going to damage their support

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4 w. ago Keir Starmer slams dental care under Tories as Government launches toothbrushing in schools

Prime Minister Keir Starmer writes for the Mirror: "This isn’t nanny state. It’s responsible leadership. For every £1 we are investing in supervised brushing, we expect to save £3 in costly NHS care later down the line"

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