27 m. ago Keir Starmer’s communications chief quits after just nine months in Downing Street

Matthew Doyle becomes the second member of Sir Keir Starmer’s top team to quit less than a year into the job

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51 m. ago Huge change to Keir Starmer's top team with senior figure quitting after 9 months in No10

Matthew Doyle, Keir Starmer's director of communications in No10, has surprisingly quit after just nine months in the job - he said it is time to 'pass the baton on'

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3 h. ago King Charles cancels engagements after suffering 'temporary side effects' from cancer treatment

Sir Keir Starmer sends best wishes to King Charles after he required a short period of observation in hospital

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4 h. ago Keir Starmer is one of Labour’s most rightwing prime ministers. And one of its most leftwing, too | Andy Beckett

The PM offers a political hybrid designed for a fickle electorate. There are short-term electoral gains to be won, but risks in the long termFor more than eight months now, since shortly after Labour won power, more and more people have been outraged by the government’s moves to the right. Starting with its decision to keep the Conservatives’ cruel two-child benefit cap last July, the government has regularly given these critics reasons to feel shocked, betrayed or just disappointed.From deportation videos to Keir Starmer’s declaration that “I like and respect” Donald Trump, from repeated public sector cuts to the chancellor Rachel Reeves’s talk of “tearing down regulatory barriers” in this week’s spring statement, Labour has often behaved as if the boundaries between its supposedly centre-left politics and the politics of the right or even the far right have simply melted away. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Keir Starmer told he must fix Lord Advocate dual role after Operation Branchform concerns

Scots law experts have insisted it's up to the Prime Minister if he wants to separate the two jobs.

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9 h. ago Labour's betrayal of unpaid carers: Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing 'mother of all rebellions' as one in ten people looking after loved ones lose lifeline benefits

An estimated 150,000 unpaid carers looking after loved ones will have their weekly allowances taken away under the Chancellor's controversial welfare cuts.

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12 h. ago Smartphone bans alone do not give children healthy tech relationship – academics

A group of experts has warned that blanket phone bans fail to prepare children for modern life in a digital world.

Society

12 h. ago Green light for £80million plans as Keir Starmer vows to fix Greater Manchester's 'broken transport system'

The plans have been in the pipeline for years

Economics

12 h. ago PM: North will stop being ‘held to ransom’ by outdated transport systems

Sir Keir Starmer claimed the Government will create better links between urban areas with a ‘downpayment for growth’.

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15 h. ago Lack of progress abroad leaves Starmer facing questions at home

News analysis: Archie Mitchell argues the lack of concrete progress on the ‘coalition of the willing’ leaves Keir Starmer facing difficult questions at home and abroad

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15 h. ago Starmer seeks deal with Trump to avoid trade war as ‘very concerning’ tariffs loom

The Prime Minister said he did not want a ‘trade war’ with the US but that all options remained on the table

Economics

16 h. ago Watch Putin’s speech in full after Starmer accuses Russia of ‘playing games’ with Ukraine ceasefire

Watch in full as Vladimir Putin speaks after Sir Keir Starmer accused Russia of “playing games” with peace and delaying a ceasefire in Ukraine.

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16 h. ago Key European leaders say it is ‘not the time’ to start lifting sanctions against Russia – as it happened

UK prime minister Keir Starmer calls out Russia for ‘playing games’ as French president Emmanuel Macron says Europe must prepare for any scenarioThe search continues for four US soldiers that went missing in Lithuania on Tuesday night, as their vehicle has been discovered submerged in water.The operation continues on Thursday with attempts to reach the area. Lithuanian defence minister Dovilė Šakalienė said that the vehicle was located at “more than 5 meters down,” and digging is under way to get to it. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Sue Gray breaks down in tears as she recalls her mum's suicide in maiden Lords speech

In her maiden speech in the House of Lords, the now-titled Baroness Gray of Tottenham urged politicians to temper their language towards Whitehall officials.

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18 h. ago Watch live: Putin speaks after Starmer accuses Russia of ‘playing games’ with Ukraine ceasefire

Watch live as Vladimir Putin speaks after Sir Keir Starmer accused Russia of “playing games” with peace and delaying a ceasefire in Ukraine.

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19 h. ago Keir Starmer refuses to rule out Autumn tax hike amid think tank warning

It comes after a difficult Spring Statement

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19 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer refuses to rule out Autumn tax hike amid think tank warning

It comes after a difficult Spring Statement

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19 h. ago Starmer calls for deadline on Ukraine peace talks to stop Putin’s ‘games’

Sir Keir Starmer said plans for a military deployment to Ukraine were being stepped up to secure any peace deal.

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19 h. ago Key European leaders say it is ‘not the time’ to start lifting sanctions against Russia – Europe live

UK prime minister Keir Starmer calls out Russia for ‘playing games’ as French president Emmanuel Macron says Europe must prepare for any scenarioThe search continues for four US soldiers that went missing in Lithuania on Tuesday night, as their vehicle has been discovered submerged in water.The operation continues on Thursday with attempts to reach the area. Lithuanian defence minister Dovilė Šakalienė said that the vehicle was located at “more than 5 meters down,” and digging is under way to get to it. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Keir Starmer warns Donald Trump that 'now is not the time' for lifting sanctions on Russia

The PM joined the latest talks of the so-called 'coalition of the willing' in the French capital as allies continued to draw up plans for a possible peacekeeping force.

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