96 m. ago Sir Keir Starmer speaks out on DWP benefits changes as he slams 'devastating' £70bn bill

The Prime Minister has defended a £5billion cut to welfare and said the rising cost of sickness and disability benefits has "wreaked a terrible human cost"

Economics

3 h. ago DWP benefits cuts explained and defended by Sir Keir Starmer

The announcement was met with criticism from Labour backbenchers, unions and charities

Politics

19 h. ago Starmer’s Government faces backlash over ‘cruel’ £5bn cut to welfare

Sir Keir Starmer said failure to reform the system would be ‘morally bankrupt’ but his own backbenchers, unions and campaigners hit back

Economics

19 h. ago Labour unveils disability benefits reforms that aim to save over £5bn

Move risks stoking biggest backbench rebellion of Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership

Economics

20 h. ago Labour unveils disability benefits reforms that aim to save more than £5bn

Move risks stoking biggest backbench rebellion of Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership

Economics

25 h. ago PIP disability benefits cuts live: Liz Kendall set to slash DWP spending risking Labour fury

A package of reforms to sickness and disability benefits is set to be signed off today by Sir Keir Starmer's Government which could cut billions but has led to Labour backbench anger

Events

31 h. ago Tony Blair's son tells Sir Keir Starmer's children how to survive life at Downing Street

Tony Blair's eldest son has offered advice to Keir Starmer's children on how to survive life when growing up in the most well-known house in the country.

Society

43 h. ago BBC Ten Pound Poms viewers distracted as 'famous politician makes cameo appearance'

BBC viewers were distracted after they were certain they'd spotted Sir Keir Starmer on popular drama BBC Ten Pound Poms but it was in fact a "lookalike" actor

Politics

48 h. ago Kremlin warns of WW3 with NATO if 'dumb' Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine

Russian security council deputy Dmitry Medvedev says Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron's proposed 'coalition of the willing' is unacceptable to Vladimir Putin.

Events

49 h. ago New Canadian leader Mark Carney expected to meet Sir Keir Starmer and King

The former Bank of England governor will arrive in the UK from Paris later on Monday.

Politics

56 h. ago The Southport killings might not have happened if there'd been an inquiry, and now Keir Starmer won't give us the answers we need

Lady Julia Amess met Sir Keir Starmer Yvette Cooper in Downing Street last week to plead for a public inquiry into the brutal killing of her dearly-loved husband Sir David.

Events

3 d. ago It is mission critical that Labour repairs the contract between citizen and state | Andrew Rawnsley

Proving that government can be a force for good is essential if Sir Keir Starmer is to see off the populist rightListening to Sir Keir Starmer’s recent lament that the “flabby” state is failing Britain was to experience deja vu all over again. More than a quarter of a century has passed since another Labour prime minister, one Tony Blair, vented his frustration with the public sector by complaining that trying to reform government had left him with “scars on my back”. In similar vein, David Cameron’s lot used to excuse their struggles to get stuff done by blaming resistance from the amorphous administrative “Blob”. Dominic Cummings told Boris Johnson that the solution was to pack Number 10 with “weirdos”, “misfits” and “wild cards” – a self-description if ever there was one – while purging the senior civil service. He was still working his way through his “shit list” of mandarins when he got the boot himself. You will not recall the Johnson administration as an able and stable outfi...

Events

3 d. ago Military chiefs to meet in London as ‘coalition of the willing’ talks continue

Sir Keir Starmer announced that plans for a peacekeeping operation would move into an ‘operational phase’.

Events

3 d. ago Ireland would benefit if UK strikes favourable economic deal with US – Taoiseach

Micheal Martin said it was still ‘early days’ for any potential agreement between Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump.

Economics

3 d. ago Streeting: I’ll get rid of more NHS quangos and slash bloated bureaucracy

Sir Keir Starmer announced he would be abolishing NHS England to avoid ‘duplication’

Politics

3 d. ago Starmer says plans for military support for Ukraine now entering ‘operational phase’

Sir Keir Starmer sent his strongest signal yet that allies will put troops on the ground in Ukraine to support a ceasefire

Events

3 d. ago Sir Keir Starmer says 'let the guns fall silent' urging Vladimir Putin to agree to ceasefire

The Prime Minister has urged world leaders to pull out the stops to secure lasting peace

Politics

3 d. ago UK to host military chiefs to discuss Ukraine peacekeeping force as plans to end war enter new phase

Sir Keir Starmer sent his strongest signal yet that allies will put troops on the ground in Ukraine to support a ceasefire

Events

3 d. ago Starmer sends message to Trump as world leaders discuss peacekeeping in Ukraine

Sir Keir Starmer maintained that Donald Trump is “absolutely committed” to lasting peace in Ukraine, while urging allies to move forward together to achieve an end to Russia’s invasion of the country.

Politics

3 d. ago Watch in full: Starmer gives Ukraine update after urging world leaders to keep pressure on Russia

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer held a press conference after hosting a meeting with world leaders to discuss peace in Ukraine on Saturday, 15 March.

Politics