1 hour ago Starmer considering digital ID and housing migrants at old industrial sites

The Prime Minister will host a Tuesday afternoon ministerial meeting after reiterating to his Cabinet that migration is ‘a central issue’.

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2 h. ago It’s another Labour reboot challenge: how many adults do they need ‘in the room’ before they start telling the truth? | Marina Hyde

The PM has brought in Darren Jones, whose superpower is ‘relentless delivery’. If that won’t save the world, what will? “If I hear one more of our people saying that deckchairs are being shuffled on the Titanic,” a government supporter of Keir Starmer confided to the Daily Mail, “I will scream.” No need for shrieks. The prime minister’s No 10 hokey cokey on Monday wasn’t so much shuffling the deckchairs as restructuring the deck crew and announcing that some fresh faces will enable the team to work with new focus towards their ultimate goal of reshuffling. Expect the first strategy whiteboard to be broken out 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.For now, hold on to your aperitifs and continue to dress for dinner, because the erstwhile chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, becomes something called chief secretary to the prime minister. To Starmer, Darren is a Mr Fixit; to many of his cabinet colleagues, he is a Mr Fuxit. That’s not the official line Downing Steet is going...

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2 h. ago Now showing: it’s Keir Starmer’s march of the ‘grownups’ – the disaster movie we’re all being forced to watch | Marina Hyde

The PM has brought in Darren Jones, whose superpower is ‘relentless delivery’. If that won’t save the world, what will? “If I hear one more of our people saying that deckchairs are being shuffled on the Titanic,” a government supporter of Keir Starmer confided to the Daily Mail, “I will scream.” No need for shrieks. The prime minister’s No 10 hokey cokey on Monday wasn’t so much shuffling the deckchairs as restructuring the deck crew and announcing that some fresh faces will enable the team to work with new focus towards their ultimate goal of reshuffling. Expect the first strategy whiteboard to be broken out 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.For now, hold on to your aperitifs and continue to dress for dinner, because the erstwhile chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, becomes something called chief secretary to the prime minister. To Starmer, Darren is a Mr Fixit; to many of his cabinet colleagues, he is a Mr Fuxit. That’s not the official line Downing Steet is going...

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9 h. ago Prime Minister Keir Starmer hits new record low as Britain turns on Labour Party

Keir Starmer's approval rating has hit a record low, a City AM/Freshwater Strategy poll has shown, as pressure mounts on the government ahead of the Budget

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20 h. ago Keir Starmer makes major asylum hotel vow as plan met with backlash

Prime Minister Keir Starmer revealed he wants to shut all asylum hotels down before his existing 2029 deadline, saying he understands public anger amid a wave of protests

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21 h. ago Keir Starmer backs Angela Rayner after Tory outrage over £800,000 Hove flat

Keir Starmer defended Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, saying she was a 'great story of British success', after the Tories called for a probe into her tax affairs

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24 h. ago Prime Minister says he is ‘very encouraging’ of people flying national flags

The widespread flying of flags, after an online campaign called Operation Raise the Colours, has become contentious.

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24 h. ago Keir Starmer accidentally calls Angela Rayner an ‘incredible prime minister’

Keir Starmer accidentally called Angela Rayner an “incredible prime minister” as he defended his deputy.

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24 h. ago Country should be ‘proud’ Angela Rayner is deputy PM, says Starmer amid flat row

The Prime Minister said it was a ‘mistake’ for people to brief against or talk down Ms Rayner.

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27 h. ago Rising star Darren Jones named chief secretary to PM in Downing Street shake

Mr Jones will be based at No 10 and ‘directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister’s priorities’.

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29 h. ago Starmer appoints Darren Jones to new role as PM’s chief secretary

Mr Jones will be based at No 10 and ‘directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister’s priorities’.

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47 h. ago UK still intends to recognise a Palestinian state, David Lammy to tell MPs

Foreign secretary to say an assessment will be carried out of whether Israel has complied with Keir Starmer’s termsDavid Lammy will tell MPs on Monday that the UK still intends to recognise a Palestinian state next month, with Israel having shown no sign of meeting the government’s demands.The foreign secretary will say in a Commons statement that government officials intend to carry out a formal assessment in the coming days of whether Israel has complied with the tests set out by the prime minister, Keir Starmer, last month. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Bayeux Tapestry loan labelled ‘heritage crime’ amid damage concerns

It is part of a cultural exchange announced by French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer when they met in July.

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3 d. ago Voices: I am surprised by the cries of ‘Keir must go’: a change of prime minister won’t solve Labour’s problems

As the Conservatives showed so clearly during the later years of their government, if you only change the prime minister without finding solutions to the issues the public cares about, you haven’t solved anything at all, writes John Rentoul

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5 d. ago Who are the top aides Keir Starmer has sacked in the last year as Nin Pandit leaves

A string of high-profile sackings and resignations has marked Prime Minister Keir Starmer's first year in power, culminating in the recent departure of his top civil servant

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5 d. ago NUJ branch questions Prime Minister on journalists killed in Gaza ahead of vigil

At least 189 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 2023, the CPJ has said.

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5 d. ago The Guardian view on UK attitudes to Europe: Labour is following where it could be leading | Editorial

There are signs of ministerial courage in making the case for closer ties to our neighbours, but the government could go further and fasterBritain’s relationship with the European Union was not a prominent issue in national debate when Sir Keir Starmer became prime minister, and Downing Street has striven to keep it that way. Labour strategists have seen Europe as a fissile topic, and Sir Keir’s opposition to Brexit in the 2016 referendum as a liability with swing voters. The prime minister has moved Britain closer to Europe, but in timid increments. The summit that formally “reset” relations early this year was long on statements of ambition, but short on substance. The government’s private recognition that economic logics impel Britain back into a European orbit has been in constant tension with fear of making that case in public.The balance now appears to be shifting. In a speech on Wednesday, Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Cabinet Office minister responsible for EU relations, made the...

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7 d. ago Farage warns of ‘threat to public order’ without action on illegal migration

Some 600,000 asylum seekers could be deported in the first parliament of a Reform UK government, Nigel Farage indicated.

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8 d. ago Pressure mounts on Starmer over small boat migrants and asylum hotels

The issue is top of voters’ concerns but there is little support for Sir Keir Starmer’s approach, a poll has suggested.

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1 week ago UK asylum applications hit record of 111,000 in Starmer’s first year in office

Figure reflects surge in small boat arrivals to the country

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