45 h. ago Reeves gets more abuse because she is a woman, Starmer suggests

Rachel Reeves told The Times Magazine this week that she was ‘sick of people mansplaining how to be Chancellor to me’.

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45 h. ago Keir Starmer suggests he wants Angela Rayner back in Cabinet before next election

Keir Starmer opens the door for ex-Deputy PM Angela Rayner's return after she was forced to quit in September over not paying enough stamp duty on her seaside home in Hove

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45 h. ago Rachel Reeves receives more abuse because she’s a woman, Keir Starmer says

Last week Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she is 'sick of people mansplaining how to be Chancellor to me' as she hit back her critics ahead of the Budget

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65 h. ago Andrew should give evidence on Epstein to Congress, Starmer suggests

The prime minister said that anybody with ‘relevant information’ should be prepared to share it

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65 h. ago Andrew should give ‘relevant information’ to US Epstein probe, Starmer suggests

The Prime Minister declined to comment on the former prince, but said in general anyone with relevant details should provide them.

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65 h. ago Keir Starmer responds to calls for Andrew Windsor to give US Epstein evidence

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor should give evidence to the US on its Jeffrey Epstein probe, Keir Starmer has suggested, after the disgraced former prince ignored a Congress deadline

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5 d. ago Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests

Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodusUp to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK over the government’s immigration proposals, plunging the NHS into its biggest ever workforce crisis, research suggests.Keir Starmer has vowed to curb net migration, with plans to force migrants to wait as long as 10 years to apply to settle in the UK instead of automatically gaining settled status after five years. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Streeting says he and Starmer ‘extremely frustrated’ by leadership row

Health Secretary Wes Streeting was targeted by briefings suggesting he was plotting a coup against Sir Keir Starmer.

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1 week ago Starmer condemns ‘unacceptable’ attack on Streeting amid leadership row

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has called for heads to roll in No 10 over suggestions he was plotting to oust Sir Keir Starmer.

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2 w. ago Green leader says Starmer is ‘not a man I would be willing to work with’

Zack Polanski suggested he doubts whether Sir Keir Starmer will even be an MP at the next election

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2 w. ago The majority of the UK public say the same thing about Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves, poll finds

Polling suggests only 25% of the UK public want Keir Starmer to carry on as Prime Minister

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3 w. ago There is a thriving shadow economy in Britain – but migrants are not to blame | Emily Kenway

While Labour is desperately trying to mimic Reform’s line on the cash economy, the blame lies solidly with ordinary people feeling the pinchAccording to politicians across all parties, something called the “hidden economy” – the shadowy nethers of the labour market, in which work goes unregulated and undeclared to the authorities – is a “menace”, full of migrants whose illegal working “undercuts British workers”, and even a threat to our national security. MPs have been so worried about asylum seekers delivering their Friday night pizza that they’ve spent parliamentary time discussing Deliveroo et al’s business models. In response, the government has repeatedly reassured us, in the somewhat Mills & Boon-style phrasing of Yvette Cooper, when she was home secretary, that it’s “surging enforcement” to tackle the problem.Solutions suggested include Keir Starmer’s digital ID cards, requirements for increased “right to work” checks, and new data-sharing agreements in which the Home Of...

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4 w. ago Keir Starmer 'tells Home Office to shut down asylum hotels within a year' as ministers suggest more military bases could be used to house migrants

The Cameron Barracks in Inverness and the Crowborough army training camp in East Sussex have already been lined up to house 900 male asylum seekers.

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