11 h. ago Hundreds of furious landlords are barring Keir Starmer & Labour MPs from their boozers in protest at Budget tax

HUNDREDS of furious landlords are barring PM Sir Keir Starmer and his Labour MPs from their boozers in protest at a sly Budget tax-grab. They fear they will have to call last orders on pubs in the wake of the punishing Budget. Scores have joined the Taxed Out campaign and back banning Labour MPs from...

Economics

12 h. ago ‘Superflu’ mayhem will drag into New Year as mutant bug’s ‘longtail fuels post

THE NHS has been plunged into its worst-case winter scenario as an “unprecedented wave of superflu” pushed hospital cases up 55 per cent in a week.  Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer urged Britons to “be careful” and blasted doctors plotting a mid-crisis strike next week as “irresponsible”.  NHS officials said there are now enough virus...

Science

12 h. ago Downing Street issues statement on urgent Russia meeting after 'ready for war' comments

Sir Keir Starmer hosted a coalition of the willing meeting

Events

15 h. ago The Guardian view on Labour’s new peerages: another boost for the ermine arms race | Editorial

Sir Keir Starmer promised to bring meaningful reform to the House of Lords. He is failing to introduce itIn opposition, Sir Keir Starmer called the unelected House of Lords “indefensible”. This week, barely 18 months into his prime ministership, Sir Keir took the total of unelected peers he has appointed since July 2024 to 96. Remarkably, Wednesday’s 34 new life peerages, mainly Labour supporters, take his appointment total above those of each of his four most recent Conservative predecessors. You must go back to David Cameron to find a prime minister who did more to stuff the Lords than Sir Keir.At the last election, Labour presented itself to the voters as a party of Lords reform. The party manifesto promised to remove the remaining hereditary peers, to reform the appointments process, to impose a peers’ retirement age, and to consult on proposals for replacing the Lords with an alternative second chamber. The House of Lords, the manifesto flatly declared, was “too big”....

Politics

18 h. ago Keir Starmer blasted for stuffing 'bloated' House of Lords with even more members

PM Sir Keir Starmer is under fire for creating even more unelected peers. It means he's now overseen 96 new members of the House of Lords since entering Number 10

Politics

20 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer clarifies 'wear a mask' advice in 'be careful' warning as flu cases soar

The Prime Minister has urged 'common sense' amid a rise in flu cases

Events

39 h. ago Iceland boss and top Downing Street aide among Starmer’s new Labour peers

Sir Keir Starmer is introducing new Labour peers as he aims to rebalance the Tory majority in the Lords, and see off further challenges to his plans.

Politics

39 h. ago Brit soldier George Hooley killed in Ukraine had 'rare gift' and 'open heart'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has joined British commanders in paying tribute to Lance Corporal George Hooley, who died in a 'tragic accident' in Ukraine watching a weapon test

Events

40 h. ago First picture of 'full of courage' British soldier who was killed in Ukraine accident

Sir Keir Starmer led tributes to Lance Corporal George Hooley, 28, a paratrooper who was killed in a ’tragic accident’ on Tuesday

Events

41 h. ago Kemi's lipstick glistened with merriment as the oblong potato in front of her honked and hummed: QUENTIN LETTS sees Badenoch grill Starmer at PMQs

Each week Kemi Badenoch leans a little further across the Commons despatch box at PMQs, edging closer to Sir Keir Starmer . Each week he pretends to be unbovvered.

Politics

41 h. ago Starmer and European allies discuss Ukraine peace plan with Trump

Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz spoke to Donald Trump about the Ukraine crisis.

Politics

41 h. ago Readers' Letters: Who's best suited to being next prime minister

Who should replace Sir Keir Starmer as PM if not a Labour MP, asks reader

Politics

41 h. ago Help the Daily Star's lettuce beat Keir Starmer in the battle of the TikTok videos

The Daily Star is trying to get more 'likes' on a TikTok video of a lettuce than the first one on Sir Keir Starmer's new account to prove it can outperform him

Events

44 h. ago Starmer rules out EU customs union after Labour rebellion over government’s Brexit stance

Sir Keir Starmer faced a Labour rebellion on Tuesday after more than a dozen of his MPs backed a Lib Dem bill calling for the government to reopen talks with the EU

Politics

45 h. ago British soldier killed after 'tragic accident' in Ukraine named as Starmer pays tribute

The Brit solider killed in Ukraine while observing Ukrainian forces during testing a new defensive has been named after Sir Keir Starmer paid tribute during at Prime Minister’s Questions

Events

48 h. ago Angela Rayner 'would rather stick pins in her eyes than back Wes Streeting for Labour leader' if Starmer is toppled

Allies of the former deputy prime minister dashed hopes that she would link up with the Health Secretary on a unity ticket if Sir Keir Starmer was forced from No10.

Politics

48 h. ago UK: Change European human rights laws interpretation to tackle small boats

Sir Keir Starmer and David Lammy are leading the UK push for changes to the way the European Convention on Human Rights is interpreted.

Politics

56 h. ago RICHARD EDEN'S DIARY: M&S heir checks out of London for tax haven

Marks & Spencer is quintessentially British, but a prominent member of the family that established the High Street giant has quit Sir Keir Starmer's socialist paradise.

Politics

59 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer urges Europeans to curb the ECHR to stop asylum seekers using it to stay in Britain

Ahead of a European summit on Wednesday the Prime Minister has urged fellow members to 'go further' in modernising human rights laws to protect their borders.

Events

60 h. ago Larry the Cat from No10 used as a 'pawn' in Russia's propaganda war with Ukraine

Russian media sites are spreading fake news that Larry the Cat, who lives at Number 10, ‘snubbed’ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to see Sir Keir Starmer

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