15 h. ago Starmer plans to finally get tough on Channel crisis in bid to neuter Reform's appeal

Labour sources said the Prime Minister plans a series of interventions on the issue in the coming weeks.

Events

69 h. ago Love Island star Arabella Chi reveals if she will show her baby on social media as she gives update on 'tough' final weeks of pregnancy

The former Love Island star, 34, is expecting to give birth to a baby girl in May with boyfriend Billy Henty, who she met after appearing on the All Stars version of the show last year.

Politics

5 d. ago Thursday’s elections will be ‘tough’, PM admits as campaigning enters final week

The upcoming Runcorn and Helsby by-election will run alongside local elections and it is expected to be a tight contest between Labour and Reform UK.

Politics

5 d. ago Starmer is planning a major migrant crackdown in an attempt to battle Reform

A white paper outlining the proposals is set for release in the weeks after Thursday's vote.

Events

8 d. ago Tottenham XI vs Liverpool: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for Premier League

Ange Postecoglou has tough decisions to make for Anfield trip as Europa League semi-finals loom for Spurs

Politics

8 d. ago Starmer faces Labour revolt over plan to raid bank accounts of benefit claimants

Welfare fraud bill would allow funds to be taken from bank accounts and driving licences to be cancelledShould benefit claimants risk having their bank accounts spied upon and driving licences revoked? I don’t think soKeir Starmer is facing a rebellion over his plan to use direct deductions from people’s bank accounts and the cancellation of driving licences as part of a government crackdown on welfare fraud and over-claiming.In an attempt to claw back the annual £9.7bn in benefit overpayments made by the Department for Work and Pensions due to fraud or error, the government has adopted Conservative plans for debt recovery. Continue reading...

Economics

9 d. ago Keir Starmer sets out plan to boost jobs for welders and electricians at major summit

Keir Starmer will announce £300million in funding will be fast-tracked through the publicly owned energy company - Great British Energy - to invest in clean energy projects

Politics

1 week ago Hypocrisy row over plans to send failed asylum seekers to 'return hubs' overseas after Starmer scrapped Tory Rwanda scheme

Conservatives responded with fury to reports that ministers could pay countries in the Balkans to take Britain's failed asylum seekers - comparing it to the Rwanda scheme which Sir Keir Starmer scrapped.

Events

1 week ago Labour's WhatsApp plot to defy trans ruling: Ministers' leaked messages reveal their fury at calls to ban transgender women from female

The Government claimed to welcome the Supreme Court judgment - but the exchanges reveal the private fury on Sir Keir Starmer 's frontbench, with ministers planning to hold a meeting this week.

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2 w. ago Voices: Nigel Farage’s party has been in talks with Liz Truss: Why this is a big mistake for Reform

The Reform leader has been tactically astute in his appeal to disillusioned Labour voters – until now, says John Rentoul

Politics

2 w. ago Three reasons why Arsenal can beat PSG in Champions League blockbuster

Gunners face tough semi-final challenge but there is reason for optimism

Sport

2 w. ago Furious army veterans launch campaign against Labour's 'total betrayal' of soldiers who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles

They will make last-ditch appeals to Sir Keir Starmer 's government to abandon controversial plans which they fear will expose veterans to 'relentless and vexatious' court prosecutions

Events

2 w. ago Rebel MPs tell Starmer to abandon his plan to exempt AI firms from copyright law

The Prime Minister wants to give Big Tech free rein to train AI systems on copyright material, forcing writers, musicians, artists and filmmakers to 'opt out' if they want to protect their work.

Politics

2 w. ago British Steel latest: Parliament approves bill to save plant after workers block Chinese executives from site

MPs and Lords vote in favour of Starmer's plan to take control of British Steel after Chinese owners wanted hundreds of millions

Economics

3 w. ago Make America make again? Trump’s tariffs will only be manufacturing pipe dreams | John Naughton

The president’s gambit to bring the production of goods such as iPhones back to the US ignores huge supply chain complexitiesDonald Trump’s tariff strategy has at least one biblical connection: like the peace of God, it “passeth all understanding” (Philippians 4:7). Rival attempts to extract a rationale from the chaos include the idea that he is trying to devalue the dollar, or that he is seeking to “reshore” the manufacturing capacity that the US lost through decades of globalisation. My own hunch is that he just wants to show who’s the big boss around here – or as British science fiction author Charles Stross puts it, that he “expects individual nations to come to him, hat in hand, like terrified shopkeepers pleading for mercy from a mafia don”.Cue the UK’s very own Trump whisperer, Keir Starmer, who, according to Politico, plans “to put a review of online safety rules on the table in trade talks” with the US. Which, translated, means that things such as the Online Safety Act and ...

Economics

3 w. ago British Steel latest: Chinese executives who ‘tried to access’ plant blocked by workers as MPs back government plan

MPs vote in favour of Starmer's plan to take control of British Steel after Chinese owners wanted hundreds of millions

Politics

3 w. ago British Steel latest: MPs back move to take control of Scunthorpe plant in emergency debate

Sir Keir Starmer’s emergency bill to save Scunthorpe steelworks plant from closure approved by Commons

Politics

3 w. ago French authorities are 'giving small boat migrants lifejackets to cross the English Channel' and crisis is getting WORSE under Labour, fisherman claims

Fisherman Matt Coker, owner of Coker Seafishing in Dover, Kent,, claims groups of asylum seekers are being escorted by the French authorities instead of being intercepted and stopped.

Events

3 w. ago Keir Starmer set to approve nuclear plant in bid to power up economic growth

The prime minister is pinning his hopes of economic growth on a major nuclear plant and a series of mini nuclear sites

Economics

3 w. ago PM: ‘All options’ on table for British Steel amid calls for nationalisation

Sir Keir Starmer said he understood the importance of the Scunthorpe steel plant as he was quizzed by senior MPs at the Commons Liaison Committee.

Politics