5 h. ago Manchester synagogue: Police alert for copycat terror attacks on Jewish Sabbath

Keir Starmer promised to deploy extra police to synagogues across the UK, and revealed "additional police assets" were being rolled out to "do everything to keep our Jewish community safe"

Events

51 h. ago Storm Amy warning as first of season sees UK battered by 80mph winds

Forecasters warned some communities could be 'cut off by flooded roads or landslides', while spray and flooding could cause 'difficult driving conditions' and road closures

Events

3 d. ago Starmer to promise new NHS ‘online hospital’ to help cut waiting lists

The Prime Minister will announce the scheme at Labour’s conference

Politics

3 d. ago Keir Starmer to announce new online hospital to tackle waiting lists

Keir Starmer will promise to set up a new service known as NHS Online from 2027 to create millions of new appointments and stamp out long waits

Politics

3 d. ago Starmer promises ‘fairer country’ after long, difficult road to renewal

The Prime Minister will say Britain stands at a fork in the road with a choice between decency and division.

Politics

3 d. ago Keir Starmer unveils huge NHS change and declares 'a new world is coming'

Keir Starmer will promise to set up a new service known as NHS Online from 2027 to create millions of new appointments and stamp out long waits for treatment

Politics

5 d. ago Starmer insists Labour can recover from poll slump as conference begins

Sir Keir Starmer hopes a policy blitz including a promise to construct new towns will help revive Labour’s fortunes.

Politics

1 week ago ANDREW NEIL: If Starmer really wants Britain to succeed, there are two things he must now do... or the promise of Trump's state visit will be squandered

Two weeks ago Keir Starmer expressed his full confidence in his Deputy Prime Minister. She was gone the next day.

Politics

2 w. ago YouTube best place for Spitting Image amid Kimmel show suspension – Al Murray

The comedy puppet show is making a return and promises skits featuring Donald Trump, Sir Keir Starmer and the King.

Politics

3 w. ago Labour's growth pledge lies in tatters and I fear there is worse to come, says HUGO DUNCAN

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves promised to make Britain the fastest-growing economy in the G7. But there was no growth at all in July. The economy is flatlining.

Politics

3 w. ago Starmer should beware: in this volatile age, no majority and no leader is secure for long | Rafael Behr

Labour’s massive election victory already feels long ago. The PM needs to build a new electoral alliance – and quicklySign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreKeir Starmer doesn’t see himself as the leader of a coalition government. With 399 MPs and a working majority of 156, why should he?One reason is that those numbers mark a high tide of anti-Tory feeling that receded as soon as Rishi Sunak’s rotten administration was swept away. Voters from diverse places with disparate grievances embraced Starmer’s promise of change, often uncertain what it meant in practice. They needed reasons to be glad of the choice they had made and haven’t found them. Support for the government has tanked as a result.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Labour given workers rights warning as shop worker says racist abuse left her 'terrified'

Labour has been urged to stand firm on its planned Employment Rights Bill, as TUC leader Paul Nowak tells Keir Starmer - 'Deliver the change you promised at the election'

Events

last month Starmer's new economics advisor said Labour should rip up election promises and raise income tax and VAT to boost growth

Baroness Minouche Shafik, who was appointed to No10 on Monday, used an interview earlier this year to suggest upping income tax and VAT to boost Treasury coffers.

Economics