81 m. ago Keir Starmer pleads for calm after Israel launches bombing raids on Iran with fears mounting of all

Keir Starmer has urged both sides to 'step back' after Israel launched raids on Iran, insisting its regional rival cannot be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.

Politics

2 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer says 'step back' after Israel launch deadly strikes on Iran

Israel launched strikes on Tehran early on Friday, rekindling fears of a full-scale conflict

Events

2 h. ago Starmer urges Iran and Israel to ‘step back’ after strikes targeting Tehran

Israel launched strikes on Tehran early on Friday, rekindling fears of a full-scale conflict.

Events

2 h. ago Israel launches major attack on Iran targeting nuclear sites and missile facilities

Sir Keir Starmer urges ‘all parties to step back and reduce tensions urgently’ as Israel strikes Iran

Events

6 h. ago Move faster on firms’ public contracts ban, Grenfell survivor urges Government

Edward Daffarn said a new documentary “clearly exposes how little” companies and individuals have been held to account over the 2017 disaster.

Politics

9 h. ago Air India crash investigations continue as British victims are named

There are fears the number of people killed on the ground could rise.

Events

12 h. ago Keir Starmer devastated after Air India flight crashes with 53 British nationals onboard

Sir Keir Starmer said he is “devastated" following the deadly Air India crash which claimed the lives of almost 300 people, including 52 British nationals.

Events

12 h. ago Ahmedabad plane crash kills 241, including 52 Britons, Air India confirms

The Air India plane crash is one of the deadliest in terms of the number of British nationals killed.

Events

14 h. ago Keir Starmer accused of misleading public over private school VAT raid after suggesting it will be used to fund homes, not teachers

Sir Keir Starmer provoked outrage after suggesting his housing pledge this week was made possible 'because' of VAT on school fees.

Society

14 h. ago Keir Starmer must come to the defence of his chancellor’s spending review

Editorial: In spite of Rachel Reeves’s much-vaunted increase in MoD expenditure, a rise to 2.6 per cent of GDP can only be achieved by draining the overseas aid budget, reallocating intelligence agency funds, and other sleights of hand. When the prime minister faces Nato leaders, including Donald Trump, he will have no choice but to spin the numbers

Politics

17 h. ago Voices: Look away, Sir Keir! Labour’s bible has given its verdict on you

The New Statesman’s new editor is a critical friend of the prime minister – very critical, as it turns out, writes John Rentoul (a former deputy editor of the magazine)

Politics

18 h. ago UK ‘ready to go’ on implementing US trade deal, says Business Secretary

Jonathan Reynolds suggested the White House was responsible for the hold-up.

Economics

20 h. ago Ben Wallace accuses Labour of ‘conning’ public over defence spending boost claim

Concerns have been raised that the increase in defence spending pledged by Keir Starmer’s government is ‘smoke and mirrors’

Politics

20 h. ago Judge warns those involved in Ballymena violence will be dealt with ‘robustly’

Three teenagers appeared in court on rioting offences.

Events

20 h. ago Government urged not to weaken ‘Hillsborough Law’ as MPs demand Bill is passed

Labour MPs have insisted that the law that would ensure a duty of candour on public bodies and workers must not be watered down amid further delays.

Politics

21 h. ago Air India Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live Updates: ‘Heartbreaking beyond words,’ says PM Narendra Modi; UK PM Keir Starmer calls mishap ‘devastating’

Air India Ahmedabad Plane Crash Live Updates: ‘Heartbreaking beyond words,’ says PM Narendra Modi; UK PM Keir Starmer calls mishap ‘devastating’  Times of India

Events

22 h. ago Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer makes statement after Air India crash

Sir Keir said the scenes are 'devastating'

Politics

23 h. ago US review of Aukus submarine deal ‘understandable’ – UK Government

The review is headed by Elbridge Colby, an official at the US defence department who has previously described himself as ‘sceptical’ of the pact.

Politics

24 h. ago Three nights of disorder ‘not what Northern Ireland is about’ – Benn

The Secretary of State and local political leaders have urged the violence focused on Ballymena, Co Antrim, to stop.

Politics

27 h. ago Rachel Reeves seized her moment – whatever the future brings, Labour’s economic course is now set | Martin Kettle

The chancellor is no mere technocrat: her spending review revealed a visceral commitment to social and economic mobilityThe consensus has long been that the 2025 spending review would be a defining moment for Keir Starmer’s government. For once, the consensus proved spot-on. The government’s main priorities were set out on Wednesday in a blizzard of Commons announcements from Rachel Reeves, some economically substantive, others more for show. The upshot is that the shape of the British state, as Labour intends it, is now decided until the eve of the next election.There are further crossroads still to come, some of them major, as the years covered by the review unroll. Taxes are likely to rise, probably as soon as the autumn budget, to pay for Reeves’s big ticket boosts on Wednesday for defence, health and housing. Council tax could rise too, with possibly dramatic results. The review’s emphasis on capital spending means current spending could be squeezed again, perhaps heralding pay...

Economics