Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on UK Politics

The Starmtrooper rebellion: welfare bill showed Labour’s new MPs have minds of their own

It was wrongly assumed 2024’s intake would do as they were told. Now there are fears they have a taste for disobedience

The Guardian - UK

Welfare reform bill fiasco re-empowers parliament

Letters: Michael Meadowcroft says a failure to forge a constructive alliance with backbenchers was at the core of the welfare bill debacle. Plus letters from Michael Bartlet , Shareen Campbell, Derrick Cameron, Geoff Reid and Valerie Mainwood

The Guardian - UK

How can Labour turn this mess around? With honesty – and taxes

No more plans for mean, unpopular cuts. Instead, explain why taxes must rise – and be clear about the good that will do, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Glasgow locals give verdict on Keir Starmer's Labour after one year in power

THIS week marks one year since Labour’s General Election victory saw them take power at Westminster for the first time in 14 years ...

The National (Scotland)

Smaller firms to escape ‘burdensome’ Companies House filing rules

Exemption for businesses with turnover under £10.2m allowing simpler accounts to be submitted will be retained

The Guardian - UK

From Vladimir Putin to Rachel Reeves, which politicians have publicly cried?

Rachel Reeves, the first female chancellor in British history, appeared to cry in Commons on Tuesday night - which others

Evening Standard

SNP MP warns of 'authoritarian slippery slope' after proscribing of Palestine Action

AN SNP MP has warned of an "authoritarian slippery slope" after MPs voted to declare Palestine Action a proscribed group

The National (Scotland)

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

In Pictures: Tearful politicians showing their sensitive side

Rachel Reeves became tearful during PMQs on Wednesday, but she’s far from the first politician to cry over the years.

Evening Standard

Voices: The markets have spoken – and it is they, not the prime minister, that saved Rachel Reeves

COMMENT : In its response to the chancellor’s possible resignation, in the face of market jitters the City has made it clear that she is Labour’s only candidate for No 11, says James Moore – and any attempt to replace her could prove very expensive for the country

The Independent UK

Who is Rachel Reeves' sister? Meet the Labour MP Ellie Reeves

Ellie Reeves is a Labour MP and the sister of UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Evening Standard

MP Zarah Sultana says she will ‘co-lead’ new party as she quits Labour for Corbyn group

Coventry South MP, who lost whip last year, surprises some in Corbyn’s Independent Alliance with news of formal plans

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves breaks silence on tears in the House of Commons

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves has broken her silence on her tears in the House of Commons yesterday

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer defends ignoring Rachel Reeves's tears at PMQs: 'I was last to notice'

KEIR Starmer has said he was “probably the last” person to realise Chancellor Rachel Reeves was crying during Prime Minister’s Questions on…

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - Crying in the Commons? Let's not make a habit of it

It is at times like this – with Rachel Reeves visibly crying in the Commons – that we must be thankful that Jacinda Ardern, former New Zealand PM, who dedicated her recent memoir to “the criers, worriers and huggers” is absent from our politics. Had Jacinda been on the scene…

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

After a year studying Starmer, I can tell you that he is at once a very kind man and a ruthless one

Those around the Labour leader operate with the knowledge that everyone is expendable and no one is safe, says journalist and author Anushka Asthana

Evening Standard

A year of Keir Starmer: Screeching U-turns, backbench insurrections and a Chancellor reduced to tears

Lapses in judgment, U-turns galore and, most troublingly, an abyss between himself and the nation: the sky is deathly grey in Starmerland, writes Andy Coulson

Evening Standard

Reeves appears in public day after PMQs tears

Chancellor Rachel Reeves joined Sir Keir Starmer at the launch of the Government’s NHS plan.

The Independent UK

Voices: Kemi Badenoch’s lack of empathy over Rachel Reeves’s tears will come back to haunt her

COMMENT: Neither her party nor the public seems to like the Badenoch style, writes Sean O’Grady. Her tasteless lack of empathy for the chancellor is indicative of a leadership marked by arrogant dismissiveness

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The National (Scotland)

There will be an 'alternative’ to Labour at next election, says Jeremy Corbyn

JEREMY Corbyn has said “there will be an alternative” to Labour at the next general election

Evening Standard

‘Well-known’ figures want to join Reform UK cabinet, Farage claims

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said it was ‘nonsense’ that ministers ‘must all be politicians in the House of Commons’.

The Guardian - UK

PM shoulders blame for welfare fiasco and says No 10 ‘didn’t get process right’

Keir Starmer says Downing Street should have engaged more with Labour MPs and repeats support for Rachel Reeves

Evening Standard

Starmer backs ‘excellent’ Reeves after Chancellor’s tears in the Commons

Sir Keir Starmer said Rachel Reeves was upset about a personal issue, and was caught on camera because there’s no ‘hiding place’ in politics.

The Guardian - UK

Anti-apartheid activists would have been called terrorists under logic banning Palestine Action, Peter Hain says – as it happened

Labour peer says he is ‘deeply ashamed’ his party is backing moves to ban group

Evening Standard

PM takes blame for welfare U-turn as he gives full backing to Chancellor

Speaking in his first interview since a threatened backbench revolt, Sir Keir Starmer acknowledged the past few days had been ‘tough’.

Evening Standard

Reeves is 'fine' and will be Chancellor 'into next election', says Starmer after her PMQs tears hit markets

The Prime Minister said he spoke to Ms Reeves on Wednesday evening and she is ‘fine’

1 … 219 220 221 222

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.