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For all the errors and crises, the blight on Starmer’s first year is still the lack of vision

Prime ministers have recovered from bad starts. But unless Starmer can articulate an idea of the Britain he wants, the public – and his party – may desert him, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2025

MPs declare more than £1m of gifts and hospitality in year since election

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage declared the highest value, receiving gifts worth a total of £98,709 over the past year.

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025

Labour sees biggest first-year poll drop for governing party since 1990s

The last government to experience a double-digit fall in the 12 months after an election was John Major’s Conservatives.

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025

House of Lords votes to block expulsion of hereditary peers

Peers supported an amendment to the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill that would instead see a gradual reduction of bloodline peers.

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025

Lords reform task force proposed amid moves to oust hereditary peers

Concerns were raised that a select committee might be ‘a very good and highly-qualified talking shop’ but ignored by the Government.

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025

The Guardian view on Labour’s welfare rebellion: Starmer must learn from his mistakes

Editorial: A poorly devised cuts policy was mis-sold as reform and MPs were dismissed when they pointed out the problem

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025

Welfare climbdown lets genie out of the bottle, and no one knows what happens next

Government has double challenge to plug £5bn hole while restoring sense that it retains authority and control

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025

Tory conference to be held in ‘smallest house in the world’, Welsh minister jokes

Welsh government minister Ken Skates joked the Tories will be able to fit ‘in the porchway’ of Conwy’s small house following Senedd election in May.

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025

Survival-mode Starmer throws tearful chancellor to wolves at PMQs

Even Kemi Badenoch was able to land punches after prime minister failed to guarantee Rachel Reeves’s position

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025

Rachel Reeves year in review: Chancellor's 2025 is no cause for celebration

City confidence in her is rock bottom — and Rachel Reeves’s high wire act is just one misstep away from a full blown financial crisis, says Jonathan Prynn

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025