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The new deputy PM is one of the only politicians to truly understand deprivation and adversity. Claire Cohen on why she’s the Labour government’s secret weapon

MANY well-known MPs have lost their seats in a dramatic election, but there are some familiar names also set to make a return to politics.

Picture Sir Keir Starmer in his Downing Street study this evening. His No10 steps speech done, Britain’s new Prime Minister has just written his letters of last resort to the Royal Navy’s four nuclear missile submarine commanders. A sobering moment but also a reminder of the awesome power Sir Keir…

With nearly every constituency declaring, the Tories had lost 250 seats to stand on just 121 MPs, their worst result in history

Five independent candidates who stood on pro-Gaza platforms won seats as the Muslim vote for Labour appeared to collapse

Former Labour Party leader and pro-Palestine activist Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected in Islington North as an independent.

To get to power, Keir Starmer’s Labour party has aimed to “de-risk” its image and present itself as trustworthy and stable. That appears to have paid off domestically, but it contrasts with the near impossibility of derisking foreign policy.

When teaching British political history, I usually stress two points. First, the British Conservative Party have been among the most successful office-seeking parties in electoral history. Second, British Labour struggles mightily to obtain power. Both throw into relief the earth-shattering nature of this landslide win for Keir Starmer’s Labour party.

A Labour landslide brings an influx of new MPs – and the potential for a seismic shift in the House of Commons. New MPs are likely to aspire for change in the Commons, an unequal environment that has seen numerous scandals and an attack on the expected standards of the…

Former SNP voters stayed away or swung behind Labour, tired of scandal, policy failure and division

The Reform UK leader will cause division and mayhem in parliament. Unchecked, he will cast a dark shadow over our politics, says author Samuel Earle