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Labour Traitors War: Keir Starmer warns Cabinet against 'distraction' of party infighting after coup frenzy

The Prime Minister stressed to his senior ministers that they must ‘work as one team’

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2025

Angela Rayner’s reappearance is a further damning of Starmer’s leadership

COMMENT: Editorial: With Labour in turmoil and the Budget still more than a week away, the resurgence of the prime minister’s former deputy adds further complication that Keir Starmer could do without

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2025

Income tax U-turn will only hasten Starmer’s departure, MPs warn

Ministers and backbenchers reacted with despair to U-turn and claimed the prime minister was ‘weakened’

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2025

Starmer: Nuclear plant and AI growth zone to bring jobs to Wales for decades

The Prime Minister said more than 6,500 jobs would be created in North Wales by the two projects.

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2025

Labour faces questions over Starmer aide who holds shares in lobbying firm

Communications chief Tim Allan left Strand Partners in September but still holds a minority stake

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025

Starmer’s shambles in No 10 risks handing power to Farage, Alastair Campbell warns

Intervention by Tony Blair’s former director of communications comes as the PM is under pressure to sack his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2025

The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together

This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something different, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025

Starmer and Von der Leyen agree on need for rapid progress on Brexit reset deal

They agreed formal talks would begin on food and drink and emissions trading deals.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2025

Starmer aide McSweeney is ‘toast’ after botched briefing ends in ‘epic own goal’

PM declines to back his right hand man after ‘epic own goal’ over coup plot rumours

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025

Pressure grows on Starmer to sack chief of staff over briefing row

Growing calls for Morgan McSweeney to go after extraordinary briefing operation against Wes Streeting

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025