Close Starmer ally Ben Nunn appointed as Rachel Reeves’s chief of staff Exclusive: Nunn, one of PM’s most trusted advisers, will play key role linking No 10 and No 11 operations The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2025
BBC under fire with 'serious questions' over alleged bias in edited Trump footage and trans coverage The BBC must ‘set the benchmark for accurate and fair reporting’, says committee chair Caroline Dinenage Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025
PM to admit consensus is gone but UK ‘all in’ on net zero at Cop30 The Prime Minister will staunchly defend his Government’s clean energy agenda on economic grounds. Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025
PM vows to ‘stand up for our values and future’ at Cop30 with new power deals The Prime Minister will use a speech to make the economic case for green energy. Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025
UK will not invest in Brazilian tropical forest fund at Cop30 Britain will not commit public money as Rachel Reeves grapples with balancing the books ahead of the Budget. Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025
BBC has ‘serious questions to answer’ amid Trump speech Panorama edit, MP says The programme spliced clips together from sections of the US president’s speech on January 6, 2021 The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025
Minister tells Elon Musk to ‘stay in the States and count his cash’ after UK comments Downing Street branded Musk’s words ‘dangerous and inflammatory’ at the time The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025
Minister ‘assured’ by BBC it is probing claims of selectively editing Trump clip Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy expects the BBC to examine questions around editorial standards thoroughly, No 10 said. Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2025
Everything we know about Rachel Reeves' rental law breach The Chancellor admitted mistakenly breaching Southwark Council’s housing rules when renting out her family home Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2025
Starmer feels the effects of setting high standards for his party in opposition Despite pledges to run a squeaky clean administration the prime minister and some in his cabinet have been caught out The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025
Rachel Reeves latest: Key emails from estate agent in chancellor’s rental licence row published The PM is thought to have become aware of the messages on Thursday The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025
Lettings agency takes blame in Rachel Reeves licence row Agency says staff member offered to apply for licence to allow chancellor to rent out family home, but failed to do so The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025
No 10 refuses to say if Rachel Reeves broke Ministerial Code over rental licence Sir Keir Starmer is seeking to draw a line under the row surrounding the Chancellor’s breach of local housing rules. Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025
Reeves says she should have checked rental licence had been obtained as letting agent apologises – as it happened No 10 releases redacted emails between Reeves’ husband and letting agent The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025
Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025 Prisons minister defends £500 payoff to migrant sex offender with golf analogy Lord Timpson tells Parliament ‘if someone wants to give you a putt, you take it’ as he faces questions over a ‘slush fund’.
Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025 Hadush Kebatu makes bombshell claim: 'I tried to hand myself in to police before arrest' The Metropolitan Police has said it is ‘not aware of any evidence’ to support Kebatu’s claim.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025 Quelling public disquiet is worth extra cost of barracks asylum housing, says No 10 Government defends prospect of paying more for barracks, saying people ‘don’t want asylum seekers in hotels’
Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025 Migrant sex offender mistakenly freed from prison to be deported ‘imminently’ Downing Street has insisted that Hadush Kebatu will be deported ‘imminently’ as Justice Secretary David Lammy is set to face MPs.
The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025 Prince Andrew latest: King Charles ‘must confront Andrew face-to-face’ for him to leave Royal Lodge The King has long been said to have tried to encourage his younger brother to move out
Radio France Internationale · Oct 24, 2025 ‘Coalition of the willing’ meets in London as Kyiv presses for more missiles Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is in London this Friday for a meeting of the country’s key supporters, where Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to call on Europe to deliver more long-range missiles to help Kyiv maintain its momentum against Moscow.
Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025 Focus intensifies on Andrew amid controversy over his Royal Lodge lease The former duke has had a peppercorn rent deal on his Windsor mansion for more than 20 years.
Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025 Royals want MPs to focus on ‘important issues’ not Prince Andrew, No 10 says Downing Street said the Government would not allocate time for a Commons debate on Andrew’s conduct or his living arrangements.
The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025 Downing Street dismisses calls for MPs to be given time to debate Prince Andrew On Wednesday, Keir Starmer said he would support ‘proper scrutiny’ of the crown estate arrangements
The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2025 Keir Starmer prepares to miss key green target in effort to keep energy bills down Exclusive: Promise to remove almost all fossil fuels from UK’s electricity supply by 2030 may be quietly abandoned over cost
Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025 Cabinet secretary Wormald ‘continues to have PM’s support’ says No 10 Downing Street was responding to speculation the country’s top civil servant could be moved from his role within months.