The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer says subsidy for mortgage holders not right approach to crisis

The Labour leader said ‘next month it’s going to feel a lot worse’ for homeowners.

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023

Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan: ‘no such thing as a free lunch’

Edinburgh was “a brave choice as the venue for the launch of Keir Starmer’s new energy and climate policy”, said Fiona Harvey and Severin Carrell in The Guardian. It “showed a willingness to face head-on Labour’s energy dilemma”: how to move the UK to a low carbon footing, without destroying…

The Week · Jun 22, 2023

Rishi Sunak says he is ‘totally, 100% on it’ in battle against inflation – as it happened

Prime minister says he knows people will be anxious about rate rise but ‘it is going to be OK’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2023

Has Rishi Sunak been taking honesty lessons from Boris Johnson?

The speaker had to step in after the PM’s claims about the economy stretched the credulity of at least one member at PMQ

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2023

Labour defends plan to appoint dozens of peers to House of Lords

Party says priority will be to get laws passed if it wins power, despite promise to abolish upper chamber

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2023

Starmer will swell the House of Lords despite wanting to abolish it

The Labour leader plans to appoint dozens of peers if he forms a government so he can push policy through Parliament.

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023

Private schools are on the offensive because Labour looms – and their privileges are under threat

Britain’s fee-paying schools could soon lose their controversial VAT exemption, and fear their protests are falling on closed ears, says teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2023

Sunak defends inflation plan as Starmer labels him out of touch over mortgages

Labour leader accuses PM of failing to act on warnings about home loan repayments hit by ‘Tory penalty’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2023

Rishi Sunak confronted over policeman who could lose home after 'Tory mortgage penalty'

Like millions of people across the country James's mortgage is up for renewal in 2024 - and faces a £400-a-month hike in payments

Daily Mirror · Jun 21, 2023

Senior Scottish Labour councillor quits over Starmer’s oil and gas ban

Labour’s plan would see no new oil and gas explorations given the green light.

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023