The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Labour has clear lead over Tories in more than 100 battleground seats, poll finds

Party has 10% swing from the Conservatives in the 144 key constituencies that will decide the next election – but an overall majority is still not certain

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2023

Lib Dems rule out tactical voting pact with Labour in byelections

Leader Ed Davey says party will fight for both seats after resignations of Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2023

Keir Starmer will have to break a few eggs if he’s to achieve a green economy

The £28bn delay caps weeks of turmoil over Labour’s green ambitions, but if he’s serious about them, the leader will need to get used to it

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2023

Shock announcement came after ‘cronies’ rewarded in ‘sickening’ honours list

Labour has called the resignation honours list a ‘carousel of Boris Johnson’s cronies’

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2023

Roger Waters slams 'some f***ing Manchester MP trying to get me banned' after calls to cancel AO Arena show

Pink Floyd founder Waters has drawn international criticism over claims he is espousing antisemitic views in his shows

Manchester Evening News · Jun 9, 2023

10 crisis issues erupting in the UK as Rishi Sunak flies back from White House

Rishi Sunak finally makes his first White House trip as Prime Minister - but he awaits increasingly pressing issues back at home

Daily Mirror · Jun 9, 2023

Two Tory MPs cut from Johnson’s honours list to avoid by-elections – report

Nadine Dorries and Sir Alok Sharma are said to have been struck from the list which could be published as soon as Friday.

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

Jewish groups write to Labour Party as row continues over Jamie Driscoll's North East mayor bid

A dispute over the North of Tyne mayor's exclusion from a longlist of Labour candidates has engulfed the party this week

Chronicle Live · Jun 8, 2023

Keir Starmer blasts 'asleep at the wheel' Tories as he vows to save steel industry

On a visit to British Steel site in Scunthorpe, the Labour leader said a good, secure steel industry is a 'massive prize' - and it would be 'unforgivable for this Government to simply sit it out'

Daily Mirror · Jun 8, 2023

Keir Starmer’s centralist rule is not the Labour we know

Letters: Mike Sheaff cannot remember a time when party democracy was held in such disregard; plus letters from Phil Davis, Frank Newhofer and Matthew Bowles

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2023