The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Labour majority on knife edge as Sunak comes under pressure

Polling expert John Curtice says results in group of key marginals would hand Keir Starmer a slim majority if replicated at election

The Independent UK · May 8, 2023

Labour under pressure to say whether it will ditch ‘chilling’ protest law after coronation arrests

Shadow minister said Scotland Yard appear to have been ‘heavy-handed’, but Rishi Sunak backs Met Police

The Independent UK · May 8, 2023

Rishi Sunak refuses to apologise after nearly 1,000 Tory councillors lose their seats in local elections

The Prime Minister was under pressure after the defeat neared the worst-case prediction for the party

Manchester Evening News · May 8, 2023

Culture Secretary says she's 'in charge of BBC' and looking 'closely' at licence fee

THE Culture Secretary has said she is “in charge of the BBC”, as she dismissed calls to remove political interference from appointment next…

The National (Scotland) · May 7, 2023

Labour WON'T repeal Tory anti-protest laws if they win next election, says MP

Lammy said it would take up "too much parliamentary time" and that Labour would put across a "positive agenda"

The National (Scotland) · May 7, 2023

Labour criticised for giving global banks access to parliament

Exclusive: HSBC and NatWest staffers seconded to shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds’s team

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2023

Labour ‘confident but not complacent’ about a general election win as Brexit backers return to the party

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting says Labour is ‘not even entertaining’ the prospect of a coalition with the Liberal Democrats

The Independent UK · May 7, 2023

Labour shadow minister refuses to apologise for Starmer’s tuition fee U-turn

Wes Streeting has said he would not apologise for Labour moving away from a commitment to ditch university tuition fees.

The National (Scotland) · May 7, 2023

Nish Kumar: ‘Tony Blair increasingly resembles the supervillain in an 80s action film’

The comedian on his new podcast about political activism, the symbolism of Sunak and Braverman, and rowdy post-pandemic audiences

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2023

The voters have spoken – and they aren’t falling for ‘steady’ Sunak’s sales pitch

The pummelling of the Tories at the local elections demonstrates that the PM has failed in his bid to detach himself from the deep damage that his party has done

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2023