The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Budget 2023: Pensions boost as Jeremy Hunt ditches lifetime allowance

Labour slams ‘giveaway for rich’ as chancellor moves to stop senior NHS doctors from retiring

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Keir Starmer slams Budget as ‘sticking plaster’ for country that needs ‘major surgery’

Sir Keir Starmer branded the Budget a “sticking plaster” for a country that needs “major surgery”.

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2023

Stand up to snowflake MPs after Gary Lineker row, Starmer tells Sunak

The pair clashed over the Match Of The Day presenter at Prime Minister’s Questions.

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Starmer and Biden could share ‘progressive moment’, says Labour

Labour and US President Joe Biden can share a ‘progressive moment’ if the party wins the next election, David Lammy will argue in a visit to the US.

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

OPINION - Rishi Sunak is playing a cunning — and morally dubious — double game

Tomorrow, as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers his first Budget speech, he will be faced across the Despatch Box by Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves. Yet his true opponents will be the ghosts of Conservatism’s recent past: Boris Johnson and the ethical crash that ended his shambolic premiership;…

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2023

Budget 2023: Jeremy Hunt to create 12 new low-tax ‘investment zones’ across UK

Government scales back Liz Truss plans for low-tax, low regulation zones

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

SNP candidates say referendum is the price of support for a Labour government

THE candidates to succeed Nicola Sturgeon have said the price of SNP support under their leadership for a minority Labour government after the next…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 13, 2023

Referendum the price of SNP support for Labour government, candidates say

A Sky News debate on Monday was a less tense affair than previous televised clashes.

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2023

Gary Lineker to return to Match of the Day, makes no apology and tweets about small boats again

BBC says presenter ‘will abide by the editorial guidelines’ until social media review complete

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2023

BBC chair Richard Sharp under growing pressure to quit over Gary Lineker row

Keir Starmer describes Sharp’s position as ‘increasingly untenable’ as Rishi Sunak offers lukewarm defence of BBC chair

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023