The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Macron announces a ‘reassurance force’ as 26 European countries pledge to place troops in Ukraine after the war ends.

Reform UK leader says party needs to be ready for early election and vows to ‘stop the boats’ within two weeks if elected

The senior Labour figure resigned after the government’s independent ethics adviser concluded she breached the ministerial code

The party now finds itself with the prospect of having to elect a new deputy, a contest which could see Labour’s factional divides aired publicly.

Angela Rayner sensationally quit as deputy prime minister and housing secretary just one hour before Nigel Farage took to the stage in Birmingham

Ms Rayner has faced mounting pressure to stand down.

Former housing secretary once described herself as ‘John Prescott in a skirt’.

So, it’s farewell to Angela Rayner, at once the most interesting, the most flammable and the most catastrophically embarrassing member of the Labour front bench. For better and worse, she was a lightning conductor for Sir Keir Starmer. As his Deputy, she did what deputies aren’t supposed to do, namely,…

Northerner whose emotional openness was an electoral asset eventually had to follow advice she had given to Tory rivals and quit