The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer stance on rail strikes ‘may end’ Labour party, union chief warns

Labour leader’s order to stay away from picket lines has angered left of party

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022

Thursday briefing: Has Keir Starmer suffered signal failure on rail strikes?

In today’s newsletter: Labour frontbenchers who joined striking rail workers on picket lines are being asked to apologise. The Guardian’s political editor Heather Stewart explains why

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2022

By-election in Tory stronghold of Tiverton and Honiton ‘neck and neck’ as voters prepare to head to polls

Boris Johnson faces crucial electoral test in two by-elections on Thursday

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022

Keir Starmer is too timid just when he needs to show leadership

Letters: John Robinson, David Napier, Mike Cowley and Stephen Smith on the need for the Labour leader to speak up as rail workers take strike action

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2022

Labour frontbenchers who joined rail strike pickets pressed to apologise

MPs who defied Keir Starmer’s order to stay away from striking RMT workers may be disciplined for attendance

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2022

Who will win Wakefield by-election? The odds ahead of Thursday's vote

Who will win in the Wakefield by-election, after the resignation of disgraced Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan?

The National (Scotland) · Jun 22, 2022

Nottingham MP 'proudly' joins rail strike picket lines after Keir Starmer bans frontbench

She described herself as a "proud trade unionist"

Nottingham Post · Jun 22, 2022

Jacob Rees-Mogg: My City friends not finding it too difficult to jog along - as inflation hits 9.1%

Brexit minister Jacob Rees-Mogg said on Wednesday that his friends in the City were not finding it “too difficult to jog along” - as inflation hit 9.1 per cent inflicting economic pain on millions of families across Britain.

Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2022

Liverpool Daily Post: Bus drivers join the picket

Read the Liverpool Daily Post newsletter for Wednesday June 22, 2022

Liverpool Echo · Jun 22, 2022

Why the 'social democratic' SNP needs some fresh thinking after 15 years in power

Despite growing evidence of disquiet and even discontent with the current Scottish government, the ruling Scottish Nationalist Party retains what many believe is an unassailable position of dominance after the local elections of May 2022.

The Conversation · Jun 22, 2022