The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Gorton and Denton by-election defeat a ‘nightmare scenario’ for Starmer’s Labour government

Labour was pushed into third place in Gorton and Denton despite winning a healthy majority in 2024

The Independent UK · Feb 27

Gorton defeat shows Starmer leading Labour into electoral ‘Valley of Death’

Labour was pushed into third place in Gorton and Denton, behind both the victorious Green Party and Reform UK.

Evening Standard · Feb 27

Friday briefing: Is the result in Gorton and Denton a sign of things to come?

In today’s newsletter: ​This byelection has long been mooted as a foreshadowing of coming elections in Wales, Scotland and eventually the whole of the UK

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27

Greens win Gorton and Denton by-election in blow to Starmer

Defending party Labour trailed in third behind Reform UK.

Evening Standard · Feb 27

Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place

Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England as vote share for Keir Starmer’s party plummets

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27

Defence secretary orders search for evidence Epstein used Royal Air Force bases for sex trafficking

Officials to trawl through more than two decades of defence records linked to the late paedophile financier

The Independent UK · Feb 27

Greens ‘won the argument’ on blocking Reform in by-election, Lucy Powell admits

Labour’s deputy leader appeared to concede defeat at the count in Gorton and Denton.

Evening Standard · Feb 27

Labour’s Lucy Powell admits Greens ‘won the argument’ in Gorton and Denton by-election

Labour’s deputy leader appears to concede defeat at count in Gorton and Denton

The Independent UK · Feb 27

PM vows to ‘keep fighting’ after Greens sweep past Labour and Reform to win byelection – as it happened

Green party’s Hannah Spencer secures victory in Gorton and Denton as Reform UK finish second and Labour is pushed into third

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27

Greens confident as counting underway in Gorton and Denton

Zack Polanski’s party hopes to pull off its first ever victory in a parliamentary by-election.

Evening Standard · Feb 27