The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Blanket 10% tariffs on all countries effective ‘almost immediately’, Trump says

Mr Trump’s ‘reciprocal tariffs’, imposed under an emergency powers law, were overturned by the US Supreme Court.

Evening Standard · Feb 21

Playgrounds would become ‘crack dens’ if Greens were in power, policing minister says

The Green Party has previously campaigned to decriminalise drug possession

The Independent UK · Feb 20

Trump announces new 10% global tariff as he hits out at Supreme Court ruling

Judges found by a 6-3 majority in a major blow to the US President’s economic agenda

Evening Standard · Feb 20

Boris Johnson and Liz Truss ‘lobbied Trump to block Starmer’s Chagos deal’

The two former British prime ministers are said to have raised concerns over the deal with the US president

The Independent UK · Feb 20

Fact check: Keir Starmer’s popularity, Muslim mayors and AI Epstein image

Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Feb 20

Lobbying firm co-founded by former UK ambassador Mandelson stops trading over Epstein fallout

The lobbying firm co-founded by former U.K. ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson has collapsed into a form of bankruptcy in the wake of the scandal surrounding his links to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

The Independent UK · Feb 20

'On a knife edge': Thousands of undecided voters set to sway Gorton by-election race between Reform, Greens and Labour

Nigel Farage, Green leader Zack Polanski and Sir Keir Starmer’s party are battling it out in a heated contest

Evening Standard · Feb 20

Jeremy Clarkson under fire after saying £6.50 pints are too expensive - when The Farmer's Dog charges even more

Celebrity pub owner called out after complaining about the average cost of a pint

Evening Standard · Feb 20

Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ

Exclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20

I see two things in Gorton and Denton: palpable frustration and the need for wise voting to stop Reform

After speaking to locals, I still can’t predict the result, but a big, combined effort will be needed. Without a united front the left may splinter and lose, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20