The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

UK should consider resuming talks on EU defence pact, Starmer says

PM says Europe must ‘step up’ and signals he wants to work more closely with other states to build military capability

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1

Top Justice Department official plays down chance for charges arising from Epstein files revelations

A top Justice Department official is playing down the possibility of additional criminal charges arising from the Jeffrey Epstein files

The Independent UK · Feb 1

Zack Polanski challenges Nigel Farage to showdown debate as Greens get early boost in Gorton by-election

But Labour accused the Green leader of ‘chickening out’ of being his party’s contender in the crunch by-election

Evening Standard · Feb 1

In Gorton and Denton, I found a long-festering sense of fury that Labour has no idea how to tackle

The people I met were disconnected and angry at the same time. Even if Labour somehow wins this byelection, how does it arrest the slide into hopelessness, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1

I’ve never taken drugs or drunk alcohol, says Zack Polanski

Green party leader wants to legalise all drugs, regulate their use and not be ‘the fun police’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1

Elon Musk’s grooming gang crusade exposed as hypocrisy after emails show he wanted an invite to Epstein’s island

Cue the damage control tweets.

We Got This Covered · Feb 1

The long-term cost of high student debt is not just for graduates

Labour’s changes to the student loan system have turned frustration into full-blown fury, which is likely to benefit its opponents at the ballot box

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1

Zack Polanski suggests it would be wrong for him to stand in by-election

The Green leader, born in Salford, has lived in London for decades, and said his party ‘really believes in nurturing local talent’.

Evening Standard · Feb 1

Polanski condemns Starmer’s ‘high on drugs, soft on Putin’ jibe as ‘beneath the office of the prime minister’

The Green Party leader criticised the prime minister for deploying ‘cheap jokes’ on ‘serious issues’

The Independent UK · Feb 1

Government giving veterans ‘preferential treatment’ in legacy approach – O’Neill

The First Minister said there needed to be ‘fairness across the board’ in legislation currently going through Westminster.

Evening Standard · Feb 1