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Keir Starmer faces a Labour meltdown as approval plunges to -52, MPs are suspended, and Reform surges. Explore the polls, rebellions and scandals fuelling talk of his 2025 downfall.

Exclusive: Nunn, one of PM’s most trusted advisers, will play key role linking No 10 and No 11 operations

British police said six people were arrested Thursday evening ahead of Aston Villa’s Europa League soccer match with Maccabi Tel Aviv in Birmingham, a match that has seen fans from the Israeli team banned

Sir Keir Starmer said his deputy could ‘speak for himself’ on questions around whether a prisoner was wrongfully freed before new checks were imposed.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Forgetting to wear a poppy to his first appearance leading PMQs now looks like the least of the justice minister’s problems. His lack of candour with the Commons about yet another foreign-national sex offender being mistakenly released from prison – on his own departmental watch –…

Culture secretary ‘deeply regrets error’ after inquiry finds failures in declaring past donations by watchdog nominee

Lisa Nandy said she ‘unknowingly’ failed to declare David Kogan had donated to her leadership campaign.

The Culture Secretary apologised for failing to declare that David Kogan had donated to her leadership campaign

There is increasingly bad blood between ministers and civil servants in the UK government. The trend has been apparent for at least a decade, with the mood between officials and ministers darkening during the Conservative administrations of Theresa May and Boris Johnson, fuelled by conflict over Brexit.