The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Move reignites row over Labour figures with private interests having access to government

The PM is surrounded by Blairites, from Pat McFadden and Liz Kendall to Jacqui Smith and Jonathan Powell

Source says backstage ‘brush-by’ did not include discussion of VIP protection given to star, a decision made by Scotland Yard

Labour is promoting the idea of a trade-off between regulation and growth. We know where that ends, says Balanced Economy Project’s Nicholas Shaxson

Spy says he accessed details of legal advice Starmer gave campaigners in McLibel case

Chancellor promised to ‘invest, invest, invest’ after months of bleak warnings over economy

Business body covering pubs, hotels and restaurants says budget tax change would increase costs

Labour has read its John Maynard Keynes. It unleashed the “animal spirits” of a possible economic bounceback at its first investment summit yesterday, with an upbeat Keir Starmer pledging to “improve Britain’s brand” and promising a land of opportunity for global investors — and some “heritage Yookay“ experience thrown in…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is also believed to be considering raising capital gains tax to fix Britain’s dire public finances

Exclusive: In a dramatic intervention, the former governor of the Bank of England tells the chancellor she must be ruthlessly honest with the public

The jury seems to be out on this key question on Labour’s economic policy