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Former shadow attorney general says she wishes cabinet well and nothing can detract from party’s ‘historic victory’

The election dealt a blow to the DUP. With so few young people supporting its cause, a referendum on uniting Ireland is unavoidable, says writer and campaigner Emma DeSouza

In 1997, Tony Blair’s election “pledge card” included a promise to cut NHS waiting lists, then totalling 1.16 million. Keir Starmer’s “first steps for change” include a similar pledge to cut waiting times, but his task is on a different scale, with 7.5 million people currently awaiting treatment. How did…

KEIR Starmer was met by dozens of protesters ahead of his visit to Bute House on Sunday evening as he spoke with the First Minister John Swinney.

KEIR Starmer has refused to be drawn on whether he discussed independence during his meeting with John Swinney.

New chancellor says she will make statement to MPs before summer recess about financial situation as she says UK economy has been ‘held back’

Rachel Reeves has delivered her first major speech as chancellor as Prime Minister Keir Starmer continues his UK tour with a visit to Northern Ireland.

James Timpson hires ex-offenders and thinks many prisoners shouldn’t be in jail, says Simon Hattenstone

The Guardian’s political editor in 1997 recalls the optimism then and what went wrong in the transition from opposition to power