The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer’s summit with European Commission chief delayed

Sources fear meeting with Ursula von der Leyen postponed amid Labour doubts about reinstating EU student exchange schemes

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024

Starmer defends 'tough decision' over controversial winter fuel cut

The Prime Minister said he needed to make difficult decisions during his first months in office to deliver wider reforms further down the line

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2024

'Astonishing': Campaigners slate plans for taxpayer-funded Queen memorial

DEDICATING public funds to a memorial for the late Queen in Scotland is “an astonishing display of misplaced priorities”, campaigners have said.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 8, 2024

Keir Starmer reveals name of family's new No10 cat after tense 'negotiations' with children

The white Siberian kitten with blue eyes has moved into Downing Street following lengthy discussions with his children

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2024

Keir Starmer urges Labour MPs to back ‘unpopular’ plan to cut winter fuel allowance

PM refuses to say if MPs who rebel will be stripped of the whip – but makes clear he expects their support in key vote

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024

The pub garden smoking ban is a drag on our freedoms

Labour wants to restrict people’s right to light up to save the NHS money. What next, a prohibition on promiscuity?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024

Keir Starmer panned as he claims Labour are 'going to have to be unpopular'

KEIR Starmer has said he knows his government is “going to have to be unpopular” as he claimed that “popular decisions aren’t tough”...

The National (Scotland) · Sep 8, 2024

Rachel Reeves to blast Tory legacy at Labour conference ahead of ‘painful’ Budget

Inheritance left to Keir Starmer’s government by the last Conservative government will be a major theme at Labour’s first annual conference in power for 14 years

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2024

Keir Starmer says he will ‘have to be unpopular’ amid winter fuel payment backlash

Accusing his predecessors of ‘running away from difficult decisions’, the prime minister said Labour can only deliver change if he makes ‘tough choices’ now

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2024

‘Iron chancellor’ Rachel Reeves faces an early challenge to her authority over winter fuel payments

Furore over cuts to the pensioner benefit is all the more potent when the left, right and centre can all find reasons to oppose the policy

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024