The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

General Election: Nigel Farage comeback 'key moment' as polls shows drop for both Tories and Labour

Commentary: Rishi Sunak’s decision to leave D-Day commemorations the most high-profile misstep

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2024

Labour candidates told they are campaigning too much in their own seats

Instruction to spend more time in battleground areas causes friction with those concerned about voter backlash

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024

Keir Starmer set to announce major spending cuts if Labour gain power

KEIR Starmer is set to announce major spending cuts if Labour gain power at the General Election after repeatedly ruling out major tax rises ...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 13, 2024

Protester interrupts Keir Starmer’s Labour party manifesto launch speech

Keir Starmer says Labour is no longer a 'party of protest' in retort to heckler

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2024

Sunak is ‘the gift that keeps giving’ for Starmer, claim Tory members after Sky debate

Exclusive: Members of a Tory members-only Facebook group were scathing about Rishi Sunak’s Sky News debate performance

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024

Thursday briefing: Why public trust in politicians is at rock bottom – and what we can do about it

In today’s newsletter: As confidence in politicians hits a record low, we look at how the public lost their faith in government

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024

Sunak and Starmer grilled in election interviews – four key issues assessed by experts

We’re at around the midway point of the 2024 election campaign and the two main party leaders have undergone a grilling by Sky News. This was not a head-to-head debate but two separate interviews with Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby, followed by questions from the public.

The Conversation · Jun 13, 2024

Labour was fighting fit for an election, but some fear a nasty shock once in power

A party drilled to say ‘if’, not ‘when’ will suddenly have to change gears – and reconcile two vastly different modes of Starmerism, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024

UK’s Starmer says ‘wealth creation’ priority in election pitch to voters

Labour Party leader rules out any rise in income tax, for national insurance or VAT.

Al Jazeera · Jun 13, 2024

Starmer promises ‘long-term strategy’ in business-friendly Labour manifesto

Labour puts economic policy and wealth creation at heart of pitch to win over former Conservative voters

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024