The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

The Guardian view on health spending: a broken promise that voters are unlikely to forget or forgive

Editorial: The Tories’ record in office undermines their claim at the last election to be the party of the NHS

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2024

Labour and unions reach agreement on workers’ rights proposals

Labour commits to deal agreed last year, following weeks of tension over possible ‘watering down’

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2024

OPINION - Rishi Sunak, in last-ditch mode, is ready to go all guns blazing for Keir Starmer

The Conservative high command must surely have been reading campaign advice from the French commander at the First Battle of the Marne, who telegraphed in 1914: “Hard-pressed on my right, centre is yielding, impossible to manoeuvre. Situation excellent: am attacking.”

Evening Standard · May 14, 2024

I’ve seen how firms cheat the law to exploit workers and here’s a warning: those days are ending

For all the controversy about Labour’s policy on ‘workers’ rights’, it looks set to be a gamechanger, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2024

Cap rent rises in England and Wales, Labour-commissioned report says

Exclusive: Report recommends ‘double lock’ for those renewing their tenancies

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2024

Sunak Says UK At 'Crossroads' But Refuses To Call Election

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisted on Monday that his beleaguered governing Conservative party can win a general election despite polls consistently indicating the opposite, but refused to set a date for the vote.

International Business Times · May 13, 2024

‘Who do you trust to keep you safe?’: Sunak to fight next election on UK’s security

Prime minister says in speech he will frame Tories as party of the future, while Labour has negative agenda

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: Oxford Street 2.0 would be long overdue return to glory

Oxford Street has been through many changes during its long history — from its association with the Tyburn gallows to the transformation of Oxford Circus by John Nash — but has rarely seemed so dispiriting as it has in recent years. A street where the original department stores first flourished,…

Evening Standard · May 13, 2024

Rishi Sunak: UK is facing some of the most dangerous years in its history

PM to speak on what he believes is at stake in next election, focusing on war, migration and technology

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2024

Angela Rayner 'set to be interviewed under caution by police investigating council tax allegation'

Police have reportedly contacted the deputy Labour leader to arrange an interview time and date

Evening Standard · May 12, 2024