The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer says he cannot ‘turn the taps on’ to fix council funding crisis

Labour leader was asked how party would plug £4bn gap at launch of its local election campaign in West Midlands

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024

Rayner denies wrongdoing over council house sale amid police review

Labour deputy leader says she can provide tax advice given at time after Tory complaint to Manchester force

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024

Starmer launches Labour local election campaign and defends ‘difficult decisions’ over dropped pledges– as it happened

Opposition leader says some commitments were made before ‘the Tories did enormous damage to the economy’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024

Tata would ‘push on with Port Talbot job losses even with Labour subsidy’

Exclusive: Sources close to Tata say thousands of steelworks redundancies would still go ahead despite promise of support

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2024

Chinese ‘state-affiliated’ organisations behind cyber-attacks on MPs and Electoral Commission, Dowden says – as it happened

Deputy PM says international partners, including the US, will also be making statements today about similar Chinese cyber-attacks

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2024

Labour says it will stick with workers’ rights plans despite Mandelson remarks

Party says it is committed to policies such as zero-hours ban after peer warned against ‘rushing’ changes

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2024

Which will melt away first, the snow or the arts?

Keir Starmer will need to make it affordable to be an artist, because the value of art is beyond financial metrics

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2024

Like Barbie, there are many Rishis. Which is the real Sunak is beyond even his supporters’ grasp

Conservative MPs are being asked to unite behind their leader but first the prime minister has to decide who he wants to be

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2024

‘It’s not going to be a landslide’: how will Sadiq Khan fare in the battle to be London mayor?

Khan has long been considered a shoo-in for a third term as mayor. But in a city undergoing huge change, unease is setting in among his team

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2024

UK Labour Party Turns To Thatcher In Courtship Of Right

Margaret Thatcher remains despised by many on the left of British politics, but the main Labour opposition seems comfortable citing her as it woos the right before this year's election.

International Business Times · Mar 24, 2024