The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

For a vision of Britain’s future under Starmer, look to Germany – it’s not pretty

Voters are frustrated with Olaf Scholz’s caution – and a resurgent AfD is filling the void, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Tom O’Grady

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024

A faultline has opened in Keir Starmer’s pragmatic politics – and this time none of the usual fixes will work

Gaza is an issue that Labour cannot simply finesse away. It is about real life, real death and the sympathies of millions, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2024

Lisa Nandy says she carries a police alarm, as fears rise about MPs’ safety

Labour shadow minister has extra security arrangements in place and says that is a ‘very typical experience’ for MPs

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2024

Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin review – from ‘can’t win to can’t lose’: the making of a Labour leader

An insightful and illuminating biography of Keir Starmer is revelatory about the challenging childhood that shaped his character while acknowledging the fact that he remains hard to pin down

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2024

Starmer accuses Sunak of harbouring ‘extremists’ in Islamophobia row

Labour leader condemns PM and criticises Suella Braverman’s ‘extreme rhetoric’ as Lee Anderson suspended over London mayor comments

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2024

Starmer set up own Labour leadership team six months before Corbyn’s 2019 defeat

A new biography has revealed how the Labour leader and his allies planned his challenge in advance of the election

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2024

UK pledges £250m boost for Ukrainian artillery as war enters third year

The latest support package comes as Ukraine faces dwindling artillery supplies and uncertain support from the US.

Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2024

‘A total, total disaster’: Galloway and Danczuk line up for Rochdale push

Two former Labour MPs are back to haunt the party in what has been called ‘the most radioactive byelection in living memory’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2024

Rishi Sunak vows full support for Ukraine ‘until they prevail’ as war enters third year

More than 10,000 civilians have been killed in the two years since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022

Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2024

What happens to Shamima Begum now and what are her legal options?

Lawyers for woman who left Britain as a schoolgirl to live under Islamic State have vowed to fight on

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2024