The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

LBC bolted down guest seat to stop Boris Johnson dodging cameras when mayor of London

Staff at the radio station now refer to it as the 'Boris bolt'

Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2024

As Sunak gets busy sinking the Tory ship, Labour must continue to steer a steady course

Promising more cuts may appeal to Tory loyalists, but who else would vote for them now, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2024

OPINION - Message to Keir Starmer: droning on about 'hope' won't cut it

This is the time in any election campaign when voters engage in selective brain shutdown, viz, when it’s apparent from the observations of anyone being interviewed that they’re not actually talking like a human being but like robots who have been programmed by their respective party HQs on the lines…

Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2024

Sunak would ‘strongly’ back honours probe into ex-Post Office boss’s CBE

PM’s intervention comes as Tory MPs and Labour urge government to consider legislation to exonerate staff

The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2024

Sunak flood response too slow and not enough, says Starmer

Labour leader promises to launch pre-emptive taskforce every autumn to help prepare

The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2024

Protest to be held over Scottish Labour MP's stance on Gaza ceasefire

A PROTEST is to be held in Rutherglen tomorrow over Labour MP Michael Shanks’s stance on a ceasefire in Gaza.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 7, 2024

Starmer accuses Sunak of ‘vanity’ over election date

Labour leader said he suspects PM wants a late election so he can mark two years in office

The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2024

Rishi Sunak pledges to cut welfare and benefits to fund tax cuts

THE Tories are preparing to cut benefits in order to cut taxes, Rishi Sunak has suggested ...

The National (Scotland) · Jan 7, 2024

Management and unions cooperating? That would make everyone happier

Keir Starmer’s planned labour reforms would lift morale in focusing on agreement, not strife

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024

Liam Byrne: ‘I’d say about a quarter to a third of MPs are the children of alcoholics’

In his new book, the Labour MP, who left a note to his Treasury successor in 2010 saying that there was ‘no money’, likens modern Britain to the last days of Rome. He talks about trauma, Starmer and creating a fairer society

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024