Keir Starmer

How Brexit killed Frexit

The UK’s messy, ill-thought out exit from the EU has effectively killed off leave campaigns in other member states

‘I just called ... to say ... I love you?’: Keir Starmer speaks to Donald Trump in advance of meeting expected soon

Britain’s prime minister balances wooing the US president a his government also covets closer trade ties with China

Northern Ireland, Storm Éowyn, Ukraine and Gaza discussed by Martin and Starmer

Two leaders have first phone call with each other since Martin was elected Taoiseach

‘An unhealthy interest in massacres and gore’: What we know about the Southport killer

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Keir Starmer holds fast as he insists ‘law forbade’ him from saying more about the Southport stabbings

Britain’s prime minister tries to get ahead of criticism of handling of the shocking case that sparked the UK’s summer riots

Right-wing figures jockey to be UK’s Trump whisperer as Keir Starmer is left to watch from afar

Nigel Farage has the best claim to personify Britain’s “special relationship” with Trump’s US

Russian drones shot down over Kyiv as Starmer signs 100-year partnership with Ukraine

Oil depot and gunpowder factory targeted in Ukrainian drone strike on Russian regions

Starmer’s political image increasingly at odds with a public mood turning against liberal causes

He seems himself as less ideological than Blair, but he might benefit from adopting the New Labour master’s Machiavellian streak

Tulip Siddiq’s resignation raises questions as to why Keir Starmer appointed her in the first place

Siddiq quit as anti-corruption minister in Labour government after being named in a corruption inquiry in Bangladesh

Starmer looking at ‘every conceivable way’ to avoid compensating Gerry Adams

Former Sinn Féin leader and other former internees may seek compensation under Troubles legislation

Rachel Reeves fends off comparisons with Liz Truss as Tories call for the chancellor to be sacked

The Daily Star is considering going vegetable shopping once again

Keir Starmer defends beleaguered chancellor Rachel Reeves but promises to be ‘ruthless’

Britain’s first woman chancellor of the exchequer is under pressure as investors fret over UK economy

Liz Truss legal letter orders Keir Starmer to stop saying she crashed UK economy

‘Cease and desist’ letter accuses British PM of making ‘false and defamatory’ claims on Truss’ disastrous 2022 mini-budget

Musk examines how to oust Starmer as prime minister before next UK election

Technology billionaire interested in building support for another political party, notably Reform UK

UK 10-year borrowing costs hit highest level since 2008

Sterling falls sharply as government bond sell-off threatens Labour’s ability to meet budget rules

UK government wavering over another national inquiry into child abuse by grooming gangs

Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips suggests government might have a rethink if victims’ groups demand an inquiry

Musk-Trump effect has the capacity to destabilise Irish democracy

Musk seems to consider he has some role in using his wealth to influence political processes and debate in European states

Elon Musk fights Battle of Britain on two fronts as he clashes with Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer

Billionaire’s latest interventions in UK politics are ostensibly about Britain’s handling of child abuse grooming gangs

Musk accused of ‘politicising’ rape of young girls in UK to attack Starmer

Tech billionaire calls on the king to step in after Labour rejects call for national inquiry into child grooming

The worst of this strange decade of wokeness is over

Measures designed to change material realities matter more than sociocultural pieties

Keir Starmer pays tribute to ‘wonderful’ brother who died on St Stephen’s Day

UK PM’s sibling Nick, who had learning difficulties due to complications at birth, had been battling cancer

Asma al-Assad, wife of ousted Syrian leader, reportedly severely ill with leukaemia

Assad was diagnosed with acute form of disease in May and has been given 50/50 chance of survival

How Britain’s prison system is teetering on the brink of collapse

New Labour government was rocked in autumn by images of unexpectedly-freed criminals popping champagne corks in prison car parks

UK government must make sure it isn’t a confidence killer

There is a danger that animal spirits and the propensity to invest expire in a vicious downward spiral

Shocking crimes, royal illness and Labour’s landslide: The eight big moments that defined 2024 for Britain

Winds of change howled across Britain in a year when a Labour election victory ended 14 years of Tory rule

Peter Mandelson named UK ambassador to US for ‘new chapter of friendship’

‘Prince of Darkness’ will seek to woo Trump administration, avoid trade war and ensure the countries remain aligned over Ukraine

Stormont votes to retain some EU trade laws post-Brexit for Northern Ireland

Rules will continue to serve as a means of maintaining an invisible Border on the island for further four years

Britain pauses Syrian asylum decision process after fall of Assad

Focus will be reflection on ‘diplomatic relations with Syria’ and a cautious observation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

‘Don’t take Fine Gael for granted’: Simon Harris on Government formation talks with Fianna Fáil

Taoiseach says his party’s mandate must be respected, while Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin also raises the issue of Rockall in Scotland, where both leaders were attending a British-Irish summit

Keir Starmer waters down UK clean power target in policy reset

British prime minister redefines economic growth goals as he sets out ‘milestones’ for government

Louise Haigh a casualty of the Westminster power machine

Sheffield MP and UK transport secretary was destined to implement a core Labour policy by nationalising railways but she quit suddenly last week

Downing Street comments on Gregg Wallace allegations indicative of pressure on BBC

Prime minister’s office has criticised Wallace, presenter of popular cookery show Masterchef

‘Starmer the Farmer Harmer’ the target of ire as British farmers mobilise in London

Planet Business: Infowars auction saga, Howard Lutnick’s thoughts on Ireland and a brief history of the Observer

‘Unspeakable’ Birmingham pub bombings remembered 50 years on

Explosions, widely blamed on the IRA, killed 21 people in the city in November 1974

Farmers have a point - if only they could make it more reasonably

New rules introduced by the UK government bring a quarter of farms back within inheritance tax, after three decades of being fully exempt. They’re right to be annoyed, but sympathy is waning

Ire of farmers and pensioners mounts as British Labour faces possibility of new ‘winter of discontent’

Protest this week by farmers over inheritance tax raid sounds alarm bells for Labour’s rural prospects

Vote on assisted dying Bill due to be a cliffhanger as Britain’s Labour opposition mounts

Wes Streeting, health secretary and potential future Labour leader, is against the plan

Cop29: UK attempts to become global leader on climate with new emissions target for 2035

Starmer commits to cutting emissions by 81% at climate summit overshadowed by Trump election win

Big beams, tiny halos and cable ties: election posters are back

Parties and candidates have had lots of time to finesse their lamp-post strategy. But have they?

Jonathan Coe: ‘The morning after the election felt like waking up in a safe room, having been in an abusive relationship for 14 years’

Following the release of his latest novel, The Proof of My Innocence, the author discusses his ‘stylistic homecoming’, the evolution of Liz Truss and why he’s spending more time with his ‘imaginary friends’

Trumpian vibe as Kemi Badenoch faces Keir Starmer in House of Commons

New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch faces Labour prime minister Keir Starmer in the Commons for the first time

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