Keir Starmer

Sue Gray being paid £170,000 a year – more than Keir Starmer

Sue Gray, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, has been given a salary of £170,000 – more than the prime minister.Gray was given a pay rise after the election despite...

Starmer’s £100,000 in tickets and gifts more than any other recent party leader

Keir Starmer has declared more free tickets and gifts than other major party leaders in recent times, with...

Keir Starmer alleged to have broken rules over party donor’s gifts to wife

Keir Starmer is alleged to have broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his...

More than 100 Ukrainians released in prisoner-of-war swap with Russia

More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war will be able to return to their families after an exchange...

Joe Biden dismisses Russian threats during meeting with Keir Starmer

Joe Biden dismissed sabre-rattling threats made by Vladimir Putin as the US president met with the UK prime...

We did not do impact assessment of winter fuel payment cut, No 10 admits

Ministers did not carry out a specific impact assessment on the withdrawal of the winter fuel payment from the bulk of pensioners, such as...

Why did Starmer cut the winter fuel allowance? It’s called Treasury brain – and that spells trouble | Rafael Behr

An unwritten law of Westminster mechanics states that power, in the absence of a countervailing force, gravitates to the Treasury.The governing agenda can be...

Keir Starmer urged to publish winter fuel payments impact assessment

Keir Starmer has been challenged to set out the impact of his decision to cut the winter fuel allowance for all but the poorest...

Sunak ‘should apologise for £22bn black hole’, says Starmer during PMQs – video

Keir Starmer said Rishi Sunak should apologise for the '£22bn black hole' in government finances, after Sunak asked if Starmer would publish the impact...

Starmer and Reeves are playing a dangerous game. How much more do they think Britain can take? | John Harris

As the nights begin to draw in, the brief euphoria of 5 July increasingly feels like something that happened in a lost time of...

‘No apologies’: Keir Starmer says ‘tough decisions’ an economic necessity – video

Keir Starmer made clear that his government 'will not risk its mandate for economic stability, under any circumstances' as he spoke at the TUC...