Keir Starmer

Health minister Stephen Kinnock says he will back assisted dying bill

The health minister Stephen Kinnock has said he will vote in favour of the assisted dying bill next week, arguing that it is the “compassionate” thing to do and...

Keir Starmer promises Ukraine will be ‘top of my agenda’ at G20

Ukraine will be “top of my agenda” this week at a meeting of leaders from the world’s most...

Keir Starmer denies budget to blame for rise in mortgage rates

Keir Starmer has conceded he was disappointed in the UK growth figures last week, but denied that his...

Keir Starmer promises Ukraine will be ‘top of the agenda’ at G20

Ukraine will be “top of the agenda” this week at a meeting of leaders from the world’s most...

Starmer aims to build ‘pragmatic and serious relationship’ in meeting with Xi

Keir Starmer will become the first UK prime minister in six years to meet the Chinese president, Xi...

UK music industry presses government to solve post-Brexit limits on touring

Industry insiders have urged the UK government to find a solution to post-Brexit restrictions on live music touring, after EU documents suggested Brussels was...

Starmer removed Thatcher portrait as he dislikes ‘pictures of people staring down at him’

Keir Starmer has said that he ordered a portrait of Margaret Thatcher to be moved out of his Downing Street study not out of...

Sixth-generation wire-maker blames Brexit for shredding its business

The head of a family-owned company that has made specialist wires and cables for six generations for clients ranging from naval vessels to film...

‘Iron chancellor’ Rachel Reeves faces an early challenge to her authority over winter fuel payments | Andrew Rawnsley

I hope he enjoyed it while it lasted. From being promisingly positive when he moved into Number 10, Sir Keir Starmer’s personal ratings have soured...

Tory health reforms left UK open to Covid calamity, says top doctor’s report

Britain was hit far harder by the Covid-19 pandemic than other developed countries because the NHS had been “seriously weakened” by disastrous government policies...

Voters believe Labour on UK’s woes, but not on its proposed fixes

The prime minister is struggling to communicate how his government will address the significant problems facing the UK. While the public readily accepts that...