Sir Keir Starmer has shown a public display of defiance today, appearing side-by-side with Angela Rayner. His under-siege deputy joined him for a walkabout in Derby, where they visited a housing development to launch the party’s new “golden rules” for housebuilding should
Labour will be forced to raise taxes even higher to meet current public spending levels if it wins the next general election, experts have warned. Analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) shows public debt will be “even more difficult to
Rishi Sunak warned a Labour government would mean “higher taxes and working people paying the price” in a PMQs clash today. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer repeated demands to the Prime Minister to cost a £46billion plan to end national insurance. Sir
Sir Keir Starmer sparked a backlash after refusing to guarantee that the state pension triple lock will feature in Labour’s manifesto. The Labour leader insisted he believed in the policy but would not follow the Tories in making an election commitment. Matt Vickers,
Sir Keir Starmer has turned his fire on the media for insisting on asking further questions about Angela Rayner’s ongoing tax row. Speaking to ITV this lunchtime in Blackpool, the Labour leader said he remains 100% confident that his deputy hasn’t broken
Labour’s lead in opinion polls has plunged compared to two weeks ago, it has been revealed. The opposition party’s lead has shrunk to 15 percentage points, down from 21 a fortnight ago. The reason for the narrowing is unclear. Some 42 percent
Reform UK turned its fire onto Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party this morning, in a brutal press conference that saw the party accused of betraying working-class voters in favour of woke eco-zealots. Speaking this morning, the insurgent party unveiled an eye-catching set
Sir Keir Starmer has been warned that the row over Angela Rayner’s former living arrangements is “highly corrosive” to his reputation. Tory chairman Richard Holden said the Labour leader’s “unwillingness” to probe allegations about his deputy was “damning”. Ms Rayner has faced
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has revealed news of his father’s passing at the age of 94, leaving him and his family “devastated”. Sir Lindsay’s father, Lord Doug Hoyle, died “peacefully” at home last night surrounded by his family, leaving the Commons
The Conservative Party has given Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour a thumping in a by-election in Northamptonshire. Jason Smithers, the Tory leader of North Northamptonshire Council, hailed the victory in the Desborough by-election as an “excellent” result for the local party. According to