Keir Starmer
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024
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🇬🇧 From Hamlet at the Globe to Keir Starmer on SNL UK: the anarchic rise of George Fouracres<p>After years of skits and Shakespeare, the Black Country performer has found his biggest audience yet on Saturday Night Live UK. Phil Wang and other...
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🇬🇧 Starmer thinks he is the right man for this moment - despite what Trump saysA month into the Iran war and the prime minister, on a visit to Finland with allies in the Joint Expeditionary Forces military coalition this week, le...
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🇺🇸 Keir Starmer set to make Sadiq Khan a lordMove would allow London mayor to take cabinet role, as prime minister tries to shore up position...
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🇬🇧 Farage says local elections are referendum on Starmer, as he launches campaignReform UK leader Nigel Farage is launching his party's push to take control of more councils at a rally in Sunderland....
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🇬🇧 Speaker urged to stop Keir Starmer avoiding MPs' questionsThe public are growing tired of Sir Keir Starmer's conduct at PMQs, according to letters obtained by the BBC....
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🇺🇸 Trump slams Starmer's reaction to Iran war and questions U.K. alliance
During a Cabinet meeting at the White House, President Trump reacted to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's reluctance to get involved in the Iran w...
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🇬🇧 ‘Give the guy a chance’: Wes Streeting says he does not want Starmer ousted<p>Exclusive: health secretary says he does not think PM will face challenge after May elections, as public doesn’t want ‘chaos’</p><p>Wes Streeting h...
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🇺🇸 The case for keeping Keir Starmer a little longerPanic-buying a slightly less unpopular rival will not help Labour face its real challenges...
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🇬🇧 Starmer tells Travelodge boss to engage with MPs over sexual assault case<p>PM tells Jo Boydell of concerns about her lack of availability to discuss how staff gave man access to victim’s room</p><p>• <a href="https://www.t...
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🇬🇧 Starmer: 'Far-fetched' to link McSweeney phone theft to Mandelson filesSir Keir Starmer has said it is “a little bit far-fetched” to suggest the theft of Morgan McSweeney’s phone was linked to the release of files relatin...
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🇬🇧 Starmer warns Travelodge boss after hotel sex attackSir Keir Starmer has personally written to Travelodge's CEO and warned she must "seriously engage with MPs" over concerns about women's safety....
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🇬🇧 Ella Baron on Keir Starmer’s task of turning round Labour’s fortunes – cartoon<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/mar/25/ella-baron-on-keir-starmers-task-of-turning-round-labours-fortunes-cartoon">Con...
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🇺🇸 Keir Starmer allows UK military to board Russia's shadow fleet vesselsBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer will now allow his country’s military to board Russian “shadow fleet” ships, according to a Wednesday press releas...
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🇬🇧 Starmer’s government increasing spending on foreign trips, figures show<p>PM’s most costly quarter for travel was in last quarter of 2025, with the most expensive trip to Cop30 in Brazil</p><p>Keir Starmer’s government is...
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🇬🇧 Starmer’s liaison committee jaunt was largely soporific – just as he’d wanted | John Crace<p>Every PM hopes to emerge having said nothing that makes the news, and with Iran centre-stage Keir played a blinder</p><p>What a difference a week m...
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🇬🇧 Hillsborough campaigners accuse Starmer of ‘insult’ after failing to introduce promised law<p>Government sources say new amendment to bill being worked on that would ensure duty of candour applies to individuals working for security services...
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🇬🇧 Keir Starmer signals winter support for household bills amid energy price shock<p>Any taxpayer-funded financial help will be likely to go to poorest households, rather than to everyone, PM indicates</p><p>Ministers are looking at...
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🇬🇧 British couple detained in Iran feel 'let down' and call on Starmer to 'help us'A British couple jailed for 10 years in Iran on "falsified" spying charges say they feel abandoned by the UK government - and have urged the prime min...
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🇺🇸 UK PM Starmer says no threat from Iran on Britain, calls for de-escalation
UK PM Keir Starmer says routine assessments conclude that the UK is not a target of Iran amid global tensions....
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🇺🇸 Trump shares SNL skit mocking Starmer as he speaks to UK PM over Iran war
Trump shares SNL-style skit mocking Starmer's panic over his call, the day the two leaders spoke about the war in Iran....
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🇬🇧 Starmer says ‘every lever’ will be explored to ease rising costs of living from Iran conflict<p>PM will chair Cobra meeting with key ministers and Bank of England on Monday, as experts warn of economic shock</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www....
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🇬🇧 Starmer says ministers will consider ‘every lever possible’ to tackle cost of living – UK politics live<p>The prime minister made the remarks ahead of an emergency meeting with the government’s Cobra committee this afternoon</p><p><strong>Keir Starmer</...
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🇺🇸 Starmer grapples with Iran economic fallout and Trump mockeryUK ministers to discuss response to energy prices after US president shares ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch...
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🇺🇸 Starmer to bring forward EU rules legislation in King’s SpeechSome Labour officials hope bill will provoke Brexit dispute with Tories and Reform UK...
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🇬🇧 Trump posts Saturday Night Live UK sketch that shows Starmer terrified of himDonald Trump has posted on social media a sketch from Saturday Night Live UK poking fun at himself and Sir Keir Starmer....
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🇺🇸 Trump Apparently Enjoyed ‘SNL UK’s Cold Open Mocking Keir Starmer, Despite Accusing POTUS Of Starting WWIIIA longtime hater of the flagship NBC sketch comedy series, Donald Trump appears to be a fan of Saturday Night Live UK after its debut this weekend. On...
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🇬🇧 Starmer adviser urges ministers to look at profits cap for energy and petrol firms<p>PM’s ‘cost of living champion’ calls for consideration of temporary measure to prevent profiteering from Iran war</p><p>The government’s top cost o...
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🇺🇸 Starmer adviser calls for temporary energy windfall tax to curb ‘profiteering’Supermarket executive chair proposes profit cap to limit earnings during exceptional market conditions...
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🇬🇧 As Starmer faces war overseas, his party can't find peace at homeBritish politicians tend to stick together during dangerous moments abroad. In 2026? Not so much....
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🇺🇸 ‘SNL U.K.’ Kicks Off With Keir Starmer Sending a Break-Up Voice Note to Donald Trump: ‘I’m Afraid I Can’t Go to War With You, but We Can Still Be Chums’“Saturday Night Live U.K.” kicked off its first-ever episode by following the American tradition of a political cold open, featuring U.K. Prime Minist...
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🇬🇧 Starmer most popular PM - in Toby Jug salesToby Jugs depicting Sir Keir outsold all other prime ministers in the Parliament shop in 2025....
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🇬🇧 Starmer’s ministers look at new economic blueprint to quell voter anger<p>Devolution of tax powers to mayors, scrapping of national insurance and property tax overhaul on report’s menu </p><p>Cabinet ministers have been s...
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🇺🇸 Rayner leads Labour revolt on immigration plans in new test for StarmerDozens of backbenchers have endorsed the former deputy PM’s criticism of the government’s ‘un-British’ plans...
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🇺🇸 Pressure grows on Starmer to drop EU ‘red lines’Some senior Labour figures want the party to drop promises not to rejoin customs union or single market...
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🇬🇧 Starmer plans to ease impact of immigration policy changes after backlash from Labour MPs<p>PM will consider exempting large numbers from proposed changes, which would leave people waiting 10 years for settled status</p><p>Keir Starmer is ...
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🇬🇧 Memory loss strikes down Starmer and Badenoch at an infuriating PMQs | John Crace<p>PM and Tory leader enter maddening death spiral of dodging respective questions on Peter Mandelson and war in Middle East</p><p>There’s something w...
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🇬🇧 Trump v Starmer: will the special relationship survive? – The Latest<p>Kemi Badenoch has described Donald Trump’s criticism of Keir Starmer as ‘childish’ and said it ‘sends the wrong signal to our opponents in Iran or ...
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🇬🇧 Major attacks Trump on Iran and Starmer's 'tiptoeing' approach to presidentSir John Major has attacked Donald Trump over the Iran war and accused Sir Keir Starmer of a "demeaning" policy of "tiptoeing" around the president....
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🇺🇸 Starmer calls on Badenoch to sack shadow minister over Muslim prayer commentsShadow justice secretary Nick Timothy described public prayers as ‘an act of domination’...
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🇺🇸 Angela Rayner warns Starmer’s government is ‘running out of time’Former deputy prime minister’s intervention comes ahead of local election in May...
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🇺🇦 Zelensky warns political divisions and Iran war are sidelining Ukraine, urges Trump and Starmer to find common groundPresident Volodymyr Zelensky on March 18 urged U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer to meet and find common ground, amid g...
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🇬🇧 Starmer Turns His Attention To Ukraine (Or Tries To)Zelenksy comes to parliament, as Trump hits out at Starmer (again)....
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🇬🇧 Trump says he's 'disappointed in Starmer' - and repeats Churchill jibeDonald Trump has said he's "disappointed with Keir [Starmer]" over the prime minister's initial refusal to send aircraft carriers to the Middle East....
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🇬🇧 Polanski to warn Starmer 'hasn't done enough' to protect energy customers from bill hikesZack Polanski is set to call on Sir Keir Starmer to step in and protect energy price cap customers from steep bill rises at the start of July....
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🇺🇸 Trump lashes out at Starmer while UK works with allies to de-escalate Iran crisisUS president says Britain’s prime minister ‘doesn’t produce’...
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🇬🇧 Trump fooled by fake AI video and fresh attack on Starmer - key takeaways from his latest appearancesThere are plenty of things that could be highlighted from Donald Trump's latest public appearances....
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🇬🇧 Starmer distances UK from Iran war as EU leaders rule out sending warships<p>PM refuses to be drawn into wider conflict as Germany and Italy defy Trump’s call to help reopen strait of Hormuz</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://ww...
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🇬🇧 Voters split over whether Starmer is handling Iran war wellVoters are broadly split over whether Sir Keir Starmer is handling the Iran war well, exclusive polling by YouGov for Sky News shows....
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🇬🇧 One day Keir Starmer might say what he really thinks of Trump. But not today | John Crace<p>The PM’s natural instinct to stay out of the Iran war has been a good one, but he is left speaking in code about US relations </p><p>It was a messa...
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🇬🇧 UK will not be drawn into wider war in Middle East, says Keir Starmer<p>PM’s comments come as he announces support for households reliant on heating oil amid surging costs</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian....
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🇬🇧 Starmer speaks to Trump about importance of reopening Strait of HormuzThe leaders discussed the need to "end the disruption to global shipping", No 10 says....
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🇬🇧 Starmer to announce support for households hit by energy price spike<p>Prime minister expected to set out tens of millions of pounds in help for heating oil users as conflict with Iran drives up costs</p><p>Keir Starme...
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🇬🇧 Row over tuition fees cut for European students threatens Starmer’s EU reset<p>British negotiators ‘blindsided’ by Brussels’ demand for a reduction that could cost universities £140m a year</p><p>Britain is in a standoff with ...
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🇬🇧 Will Starmer Help Trump In The War?
Trump wants help to secure the Strait of Hormuz but will the UK join him?...
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🇬🇧 The Papers: 'Starmer may send drones to the Gulf' and 'Panic hits the pumps'A mix of stories on Sunday's papers, with the war in the Middle East remaining prominent....
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🇬🇧 ‘Could be the making of him’: Starmer’s allies praise stance on Trump and Iran<p>Refusal to kowtow to US president has won public backing – and left Badenoch and Farage playing catch-up</p><p>It is not often that Keir Starmer’s ...
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🇬🇧 Why the hell did Starmer pick Mandelson? The latest mug on the media round had no idea | John Crace<p>Nick Thomas-Symonds unravelled under barrage of questions – as PM instead bored some mothers and babies in Belfast</p><p>You could smell the fear a...
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🇬🇧 Starmer and Martin to tackle cost-of-living and security at UK-Ireland summitThe second summit follows the announcement of new Irish investment of more than £900m into the UK....
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🇬🇧 Starmer may face more resignations after release of Mandelson WhatsApp messages, say sources<p>PM has apologised for his handling of Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador, but next tranche of files could contain further damaging deta...
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🇬🇧 Starmer 'risks misleading Commons claims' if Mandelson story inconsistentSir Keir Starmer will face accusations he misled the Commons over his appointment of Peter Mandelson if there is not "absolute consistency" between wh...
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🇺🇸 Pressure grows on Starmer over Mandelson due diligencePrime minister accused of failing to engage effectively with the appointment process...
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🇬🇧 It's difficult to see how Starmer can put this rightIn the end, the first drop of the Mandelson files contained neither a smoking gun nor bombshell revelation....
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🇬🇧 There is no denying Labour is in crisis – but in a strange way, Keir Starmer is equipped to save it | Zoe Williams<p>The fact that the PM is a pragmatist, light on ideology, could allow him to forge now essential links with other parties</p><p>Even before Labour t...
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🇬🇧 Starmer meets NI leaders ahead of UK-Ireland summitSir Keir has vowed to crack down on NI companies "profiteering" from the fuel crisis triggered by the war in the Middle East....
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🇬🇧 Starmer vows to crack down on 'profiteering' from fuel crisisThe prime minister is in Northern Ireland and is expected to hold talks with party leaders and visit a community centre....
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🇬🇧 The Papers: 'Starmer did ignore Epstein warnings' and 'Record oil release'Thursday's papers all lead with files released on Lord Mandelson's vetting for the US ambassador role....
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🇺🇸 Starmer Was Warned of ‘Reputational Risk’ of Making Friend of Epstein the Ambassador to U.S.Documents released by the U.K. government on Wednesday showed that Prime Minister Keir Starmer was told of Peter Mandelson’s ties to the sex offender ...
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🇬🇧 Mandelson documents raise questions about Starmer’s decision-making<p>PM knew of US ambassador’s ‘close relationship’ with Jeffrey Epstein and potential conflicts of interest from his lobbying role</p><p>Four months a...
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🇬🇧 Starmer’s national security adviser expressed concern about Mandelson appointment, documents show - UK politics live<p>Release shows that Jonathan Powell warned Morgan McSweeney about the appointment of Mandelson as US ambassador</p><p>As reported by <strong>Nadeem ...
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🇬🇧 Starmer attacks Badenoch and Farage over Iran war support U-turns at raucous PMQs<p>Prime minister says UK would ‘be at war’ now if it were up to Tory and Reform leaders and accuses both of changing position on war</p><ul><li><p><a...
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🇬🇧 Starmer warned cabinet against ‘overly deferential’ relations with devolved governments<p>Leak of memo comes after a third of Labour Senedd members raise alarm devolution is being rolled back</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardia...
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🇬🇧 Iranians living in UK tell Starmer that war will only strengthen Tehran regime<p>Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe among more than 100 signatories to letter urging PM not to get drawn further into the conflict</p><p>Nazanin Zaghari-Ratc...
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🇬🇧 Thousands of lawyers urge Keir Starmer to rethink plans to cut jury trials<p>Government facing prospect of most serious backbench revolt yet over proposals for England and Wales </p><p>Plans to curtail the number of jury tri...
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🇬🇧 Starmer facing new Labour rebellion as MPs fight to extend porn banThe government is trying to find a solution to banning depictions of step-incest in online pornography amid warnings of a "significant rebellion" from...
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🇬🇧 Lengthy US-Iran war would affect ‘lives and households of everybody’, says Starmer<p>Ministers understood to be considering ways to mitigate rising energy bills as oil prices surpass $100 a barrel</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www....
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🇬🇧 Starmer seeks to reassure public over cost of living as oil surges above $100 a barrel - UK politics live<p>The prime minister is facing pressure from unions and some backbenchers to prepare a support package as oil and gas prices threaten to push up infl...
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🇬🇧 Starmer and Trump speak for first time since president's Iran criticismThe phone call comes after a week in which Donald Trump repeatedly expressed frustration at Keir Starmer's stance on Iran....
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🇬🇧 Starmer speaks with Trump after president criticises lack of UK support for Iran strikes<p>Leaders discuss military cooperation day after Trump hit out at PM over lack of immediate backing for attacks</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.th...
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🇬🇧 Dining across the divide: ‘He thinks Labour voters should back Starmer. I think we deserve better’<p>Two Labour supporters disagree on Keir Starmer and whether Reform can really win. Can they find common ground on public transport?</p><p><strong>An...
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🇬🇧 Bitter breakup for Trump and Starmer - but polling suggests PM on side of public opinion"We will remember. We don't need people that join Wars after we've already won!"...
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🇬🇧 Keir Starmer 'learning lessons from Iraq', foreign secretary saysSir Keir Starmer is "learning lessons" from the Iraq War in how he responds to the escalating conflict in Iran, the foreign secretary said....
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🇺🇸 Starmer’s pledge to cut living costs rocked by Middle East warConflict dashes hope of interest rate cuts and leaves prime minister under fire from left and right...
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🇬🇧 Britain’s war hawks are very upset that Keir Starmer isn’t personally riding a bomb all the way to Tehran | Marina Hyde<p>Didn’t you know? True British patriots are the ones who want to join an obviously disastrous war on behalf of Israel and Donald Trump</p><p>Have yo...
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🇬🇧 PM stands by decision not to join strikes on Iran and sends more jets to QatarThe PM said the best way forward was a "negotiated settlement with Iran where they give up their nuclear ambitions"....
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🇬🇧 Starmer is facing a cocktail of dissent that is growing ever more potent<p>After the Greens’ win in Gorton, the prime minister needed to come out swinging. Instead, he sent a letter</p><p>But for the Iran crisis, Labour’s ...
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🇺🇸 Backing war abroad has little electoral upside at homeKeir Starmer needed to let US use UK military bases for attacks but handling conflict’s wider impacts will be tricky...
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🇬🇧 Starmer denies U-turn claims on UK bases go-ahead for Iran strikesCritics will accuse him of yet another U-turn, but Sir Keir Starmer insists circumstances have changed and British lives are now at risk from attacks ...
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🇬🇧 Keir Starmer abandoned net zero to court Reform voters. He failed<p>After byelection defeat and with right-leaning advisers gone, will PM return to his instincts and embrace Labour ‘DNA’ on climate?</p><p>Less than ...
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🇺🇸 Starmer criticised over stance on US-Israel strikes on IranUK prime minister has adopted a much more ambivalent approach than other western allies...
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🇬🇧 Labour must cease taking progressive voters for granted, says Sadiq Khan<p>London mayor criticises PM for calling Greens ‘extreme’ after Gorton and Denton loss, saying it is a ‘flawed strategy’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https...
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🇬🇧 Starmer is cautious on Iran because he knows the chaos Trump's strikes could trigger
Sir Keir Starmer is treading a characteristically cautious diplomatic path in his response to the attacks on Iran by the US and Israel....
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🇬🇧 Minister Josh Simons resigns after Labour Together claimsSimons faced claims the think tank he used to run commissioned a report which looked into the background of journalists....
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🇬🇧 Keir Starmer’s response to the Gorton and Denton debacle should be a government that truly, finally, reflects him | Tom Baldwin<p>In the past he has been urged to follow strategies that don’t really match his core beliefs. That’s changing, as it must, because he knows the cloc...
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🇬🇧 The Papers: 'Starmer on ropes' and 'nightmare for Labour'The results of the Gorton and Denton by-election and the fallout for Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour party dominate Saturday's papers....
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🇺🇸 UK PM Keir Starmer suffers blow after his party comes in third in election in former stronghold
The result in a seat that Labour has dominated for nearly a century represents an embarrassing setback for the prime minister....
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🇺🇸 Green by-election victory is ‘worst outcome’ for Starmer’s Labour PartyResult shows split in leftwing vote which could be replicated at May local elections...
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🇬🇧 Friday briefing: Is the result in Gorton and Denton a sign of things to come?<p>In today’s newsletter: This byelection has long been mooted as a foreshadowing of upcoming elections in Wales, Scotland and eventually the whole o...
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🇺🇸 Starmer under pressure after Greens win Gorton and Denton by-electionLabour comes in third place in new blow to prime minister...
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🇬🇧 Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection in blow to Keir Starmer<p>Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England, with Labour coming in third behind reform UK</p><p>The Green party has pulled off a...
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🇺🇸 Green Party Defeats Labour in U.K. Special Election, in Blow to StarmerThe result marks the first time the Greens have won a British parliamentary by-election and signals the frustration of left-leaning voters with Prime ...
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🇺🇸 Starmer faces high-stakes battle as Greens and Reform vie for Manchester seatTight by-election result expected in former Labour stronghold of Gorton and Denton...
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🇺🇸 Mandelson’s Arrest Adds to Scandal That Has Rattled Starmer and Labour PartyThe arrest of the British former envoy to Washington, long a key figure in the Labour Party, deepened a scandal that has led to calls for Prime Minist...
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🇬🇧 Keir Starmer opens investigation into Josh Simons over targeting of reporters<p>PM asks ethics adviser to examine conduct of Cabinet Office minister amid Labour Together scandal fallout</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.thegua...
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🇺🇸 Keir Starmer’s ethics adviser to look at minister over probe into journalistsJosh Simons accused of hiring public affairs company to investigate sources of leaks when he ran Labour Together...
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🇬🇧 Starmer 'appeasing' big tech firms, says online safety campaignerBaroness Kidron tells the BBC the PM has being "late to the party" in regulating social media....
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