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Starmer’s ‘weird’ week: from Liverpool to New York
Labour’s conference in Liverpool should have been a celebratory event after its landslide win in the July election. Political editor George Parker, s…
1 year, 5 months ago
Is the shine coming off Saint Starmer?
A growing controversy around Lord Waheed Alli’s donations to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria risks tarnishing the new governmen…
1 year, 5 months ago
A terminal diagnosis for the NHS?
A government-commissioned review has found the NHS on life support. Can Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer succeed where his predecessors have failed in…
1 year, 5 months ago
Labour and business: friends or foes?
With a planned overhaul of employment law imminent and moves to renationalise rail companies, we’re asking whether Labour has got it in for business.…
1 year, 6 months ago
Labour’s descent into ‘miserabilism’
A 'painful' Budget awaits this autumn and things will get 'worse before they get better', Sir Keir Starmer warned this week. But is Labour taking a r…
1 year, 6 months ago
Swamp Notes: Democrats find a feeling at the DNC
Democrats from across the US gathered in Chicago for their presidential convention this week, promising to move past the Donald Trump-era of American…
1 year, 6 months ago
How do you solve a problem like Elon Musk?
The billionaire owner of X, Elon Musk, has launched attacks on the UK government following the riots. So, how should Keir Starmer’s government deal w…
1 year, 6 months ago
‘A fractious and divided country’
Sir Keir Starmer has told police to stay on ‘high alert’ for more disorder, as rafts of rioters receive lengthy jail sentences in Britain’s courts. H…
1 year, 7 months ago
Is Labour facing a summer of unrest?
Sir Keir Starmer has announced a new national policing unit to tackle violent disorder as he vows to “put a stop” to unrest on British streets led by…
1 year, 7 months ago
Labour confronts £20bn black hole
The chancellor Rachel Reeves is about to confront the British public with the size of the black hole in the country’s finances. A funding shortfall o…
1 year, 7 months ago