Labour’s strict spending rules could split a Starmer government
Without economic growth, tensions between the leader and Rachel Reeves could emerge.
ByKeir Starmer
Keir Rodney Starmer is a Labour Party politician who became Prime Minister on 5 July 2024. He has been MP for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015 and leader of Labour since April 2020. Starmer, born in 1962, studied law at the University of Leeds and Oxford, then became a barrister specialising in human rights. In 2008 he was appointed director of public prosecutions, for a five-year term. Find news, comment, and analysis about him here.
PMQs review: Rishi Sunak has lost control
The Prime Minister is no longer the master of his party – as Keir Starmer gleefully reminded him.
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Why Keir Starmer won’t bash “woke” charities
After years of Tory cuts, Labour needs to repair the relationship between government and civil society.
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PMQs review: The Rwanda plan has become a gift for Keir Starmer
As the Labour leader mercilessly exploited Tory divisions, Rishi Sunak was left politically helpless.
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Get ready for the worst
Germany’s political crisis is a warning for Keir Starmer.
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PMQs review: Keir Starmer turns the “flip-flop” charge back on Rishi Sunak
The Labour leader relished mocking the Prime Minister’s erratic changes of strategy.
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Labour’s biggest threat is an electorate that has given up
Keir Starmer should be worried less by a potential Tory surge and more by a creeping pessimism among voters.
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Why tax cuts won’t improve Sunak’s polling
Even if taxes are increasing less quickly, they are still at a record high.
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Inside Labour’s war against complacency
As an election year dawns, Team Starmer are refusing to believe the hype around them.
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Keir Starmer must remember that chaos won’t end with the Tories
Labour would inherit a fractious domestic and international environment. Does it have answers?
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Has Labour dropped its £28bn green pledge?
Keir Starmer’s suggestion that the party may “borrow less” conceals the real choice he faces on public spending.
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Can Keir Starmer restore faith in politics?
The Labour leader’s approach comes with risks as well as rewards.
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Donald Trump’s return is an opportunity for Starmer
A second Trump term could reset British politics to Labour’s advantage.
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Labour must prepare for a grim inheritance
A stagnant economy and a fractious geopolitical climate won’t disappear with a change in ministers.
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Happiness could be Labour’s secret election weapon
The economist Richard Layard advises politicians to take well-being more seriously.
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PMQs review: Rishi Sunak struggles to impress his restless party
Tory MPs are not grateful for the Prime Minister or optimistic about their prospects.
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How Starmer seized the moral advantage
While the Tories squabble over the Rwanda plan, the Labour leader declares that he will lead a “decade of national…
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Labour is failing to build a new political consensus
The party’s self-imposed fiscal straitjacket risks alienating a popular majority.
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Labour is breaking with a failed economic consensus
Far from lacking ambition, the party’s challenge will be to align a series of mini-revolutions.
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Labour must have the courage to reduce immigration
To end the UK’s dependence on low-wage migrants, Labour needs to escape the straitjacket of market liberalism.
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