A working class budget from a working class prime minister
Keir Starmer understands the challenges working class people face because he’s faced them himself
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.
How Labour changed its mind on the two-child benefit cap
It was an emotional moment for so many people in the Labour movement
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The Budget of last resort
Inside Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ fight for survival
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The battle of Burnham would
The will-he, won’t-he is set to continue as the Greater Manchester mayor refuses to rule out having higher ambitions
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Keir Starmer could yet save himself
If only his Chancellor would explain taxes
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Is Wes Streeting changing constituency?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster
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Luke Akehurst: Starmer vs Streeting would be “fratricidal self-destruction”
The notorious party loyalist on infighting, Israel and what social democracy means to him
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The dissolution of the Starmerites
The damage done between Starmer, McSweeney and Streeting is probably not repairable
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What’s behind Labour’s income tax U-turn?
Insiders fear that the government has opted for “all pain, no gain” by dropping a plan to break its manifesto
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Morgan McSweeney is losing control
Would Starmer survive as PM without his chief of staff?
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Barry Gardiner, the Extirpator
The veteran Labour MP has galvanised his colleagues by publicly criticising No 10
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Even traditional allies of the chief of staff believe Keir Starmer may now sacrifice him
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Fear is driving emotion in Britain
And without any intellectual energy, all that remains is a conservative instinct to hunker down and protect
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Back-bench MPs issue a Keirless whisper
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster
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Labour could win the culture war over bookies
The vision of old boys thumbing the Racing Post and chatting over cups of tea is a lost one
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PMQs review: Labour briefing wars hand Kemi Badenoch an easy win
When the Prime Minister tried to insist his team was “united”, the House descended into chaos
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Who wins from No 10 vs Wes Streeting?
Labour MPs warn that Downing Street’s dramatic intervention has only weakened Keir Starmer
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Wes For Leader site registered yesterday
The setting up of such websites often sends a wave of excitement though Westminster
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Does Keir Starmer realise how much trouble he’s in?
The Prime Minister is facing a crisis of contempt among his own MPs
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Rachel Reeves’s left turn
Why the Chancellor is embracing higher taxes and higher spending.
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