Jonathan Reynolds: “Labour governments shouldn’t be judged by how much they spend”
The shadow business and trade secretary on Sunak’s net zero U-turn, schmoozing the private sector, and transforming the economy.
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.
Keir Starmer lands with a bump
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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In power, Labour will have to act like a wartime cabinet
Would an “activist” Starmer government have what it takes to rebuild Britain’s collapsing infrastructure?
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The progressive dilemma
The anxieties and insecurities of the present moment are a formidable challenge for the centre left – in Britain and…
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What’s behind Labour’s new Brexit position?
Keir Starmer has assembled a more pro-European front bench to confront the issue with greater confidence.
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Keir Starmer’s Brexit delusion
It is not possible to achieve a better deal outside of the single market and the customs union.
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Keir Starmer takes a risk on the US presidential election
The potential future prime minister has planted his flag firmly on the Democrats’ side.
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The Tories are wrong to see Keir Starmer as their secret weapon
We shouldn’t be surprised that the Labour leader doesn’t look prime ministerial. He isn’t prime minister yet.
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Labour’s immigration gamble isn’t supposed to appeal to everyone
Starmer has been lambasted by left and right, but his EU-returns deal targets “hero voters” who voted Conservative in 2019.
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Labour’s position on Europe is slowly emerging
Keir Starmer’s plan to reduce small-boat crossings is getting obscured by debates about closeness to the EU.
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Keir Starmer’s non-stop Blairisms
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The Starmer conundrum
Even those who work with the Labour leader ask: deep down, what does he stand for?
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PMQs today: Starmer rattles Sunak as he brands him “inaction man”
The Prime Minister’s attack on Starmer over his links to Jeremy Corbyn seemed desperate.
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Starmer has trapped Labour in a broken liberal consensus
Like Rishi Sunak, the Labour leader only offers a narrow, technocratic pragmatism.
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We still don’t know what Keir Starmer believes in
Is the Labour leader’s embrace of the Blairites tactical or ideological?
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How might Keir Starmer run the country? Look to Labour councils
Labour-led authorities have governed under austerity for more than a decade, with mixed success.
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Lisa Nandy fails to take Starmer’s reshuffle hint
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Starmer’s transition from soft-left to Labour right is complete
The shadow cabinet reshuffle confirms his abandonment of the leadership platform he stood on in 2020.
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Starmer’s new shadow cabinet is a Blairite tribute band
The Labour leader’s team is without precedent in the narrowness of its political scope.
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The new shadow environment secretary faces a “key test for Labour”
Steve Reed must take the plunge on nutrient neutrality.
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