The winning Tory candidate in the Tees Valley mayor election claimed he “forgot” his blue rosette as he celebrated victory on Friday 3 May. Ben Houchen has denied “trying to pretend” he was not Conservative during his mayoral election campaig ...

Editorial: These were intensely domestic polls. But it was foreign affairs that caused Sir Keir starmer trouble

Voters want rid of the Tories, but will quickly demand solutions to Britain’s ills, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Analysts and party insiders say anger over starmer’s position on Middle East conflict has already cost Labour seats

Rishi Sunak appeared to be optimistic despite the Conservatives suffering defeats across the country in Friday’s (3 May) local election results. Experts have warned the Tories could lose 500 seats in what could be their worst numbers in 40 years ...

Sir Keir starmer’s Labour grapples three local authorities from Tories with 72 councils yet to declare

Sir Keir starmer has hailed Labour’s “incredible” victory in the Blackpool South local election. Visiting Blackpool on Friday (3 May), following Labour’s win, Sir Keir said victory in Blackpool South was “truly historic” ...

Result indicates sizeable Westminster majority, while Sunak has failed to recover ground since taking over from Liz Truss

Sir Keir starmer said Labour’s win in Blackpool South was ‘truly historic’ and the ‘most important result’ nationally

The leader of the Labour Party is a big Arsenal fan and regularly attends the club’s fixtures

Labour leader Sir Keir starmer and his wife Victoria arrived at a polling station to cast their votes in the local and London Mayoral elections today. Voters head to the polls on Thursday (2 May) in a series of local elections seen as the final test ...

Sir Keir starmer has revealed the moment he considered quitting as Labour leader. Sir Keir admitted he thought of stepping down as leader after Labour lost both the Hartlepool by-election and council seats in 2021. In an interview with Sky News on We ...

Sir Keir starmer has denied reports he would retain the Rwanda scheme if elected. The Labour leader told Sky News he does not believe in the scheme and criticised Rishi Sunak’s government for “losing control of the borders”. “I don’t think ...

Labour are reportedly in talks to water down their employment policies to placate business across the country

Watch live as Rishi Sunak faces Sir Keir starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, 1 May, after the government paid an asylum seeker £3,000 to relocate to Rwanda.

Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle told off MPs for behaving like teenagers during a heated Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (1 May). Sir Lindsay told members to “stop banging on furniture” and said “We are not in the sixth form now” ...

Business secretary defends move, saying it ‘puts to bed myth that Rwanda is not a safe place’

The Labour leader has vowed to reverse the ‘Shoplifter’s Charter,’ boost police presence, and introduce new legislation to protect retail workers as shoplifting cases hit record levels across Britain.”

Sir Keir starmer issued a defiant statement to deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner as police continue to investigate her living arrangements and tax affairs. Sir Keir insisted he doesn't need to read Ms Rayner's two homes scandal legal advice because ...

A woman who uses asparagus to predict the future has shared when she thinks the next general election will be held - and it doesn’t look good for Sir Keir starmer. Jemima Packington, the world’s only “asparamancer” and who foresaw Queen Eliza ...