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Keir Starmer’s government appears “disjointed” from the rest of the Labour party just a year after taking power, regional mayors have said, with one blaming No…

Well, British politics has served up another week of compellingly packaged action. Like Drive to Survive, but for clown cars. Leave it to “no-drama Starmer” to…

Labour’s welfare bill was passed by 335 votes to 260 on Tuesday after the prime minister offered rebel backbenchers a last-minute concession on personal independence payment…

Keir Starmer’s welfare reforms hang by a thread the day before a vote that could define his premiership. The prime minister was almost certainly heading for…

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The Labour whip who resigned in protest against disability benefit cuts has said Keir Starmer’s concessions do not yet go far enough to win her over,…

Downing Street’s announcement on Friday that the government is dropping some of its cuts to disability benefits is the latest in a long series of U-turns…

Henry ZeffmanChief Political CorrespondentLeela PadmanabhanBBC NewsBBCBy the time polls closed at 10pm on 4 July 2024, the Labour Party knew they were likely to return to…

A commitment to international law “goes absolutely to the heart” of Sir Keir Starmer’s government and its approach to foreign policy, the attorney general has told…