Keir Starmer

That Keir Starmer has been letting a millionaire buy him and his wife clothes is not some life-shattering betrayal, but it is a betrayal nonetheless

Labour could have made a much better argument over the scrapping of the winter fuel allowance. But it didn’t. Big mistake

Everyone wants to regulate lobbying – even the lobbyists. Why won’t Labour do it?

Starmer has a new tune and he’s not afraid to sing it, over and over again…

If Labour does bring in a smoking ban in beer gardens, how many non-smokers will start using them again?

Starmer’s decision to cut heating benefits for pensioners is woeful politics, and Labour MPs are in despair

There were difficult questions today for the prime minister, even if Keir Starmer kept forgetting who that was

Keir Starmer pledged no tax rises for working people, yet that’s impossible. Unless, of course, he drops his red lines on the single market and customs union

How a biographer’s aside, the Mail’s performative outrage and the BBC’s cowardice led to a media storm over a portrait of Mrs Thatcher

Our armed forces are not fit for purpose. Here’s how to fix them

Many of us are hoping the prime minister's policy doesn't stray from pragmatic to heavy-handed

Is the prime minister serious about his EU red lines - or just playing a long game?

Political parties belong to activists as much as they do to leaders

The same tax rate for earnings and wealth would be a seismic change that raised billions

Keir Starmer’s trip to Germany and France feels empty without rejoining the scheme

The public is sick of political in-fighting, so Keir Starmer must clamp down on No.10 leaks

It’s time Labour did something big and transformative to save us from a news cycle of misery

Instead of pretending to be dragged into it, why not celebrate it?

What Harris’s Democrats can teach Starmer’s Labour party

The government has demonstrated a conviction that dangerous behaviour has to have consequences

New polls suggest support for the PM’s softly-softly stance on Europe – but for how long?

The long road back to the EU will take years – maybe decades – to traverse. But we must make a start

It makes the country richer, culturally and economically. Now’s the time to say so

The far right are on the streets because they no longer have allies in power

A term limit, rather than an age limit, is key to reforming the upper house

Harris must learn how to construct a voter coalition in the places that matter through actions, not words

Labour dominates Westminster, and the Tories are a diminished mess – but the two child benefit cap will reveal the true opposition

Keir Starmer slipped effortlessly into Prime Minister's Questions while Rishi Sunak is already a figure of pity

Legislating is the relatively easy part, particularly given a massive Commons majority. Implementation is another matter entirely