Keir Starmer

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

Sooner or later, a British government will be forced to restart HS2. It should have been this one

Three weeks in, Starmer has brought Britain closer to the EU, and outraged Brexiteers. What’s not to like?

One day - and a couple of subtle hints - showed Europe that the grown-ups are back in charge of Britain

Westminster’s reputation is in the gutter and the onus is on Labour to repair it

Keir Starmer could have been bolder when laying out his government’s agenda - and he may come to regret it

If the Treasury published an audit of the damage done by leaving, Starmer would face a serious political problem

In the footsteps of the 1942 blueprint for a new Britain, a series of essays by leading policy thinkers revisits our key challenges.. and how to fix them.

With action rather than empty words, the new government could make Britain into a happier country, content to enjoy its advantages

Starmer’s first steps prove to voters that he intends to use the power he’s been handed