Keir Starmer

The worst of this strange decade of wokeness is over

Measures designed to change material realities matter more than sociocultural pieties

Keir Starmer pays tribute to ‘wonderful’ brother who died on St Stephen’s Day

UK PM’s sibling Nick, who had learning difficulties due to complications at birth, had been battling cancer

Asma al-Assad, wife of ousted Syrian leader, reportedly severely ill with leukaemia

Assad was diagnosed with acute form of disease in May and has been given 50/50 chance of survival

How Britain’s prison system is teetering on the brink of collapse

New Labour government was rocked in autumn by images of unexpectedly-freed criminals popping champagne corks in prison car parks

UK government must make sure it isn’t a confidence killer

There is a danger that animal spirits and the propensity to invest expire in a vicious downward spiral

Shocking crimes, royal illness and Labour’s landslide: The eight big moments that defined 2024 for Britain

Winds of change howled across Britain in a year when a Labour election victory ended 14 years of Tory rule

Peter Mandelson named UK ambassador to US for ‘new chapter of friendship’

‘Prince of Darkness’ will seek to woo Trump administration, avoid trade war and ensure the countries remain aligned over Ukraine

Stormont votes to retain some EU trade laws post-Brexit for Northern Ireland

Rules will continue to serve as a means of maintaining an invisible Border on the island for further four years

Britain pauses Syrian asylum decision process after fall of Assad

Focus will be reflection on ‘diplomatic relations with Syria’ and a cautious observation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

‘Don’t take Fine Gael for granted’: Simon Harris on Government formation talks with Fianna Fáil

Taoiseach says his party’s mandate must be respected, while Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin also raises the issue of Rockall in Scotland, where both leaders were attending a British-Irish summit

Keir Starmer waters down UK clean power target in policy reset

British prime minister redefines economic growth goals as he sets out ‘milestones’ for government

Louise Haigh a casualty of the Westminster power machine

Sheffield MP and UK transport secretary was destined to implement a core Labour policy by nationalising railways but she quit suddenly last week

Downing Street comments on Gregg Wallace allegations indicative of pressure on BBC

Prime minister’s office has criticised Wallace, presenter of popular cookery show Masterchef

‘Starmer the Farmer Harmer’ the target of ire as British farmers mobilise in London

Planet Business: Infowars auction saga, Howard Lutnick’s thoughts on Ireland and a brief history of the Observer

‘Unspeakable’ Birmingham pub bombings remembered 50 years on

Explosions, widely blamed on the IRA, killed 21 people in the city in November 1974

Farmers have a point - if only they could make it more reasonably

New rules introduced by the UK government bring a quarter of farms back within inheritance tax, after three decades of being fully exempt. They’re right to be annoyed, but sympathy is waning

Ire of farmers and pensioners mounts as British Labour faces possibility of new ‘winter of discontent’

Protest this week by farmers over inheritance tax raid sounds alarm bells for Labour’s rural prospects

Vote on assisted dying Bill due to be a cliffhanger as Britain’s Labour opposition mounts

Wes Streeting, health secretary and potential future Labour leader, is against the plan

Cop29: UK attempts to become global leader on climate with new emissions target for 2035

Starmer commits to cutting emissions by 81% at climate summit overshadowed by Trump election win

Big beams, tiny halos and cable ties: election posters are back

Parties and candidates have had lots of time to finesse their lamp-post strategy. But have they?

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