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Labour are ahead in the polls, but have they won hearts and minds? These charts suggest not
There are signs Labour’s polling lead is a bit soft. But with the Tories trailing in...
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Labour aims to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP
Starmer’s comments come before visit to Barrow, where he is to promise nuclear deterrent is ‘bedrock’...
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Labour steps up preparations to govern as Reeves attacks ‘unfunded’ Tory tax cuts
Shadow cabinet talk with Whitehall officials after Keir Starmer meets head of civil service All members...
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Starmer allies gripped by fear of Labour complacency amid byelection triumphs
Despite victory in two Conservative safe seats, a Labour government is not a foregone conclusion, say...
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Keir Starmer paid £99,400 in UK tax on £404,000 of earnings, Labour reveals
Details about leader’s finances for 2022-23 come after Rishi Sunak revealed he paid more than £508,000...
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Starmer says ‘fantastic’ byelection wins show Labour is trusted to deliver change
Swing of 28.5% in Wellingborough and 16.4% in Kingswood would give Labour secure majority if repeated...
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Starmer urged to suspend councillors at meeting that heard Israel comments
Labour leader under pressure over claims Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali’s remarks went unchallenged at eventUK politics...
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Final day of campaigning in Kingswood and Wellingborough byelections – UK politics live
Labour seeking to take two seats from Tories on Thursday amid fraught week of candidate suspensionsMy...
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Labour faces Rochdale byelection backlash after party withdraws support for candidate – UK politics live
Party criticised for delay in acting over comments in which Azhar Ali suggested Israel had allowed...
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Labour’s Rochdale byelection campaign engulfed in antisemitism row – UK politics live
Candidate Azhar Ali issues apology after comments emerge in which he suggested Israel allowed Hamas attack...
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Rachel Reeves defends Labour green U-turn, saying she won’t apologise for fiscal responsibility – UK politics live
Shadow chancellor says Labour will receive a ‘bleak inheritance’ from Tories and has had to make...
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Labour left call U-turn on green investment ‘environmentally irresponsible and ‘strategically incompetent’ – UK politics live
Labour MP Barry Gardiner, former shadow climate change minister, criticised Starmer’s plan to scale back the...
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Kwasi Kwarteng to stand down as MP at next election – UK politics live
PM says he is ‘not a betting person’ after making £1,000 bet during an interview with...
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Labour ditches radical reforms as it prepares ‘bombproof’ election manifesto
Plans to reform social care and House of Lords are trimmed as Keir Starmer’s party opts...
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Labour accused of ‘massive backward step’ over decision to drop £28bn green investment pledge – UK politics live
Sources say party will keep plan to invest in green infrastructure but will in effect cut...
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Liz Truss says Sunak’s plan to gradually ban cigarette sales is ‘profoundly unconservative’ – UK politics live
Former PM is fomenting revolt describing proposal as ‘absurd’ as government set to go ahead with...
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Minister admits that previous crackdown on zombie knives contained obvious loophole – UK politics live
Chris Philp says manufacturers found ploy to get around previous ban on previous ban on zombie...
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Starmer vows that Labour will ‘get a grip’ on knife crime
Leader proposes taking steps to reduce availability of ‘zombie’ knives and creating bespoke plans for all...
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Labour promises to end ‘scandal of plummeting child health outcomes’ – UK politics live
Wes Streeting says he is shocked by the extent to which the health and wellbeing of...
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Keir Starmer open to making government time available for private member’s bill to allow assisted dying – UK politics live
Labour leader says investing up to £28bn a year subject to fiscal rules but it is...
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Keir Starmer to accuse Tories of taking away people’s hope and say the public want change – UK politics live
Labour leader will say Tories have governed so badly people no longer believe a change of...
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Labour’s poll lead could still collapse, shadow ministers warned
Chief strategist uses examples from around world to urge against complacency, warning ‘polls do not predict...