Keir Starmer
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Keir Starmer's first year: a catalogue of errors
Talking Point The Prime Minister cuts a dash on the international stage, but at home seems detached from his own administration
By The Week UK Published
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Backbench rebellions and broken promises: is it getting harder to govern?
Today's Big Question Backbench rebellions and broken promises: is it getting harder to govern?
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Keir today, gone tomorrow: is welfare U-turn beginning of the end for Starmer?
Being 'forced to retreat' this early in his reign is 'simply unprecedented' and shows his government is now 'in trouble', say commentators
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Labour's brewing welfare rebellion
The Explainer Keir Starmer seems determined to press on with disability benefit cuts despite a "nightmare" revolt by his own MPs
By The Week UK Published
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Are free votes the best way to change British society?
Today's Big Question On 'conscience issues' like abortion and assisted dying, MPs are being left to make the most consequential social decisions without guidance
By Jamie Timson, The Week UK Published
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Will the new grooming gangs inquiry achieve anything?
Today's Big Question Critics point to a previous inquiry's still-unfulfilled list of recommendations
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Will the UK get involved in the Israel-Iran conflict?
Today's Big Question Keir Starmer is 'walking a tightrope' in helping Israel limit Tehran's nuclear capabilities without being seen to do so
By Elliott Goat, The Week UK Published
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What can Labour learn from the left in Denmark about immigration?
Today's Big Question The Nordic government's surprisingly strict approach has been hailed a success
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Are the UK and Russia already at war?
Today's Big Question Moscow has long been on a 'menacing' war footing with London, says leading UK defence adviser
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Preparing for war: Keir Starmer's battle plan
In Depth Ambitious plans to put Britain on a war footing likely to collide with financial reality
By The Week UK Published
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Five takeaways from Scottish Labour's surprising by-election win
The Explainer Result is a mixed bag for Keir Starmer but Reform UK remains ebullient
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Having a mayor: Starmer's struggles with devolved leaders
Talking Point Andy Burnham made public criticisms of the Labour government policies without specifically naming Keir Starmer or Rachel Reeves
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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Is UK's new defence plan transformational or too little, too late?
Today's Big Question Labour's 10-year strategy 'an exercise in tightly bounded ambition' already 'overshadowed by a row over money'
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The Chagos Islands: Starmer's 'lousy deal'
Talking Point The PM's adherence to 'legalism' has given Mauritius a 'gift from British taxpayers'
By The Week UK Published
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