Keir Starmer
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Is the UK's two-party system finally over?
Today's Big Question 'Unprecedented fragmentation puts voters on a collision course with the electoral system'
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Local elections 2025: where are they and who is expected to win?
The Explainer Reform UK predicted to make large gains, with 23 councils and six mayoralties up for grabs
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Will divisions over trans issue derail Keir Starmer's government?
Today's Big Question Rebellion is brewing following the Supreme Court's ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex under equality law
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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UK-US trade deal: can Keir Starmer trust Donald Trump?
Today's Big Question White House insiders say an agreement is 'two weeks' away but can Britain believe it?
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Labour embraces nuclear in search for growth
The Explainer Keir Starmer wants 'nuclear moment' with launch of mini reactors
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Is this the end of globalisation?
Today's Big Question American-led post-war order is 'finally starting to crumble' but that could bring about 'a more inclusive world'
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Liberation Day: will Keir Starmer surrender to Donald Trump's tariffs?
Today's Big Question After failing to secure exemptions for the UK, PM must decide whether to retaliate or not
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The 'two-tier justice' row
The Explainer Sentencing Council delays new guidance advising pre-sentencing reports for ethnic minorities and women after backlash from both Labour and Tories about bias
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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What is Starmer's £33m plan to smash 'vile' Channel migration gangs?
Today's Big Question PM lays out plan to tackle migration gangs like international terrorism, with cooperation across countries and enhanced police powers
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Is the 'coalition of the willing' going to work?
Today's Big Question PM's proposal for UK/French-led peacekeeping force in Ukraine provokes 'hostility' in Moscow and 'derision' in Washington
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Is it safe to share state secrets with the US?
Today's Big Question Accidental top-level leak stokes security concerns from America's allies
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The tribes battling it out in Keir Starmer's Labour Party
The Explainer From the soft left to his unruly new MPs, Keir Starmer is already facing challenges from some sections of the Labour Party
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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What's behind the scrapping of NHS England?
Today's Big Question Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting promise greater democratic control but there are whispers in Westminster that they have 'gone a bit Tory'
By Jamie Timson, The Week UK Published
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Welfare reform: are more cuts the answer?
Talking Point Disability benefits are at risk of cuts as the government hunts for funding
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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