Why Labour can’t afford to lose the trade unions
They have contributed 58 per cent of the party’s donations and loans so far this year.
ByKeir Starmer
Keir Rodney Starmer is a Labour Party politician who became Prime Minister on 5 July 2024. He has been MP for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015 and leader of Labour since April 2020. Starmer, born in 1962, studied law at the University of Leeds and Oxford, then became a barrister specialising in human rights. In 2008 he was appointed director of public prosecutions, for a five-year term. Find news, comment, and analysis about him here.
Has Keir Starmer let ordinary workers down?
The fallout continues following Sam Tarry’s sacking, as union leaders call Labour “irrelevant” to working people.
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Keir Starmer’s sacking of Sam Tarry threatens a new Labour civil war
The Labour leader’s decision to fire the shadow transport minister for joining a rail picket line has enraged trade unions…
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The case for public ownership of energy has never been stronger
Keir Starmer should recognise that renationalisation is best for consumers and the planet.
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Labour is right to focus on growth – now they need a plan to deliver it
The opposition must be bolder if it wants to gain the electorate's trust.
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Labour is wrong to turn against nationalisation
Obsessed with dissociating himself from Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer is irrationally shunning sensible, popular policies.
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Where does Labour really stand on rail nationalisation?
Confusion over the party’s stance on public ownership has muddied Keir Starmer’s economic message.
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Why Keir Starmer has borrowed the Tories’ “magic money tree” attack line
The Labour leader is framing Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak as dangerous radicals, and his party as mainstream and safe.
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Labour must fill its foreign policy vacuum
It’s not enough for Keir Starmer to assert that the UK will play a leading role in the Western alliance.…
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PMQs: Boris Johnson warns that he’ll be back
At his final PMQs, Johnson made clear that he is as hungry for power as ever.
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PMQs today: Starmer takes aim at Sunak
Boris Johnson was a mere bystander as the Labour leader targeted the Tory candidates’ tax affairs.
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How Labour can own levelling up
With Boris Johnson’s downfall, his flagship policy is up for grabs. The opposition urgently needs to grasp it.
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The Tory leadership candidates are all peddling dangerous delusions
No Conservative will dare admit the searingly obvious: Brexit is proving a catastrophe for Britain.
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Keir Starmer’s big gamble pays off as he avoids a Durham police fine
The decision ends speculation over Starmer’s future and allows Labour to draw a sharp contrast with the rule-breaking Conservatives.
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Boris Johnson’s resignation is a problem for Keir Starmer
His replacement will be a safer, more directionless, but less scandal-prone pair of hands – undoing Labour’s entire electoral strategy.
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Andrew Fisher: “Keir Starmer is too interested in not being Jeremy Corbyn”
The former Labour policy chief on why the Conservatives could still win.
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Could Boris Johnson call a snap election?
At PMQs today, Keir Starmer called for a general election. Now, with his government collapsing, Boris Johnson seems to be…
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Shameless Tories scramble to join Johnson’s sinking ship
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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PMQs today: Boris Johnson is clinging on
It was confirmation, if anyone needed it, that the Prime Minister will not resign.
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Will Starmer’s “make Brexit work” strategy win over voters?
The announcement is part of the Labour leader's desire to be both electable and radical.
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