Happiness could be Labour’s secret election weapon
The economist Richard Layard advises politicians to take well-being more seriously.
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.
PMQs review: Rishi Sunak struggles to impress his restless party
Tory MPs are not grateful for the Prime Minister or optimistic about their prospects.
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How Starmer seized the moral advantage
While the Tories squabble over the Rwanda plan, the Labour leader declares that he will lead a “decade of national…
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Labour is failing to build a new political consensus
The party’s self-imposed fiscal straitjacket risks alienating a popular majority.
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Labour is breaking with a failed economic consensus
Far from lacking ambition, the party’s challenge will be to align a series of mini-revolutions.
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Labour must have the courage to reduce immigration
To end the UK’s dependence on low-wage migrants, Labour needs to escape the straitjacket of market liberalism.
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PMQs today: Keir Starmer skewers Rishi Sunak over Rwanda
The Labour leader has devised a potent line of attack on the government’s flagship asylum plan.
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In 2024, Labour must offer hope
If all Keir Starmer’s party promises is a second age of austerity, voters will soon abandon it.
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Keir Starmer’s economy speech offered more questions than answers
Labour’s fiscal policy remains contradictory and opaque.
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Was it a good idea for Keir Starmer to praise Thatcher?
By aligning himself with the former Tory PM, the Labour leader focuses too heavily on the past.
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Louise Casey: The Tories are done – and they need to go away for a while
The social policy fixer on the perils of "initiativitis" and how Labour can deliver in government.
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PMQs today: Rishi Sunak panics as he brands the EU the enemy
Sunak’s suggestion that Keir Starmer was “backing an EU country over Britain” by meeting the Greek Prime Minister was astonishingly…
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Can Keir Starmer transform the sickness service?
To fix the NHS, Labour must prioritise prevention, retention and capacity issues, say healthcare policy experts.
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Labour needs proper answers on immigration
If the party enters government it will face the same problems as the Tories.
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Keir Starmer needs a coherent plan for immigration
The public anxiety about borders is real, and it will still exist under a Labour government.
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Can Keir Starmer prevent mass resignations over Gaza?
Labour MPs are threatening to rebel in an SNP-led vote if the party does not back a ceasefire.
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Why did Keir Starmer risk a Labour crisis over the Middle East?
On Israel, America and a waning Atlanticism.
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Labour should avoid falling into Suella Braverman’s trap
The biggest risk for Keir Starmer is being associated with a position that his opponents could portray as anti-Western and…
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Has Starmer dared Sunak to sack Braverman?
The Home Secretary’s rhetoric is serving as a dangerous distraction.
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Keir Starmer’s uneasy relationship with New Labour
The Labour leader is increasingly critical of Tony Blair’s legacy.
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