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Exclusive: Leaked draft statement says party ‘cannot continue on its current path’ under PM
Keir Starmer will not lead his party into the next general election, Labour-supporting unions have predicted, in an intervention that threatens to further destabilise the prime minister after a damaging few days.
The 11 Labour-affiliated unions – which include Unite, Unison...
Removing Starmer solves the problem of an unpopular leader, but without a coherent alternative agenda his successor won’t fare much better
Labour has spent much of the past year paralysed by competing fears. MPs’ dread of facing voters with Keir Starmer as prime minister has been kept in check by their recoil from the process of replacing him. They know the prime minist...
Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifesto
Ministers should bring forward a new clean air act that would ban wood burning, clear diesel vehicles from the roads and force councils to cut pollution, a group of more than 60 charities have urged before the king’s speech on Wednesday.
Labour held out the prospect...
Planned legislation includes housing, immigration and energy measures, and comes amid awkwardness with the palace over Charles’s role
Keir Starmer will attempt to regain the political initiative on Wednesday as his government announces a package of 35 bills for the next parliamentary session, covering everything from housing to immigration.
The embattled prime min...
How Labour party leader lost authority over two days of confusion and drama before state opening of parliament
As the afternoon faded in Westminster, final preparations were being made for Wednesday’s state opening of parliament, where King Charles will set out a year-long legislative programme for a government that even its most ardent allies fear might not last the we...