Gordon Rayner

Sir Keir Starmer said “it is now time for us to deliver” in his victory speech after being re-elected as a member of parliament for Holborn and St Pancras.

Broken by factionalism, the Conservatives must decide where they go from here

Rishi Sunak “just didn't have the instinct” for campaigning, his allies have admitted as the blame game began over the Tories' worst election defeat in modern political history

Lord Carrington Margaret Thatcher 's first foreign secretary, once offered a canny word of advice to future incumbents of his office.

Nigel Farage's plan to be prime minister in five years' time may seem far-fetched, but it would take fewer than 340,000 voters to switch to Reform

With his working-class roots, the new prime minister’s story is one of social mobility – yet he appears uncomfortable with his own success

When it comes to international affairs, relationships matter. Would the Iraq war have played out differently if Tony Blair had not stood “shoulder to shoulder” with George W.

There is a saying in politics that to look prime ministerial, the first thing you need to do is become prime minister – and Sir Keir Starmer perfectly illustrated the point as he gave his first Downing Street press conference

Loyalty is a precious commodity in politics. Sir Keir Starmer's four immediate predecessors all struggled to retain it, and there comes a point when all prime ministers end up nervously looking over their shoulders.

Every prime minister needs someone they can trust to turn their ideas into reality. Margaret Thatcher had Lord Wolfson, Boris Johnson had Dominic