Jason Beattie

"Tories will delude themselves that Labour’s unpopularity will send voters rushing back into their arms, and they will kid themselves that they lost not because they were out of touch, but because they were not right-wing enough"

The Mirror's Assistant Editor, Jason Beattie, says even Keir Starmer's staunchest defenders admit the Downing Street operation is not working as smoothly as they would have hoped

The Mirror's Assistant Editor, Jason Beattie, says the Labour Party could be re-wiring the state if Prime Minister Keir Starmer had been bolder and more adventurous

The multi-billionaire said he finds AI “both wondrous and a little bit scary - but also pointed out the benefits of AI such as helping people access medical care and education

Microsoft founder Bill Gates came to London to urge Keir Starmer to maintain Britain’s global leadership in helping the world’s poorest - and said the 'golden age' of giving is over

The Mirror's Jason Beattie says this was a Budget that will go down in history - both as the first delivered by a woman, and - Rachel Reeves hopes - as the moment Labour began rebuilding Britain

After Donald Trump's thorough victory over Kamala Harris this morning, Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be trying to preserve the UK's so-called 'special relationship' with the United States

Margaret Thatcher's Tory government in 1981 was profoundly unpopular because of its slash-and-burn Budget, yet still the Tories managed two more sweeping electoral victories in the next decade, says Jason Beattie

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has closed a loophole that should have been shut years ago by reforming inheritance tax rules for farmland

The Mirror's Jason Beattie writes that 'John was a much misunderstood man and also a much underestimated man. He and his political career were full of ironies and contradictions'