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Keir Starmer surprised his colleagues during his first week in power when he appointed his old friend Richard Hermer KC as Attorney General. Emily Thornberry, the holder of the role in opposition, was banished to the backbenches. Senior Labour figures had sensed something was afoot. ‘Sue [Gray] was keeping those transition talks under lock and

The Tory leader must plot out her party's future while grappling with its past

On Sunday night, Keir Starmer finally spoke with Trump. The Labour leader was the first President's first call to a major European leader

(Getty) “We've had enough of living in two-tier Britain,” bellows Nigel Farage to cheers from an 800-strong crowd at Chester's Crowne Plaza

It's 'growth week' in government, as the Chancellor Rachel Reeves attempts to convince sceptical business leaders that she has a plan

When a prime minister leaves No. 10, they usually discover the phone soon stops ringing. But there is at least a brief window when they are more popular with colleagues than they were in office.

Starmer’s supporters are coming round to the idea that to get things done they need to be radical

How far will the Labour government’s European reset go? This is the question being asked in Westminster as Keir Starmer embarks on a Brussels charm offensive. On Sunday, the Prime Minister met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with the pair citing Donald Trump’s tariff war (launched over the weekend) as a reason why it’s a ‘good

There’s reason for cheer at Reform HQ this morning: Nigel Farage’s party is leading Labour in a YouGov voting intention poll for the first time. According to the poll, Reform UK leads on 25 points with Labour in second place on 24 per cent and the Conservatives in third on 21 per cent. Meanwhile, the

How far will the Labour government's European reset go? This is the question being asked in Westminster as Keir Starmer embarks on a Brussels charm offensive.