Tim Shipman

Sir Keir Starmer and his chancellor have had a stormy week but are united on what needs to be done in the budget to fill the £40 billion ‘black hole’

The chancellor lacks options to soothe voters who may feel misled by her tax pledges. But the main goal is a stable economy where markets aren’t spooked

Sir Keir Starmer and his foreign secretary, David Lammy, are courting both candidates in the hope of securing trade deals and a united front on Ukraine and Israel

The spurned special adviser constructed an elaborate plan to force the prime minister out of No 10 by getting him to lie over lockdown parties

The head of the armed forces warns that an axis led by Russia and China has plunged the world into a new era of ‘competition and contest’

Boris Johnson’s father was so connected to Beijing diplomats that Cop conference officials were under orders to keep them apart

The inside story of how he rammed through Brexit can finally be told — how aides feared police would raid No 10 and royal anger brought out Elizabeth’s unvarnished views

Insiders say Labour has learnt a lot from trips to America, including ways to nurture the special relationship and avoid a Harris-style defeat in 2028

Britain Britain faces decades of security threats as an emerging axis led by Russia plunges the world into a new era of “competition and contest”, the head of the armed forces warned yesterday.

His top campaign adviser told him to wait until autumn to go to the polls. Dominic Cummings said pay off the striking doctors. In an extract from his new book Tim Shipman reveals how the ‘punch-drunk’ former PM ignored all advice and suffered a landslide loss