The Latest Breaking News on UK Politics

Keir Starmer’s aides said to be trying to work around Chris Wormald, who was only appointed six months ago

At the general election exactly a year ago, London voted heavily for a change of government, affirming a trend underway for more than a decade in which the capital has steadily become a more ‘Labour city’.

MPs, aides and other party figures reflect on what went wrong and how they could still turn things around

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Despite a tumultuous and, at times, disappointing first year in office, Keir Starmer remains the best person for the job, streets ahead of any alternative leader who might theoretically replace him. But now he needs to rewire his relationship with the British people

The Chancellor warned there would be ‘costs to what happened’ as she faced questions about how she would cover the shortfall left by concessions.

PROTESTERS have staged a demonstration inside Reform UK’s headquarters, saying that Nigel Farage is “rolling out the red carpet” for the…

After an internal welfare bill rebellion and excluded Labour figures regrouping, the PM is forced to realise the left may have never gone away

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer promised competence. But a brutal week revealed he hasn’t delivered it, and his failure to lead with vision may be his undoing

From free school meals to the NHS, he believes his record of helping ordinary people is clear. But voters don’t quite view it that way, writes Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

COMMENT: There’s a lot the prime minister and his team could learn from their party’s own history. What’s preventing them is ego and self-denial, writes Anthony Seldon

From spending cuts to tax rises, we rank possible routes to plugging the gap caused by Labour’s welfare climbdown