The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

PM’s principal private secretary, Nin Pandit, to leave after less than 10 months in top civil service role

The Prime Minister’s principal private secretary, Nin Pandit, is being replaced after just 10 months running the Prime Minister’s team in Number 10

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The proposal to grant a temporary permission to work to asylum seekers from countries where the overwhelming majority of applications for refugee status are normally granted deserves a cautious welcome – not least because it would enable 200 asylum hotels to be closed within a year,…

Lib Dem leader suggests US president and Keir Starmer are hoping to ‘close their eyes and wish this away’ rather than act on escalating humanitarian crisis in the Strip

At least 189 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 2023, the CPJ has said.

Editorial: There are signs of ministerial courage in making the case for closer ties to our neighbours, but the government could go further and faster

Letters: Richard Barnes says the lack of meaningful action by Keir Starmer and David Lammy makes them complicit in everything Israel does. Plus letters from Hilary Lang, Mike Cowley and Janet Dubé

Labour’s support for ‘dynamic alignment’ with Europe and a youth mobility scheme has gone unchallenged by Gove – and Farage

The Liberal Democrat leader announced on Wednesday that he would decline an invitation to the dinner.