The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

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

Three trade deals, five U-turns, 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence, eight ministerial resignations, 49 welfare rebels, record small boat crossings – the statistics behind Keir Starmer’s first year as prime minister explored by Alicja Hagopian and David Maddox

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

US President Donald Trump said he plans to start sending letters informing trading partners of their tariff rates.

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

WESTMINSTER has blocked Stephen Flynn’s Waspi compensation bill from being given a second reading.

The left has been discussing this for months, but tactical differences will need to be overcome, as will the threat of Reform, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Nothing says you’ve lifted the mood of the nation like having to haul your chancellor to a photocall at a ‘wellbeing centre’, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

In a post on social media, independent MP Jeremy Corbyn said: ‘Real change is coming.’