The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

British Horseracing Authority says it has been preparing for a change of government for many months

Childcare features prominently in both major parties’ plans for work and personal finance. Keir Starmer wants to make early-years provision as universal as possible while the Conservatives claim they’re already transforming childcare and increasing funding to both boost children’s development and get mothers back to work.

Conservative attacks on Labour’s approach to the economy appear to have failed with Sir Keir Starmer’s party leading the Tories by 13 points in the key electoral battleground of the economy.

Artwork holding dummies of migrants interpreted by some as commentary on continuing loss of life in Channel

PM says he ‘loves this party dearly’ and would always put himself at the service of it’

Reset with Europe is priority for man who is on course to be foreign secretary, amid two wars and crisis in France

As polling day fast approaches, each party has ramped up its General Election campaigning with increasingly bitter attacks on their rivals

SNP fears resurgent Labour, while Starmer seeks credibility and Lib Dems eye status of third biggest party in Commons

‘People will be asking is it worth the pain?’ if asked to give UK a gift, says European diplomat