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The Prime Minister’s brother Nick died on Boxing Day in 2024 aged 60, having been ill with cancer.

The Prime Minister’s brother Nick died on Boxing Day in 2024 aged 60

Original welfare proposals had been part of a package expected to save up to £5 billion a year

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

NEWS ANALYSIS: As Sir Keir Starmer marks a year since his huge general election victory, he still has a lot to prove if he wants to continue being prime minister, writes David Maddox

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

ASK ME ANYTHING: Chief political commentator John Rentoul answers your questions on Labour’s deepening welfare crisis, the rise of a Corbyn-Sultana breakaway party, and what it all means for Keir Starmer’s grip on government