The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Chancellor attempts to draw election battle lines, suggesting he wants to reduce national insurance and Labour intends to raise tax

Unite launches bid to persuade Keir Starmer to invest more in north-east Scotland

A damning report has shown that the UK has dropped out of the top 10 countries for good governance under Rishi Sunak’s leadership

The Labour leader launched his general election campaign today with a 48-hour blitz of Conservative-held battleground seats

Editorial: The opposition leader knows that he is being measured for the highest office in the land

Former civil servant who investigated Partygate says power-sharing executive was prone to ‘silo working’ and leaks

Natalie Elphicke is the third Conservative MP to defect to Labour since the last election – but the first Tory rightwinger. She had enthusiastically backed Brexit, and was a member of the eurosceptic European Research Group of Conservative MPs. She has attacked Labour’s “softness on immigration” and harshly criticised trade…

Endorsements came from business, policing and the heart of the establishment – the only question is how to avoid complacency

Letters: Readers remain unconvinced about how the rightwing MP can help the party’s ‘national renewal’

Commitments range from cutting NHS waiting times to delivering economic stability – and are united by a lack of detail

Theresa May joked that Boris Johnson’s memoirs would be about ‘current affairs’ and said Liz Truss’s new book should be labelled ‘sci-fi or fantasy’