The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Commentary: Rishi Sunak’s decision to leave D-Day commemorations the most high-profile misstep

Instruction to spend more time in battleground areas causes friction with those concerned about voter backlash

Labour would restore economic growth, and crack down on the waste and fraud that ran rampant under the Tories, says the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves

Keir Starmer says Labour is no longer a 'party of protest' in retort to heckler

Exclusive: Members of a Tory members-only Facebook group were scathing about Rishi Sunak’s Sky News debate performance

In today’s newsletter: As confidence in politicians hits a record low, we look at how the public lost their faith in government

We’re at around the midway point of the 2024 election campaign and the two main party leaders have undergone a grilling by Sky News. This was not a head-to-head debate but two separate interviews with Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby, followed by questions from the public.

A party drilled to say ‘if’, not ‘when’ will suddenly have to change gears – and reconcile two vastly different modes of Starmerism, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Labour Party leader rules out any rise in income tax, for national insurance or VAT.