The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

The mood is hyper and buzzy. Starmer is warning his troops that the real enemy is complacency, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Labour leader’s key campaign message is low on content but chimes with public attitudes in recent polling

Financial indexes barely flickered as the election was announced, suggesting Starmer’s move to woo the City has been a success

Future of health service is among main concerns of voters ahead of general election on July 4

Labour’s pitch is basically ‘elect us, we’re not Tory’, but people will quickly demand real improvements, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

But the Good Morning Britain presenter believes the Labour leader will win a majority in the general election on July 4

Mr Sunak asked Welsh pub workers if they were looking forward to the Euros despite Wales not qualifying

Rishi Sunak said he would begin deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda in the days after the general election on July 4 if he’s still prime minister, setting out his core message for the six-week campaign to try to keep Keir Starmer’s poll-leading Labour Party from taking power.

Critics say British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is dutiful, managerial and a bit dull

Sir Keir Starmer has many strengths, but earthy dynamism is not one of them. In Aesop’s fables, he is the wily and purposeful tortoise, not the fun and speedy hare. His temperament will not change — politicians rarely do — but over the coming weeks there will be new tests…

Sunak announced general election which could signal an end to his Conservative Party’s 14 years of power in the UK.