The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Gen Kitchen takes seat for party for first time since 2001 general election to temper fears after testing week

Blow for Rishi Sunak as former Lewisham mayor Damien Egan elected in South Gloucestershire seat

Conservatives expected to lose large majorities in Wellingborough and Kingswood despite difficult week for Keir Starmer

There is no disputing that this episode has been damaging. Hopefully it will prompt Keir Starmer into an overdue rethink, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Cash injection in Great British Energy should be increased to £30bn, thinktank says after Keir Starmer U-turn

Labour leader already under fire over handling of two candidates who made derogatory remarks about Israel

Editorial: A disparate anti-Tory voter coalition can carry the opposition to power, but governing will require a deeper galvanising purpose

Letters: Readers respond to the crisis engulfing the party over remarks made by parliamentary candidates in Rochdale and Hyndburn

The Ship of Theseus paradox is perhaps best demonstrated by the 2000s pop band, Sugababes (see: hit, after hit, after hit). The three original members, Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy each eventually left the group to be replaced in turn by a new singer, until none of the…