The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Labour leader announces plan for publicly-owned power company to deliver ‘fairer, greener future’

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will be the guest speaker as the conference draws to a close on Wednesday

Labour's leader promised to "control immigration using a points-based system" in his party conference speech - continuing a system set up by the Tories after Brexit

Keir Starmer’s proposals closely match advice given by energy economists and won praise from unions and business

The Labour leader looks like he’s on a path to victory, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Party reports significant increase in business interest as Labour continues to perform well in polls

One thing was very clear from Keir Starmer’s conference speech in Liverpool: Conservative prime minister Liz Truss’s policy choices are helping the Labour leader define a clearer ideological position. A key dividing line, reiterated by Starmer throughout this speech, was the distributional impact of the abolition of the additional rate…

Starmer attacked the new Truss government, set out green policies and was unafraid to address Brexit, previously a no-go area

Keir Starmer says his opposition party is once again ‘the party of the centre ground’ and ready for power.

An opposition Labour lawmaker was suspended from the party on Tuesday after being accused of making racist comments about British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng, with a party spokesperson saying it would call on her to apologise.

They laid it on thick with the Union Flag backdrop, the 33 references to “Britain” and 17 to “British” in his 49-minute oration basking in the most faithful's applause