Keir Starmer

Conservative party accuses Labour leader of wanting to turn back clock on Brexit

British opposition leader says he would seek closer trading relationship with EU but rules out rejoining

Prof John Curtice says Labour is on course to govern even if it fails to get a majority because nobody will work with the Conservative party

Newspaper alleges that Beijing engaged British parliamentary researcher to spy on Westminster politician

Prime minister’s questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday seemed like a starting gun for election season

Janan Ganesh: Britain has turned against radical politics faster than other rich nations because it has lost more from it

Summer recess at Westminster ended with a bang on Monday amid crisis over crumbling concrete in schools

‘I want to see change in our society. I’m not disappearing … I’m more active than I have ever been at any other time in my life’

Battle for Rutherglen and Hamilton, on the southern edge of Glasgow, will reveal much about Labour’s prospects for a Scottish revival that may hand Keir Starmer the keys to Number 10 Downing Street

UN climate leaders write to British prime minister about ‘lackadaisical’ attitude to global warming

Tories support down to 25%, their poorest showing since the disastrous premiership of Liz Truss

Worldview: As many as one in three of those who voted leave in 2016 accept the economic consensus that Britain’s economy is weaker as a result of Brexit

Britain tends to only give the party a clear win when the country is feeling robust. It isn’t

Cabinet office finds Labour’s recently appointed chief of staff should have declared her initial contact with the party

London Letter: Boris Johnson tried to arrange a knighthood for his father while some of his closest political allies were rejected for membership of the House of Lords

As SNP support falls, backing for independence hovers at 50% but Humza Yousaf has no clear strategy to secure it

A time will come when politicians can tell voters that Brexit was a turkey of an idea. Now is not the time

Sunak initiates inquiry over claims home secretary asked civil servants to help avoid penalty points

Labour leader may have to work hard to suitably accommodate deputy in government after next election

Tory insiders say they expected ‘tough night for party’ but will still be concerned with losses in north, south and Midlands

The election results will give an indication of voter sentiment but may not lay down a hard marker

Results will be seen as key progress markers for British prime minister and Labour leader

British prime minister under investigation by standards watchdog

Opposition party’s aggressive tactics meant to demonstrate capacity and determination for the next electoral fight

New SNP leader first must win as many seats as possible, whatever about winning independence

Few vested interests were able to pick the “padlocked pockets” of Britain’s cautious chancellor, Jeremy Hunt

British PM defends his proposals to permanently ban asylum seekers who arrive in UK on unauthorised small boats

Plans for the Bill were outlined by Home Secretary Suella Braverman in the House of Commons on Tuesday

British PM under pressure from Boris Johnson and hardline Tory Eurosceptics over expected agreement

Former PM is reportedly concerned deal would see UK ditch legislation allowing it to unilaterally rip up some Brexit arrangements

Scotland’s first minister is to step down as soon as a successor is chosen

Dominant force of Scottish politics stuns UK by announcing her departure as first minister and leader of SNP

Analysis: The shock of the SNP leader’s resignation has reverberated from Edinburgh to London and back. Nobody expected it

Three years on, British backing idea leaving EU was an error and they were never destined for sunlit uplands

London Letter: Rishi Sunak will feel heat of opponent’s breath in Commons chamber as every self-inflicted Tory wound helps Starmer and Labour

Davos 2023: Taoiseach said protocol talks at a ‘sensitive point’

An EU-UK protocol deal is inevitable. Donaldson’s best option is to try to sell any changes as a DUP victory

Proposed legislation is opposed by all Stormont’s main parties and the Irish government

Keir Starmer every bit as keen as the Conservative leadership to ignore damage of hard Brexit to UK economy

Martin Wolf: Conservatives have been in power since May 2010 in the UK and their record is dreadful