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By our own metrics, the government is not thriving. Waiting times at emergency ( A&E) wards may be falling, but at a glacial pace. The number of migrants crossing in small boats has risen by 38% over the past year. Housebuilding is moribund and crime incidents, although relatively low, have increased by 10%.

Sir Keir Starmer is coming under mounting pressure from within his own Cabinet to scrap the two-child benefit cap, despite Treasury warnings over a lack of funding to ditch the policy.

At the end of a three day state visit, the French President and Sir Keir Starmer have announced details of what has been described as a "groundbreaking" plan to deter migrants from crossing the Channel.

Fears are mounting of a £8 billion stealth income tax as pressure builds on Starmer to commit another budget U-turn

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has addressed why he didn’t publicly back Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the Commons on Wednesday.

Sir Keir Starmer has given his full support to Chancellor Rachel Reeves after she was seen crying during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday. Ms Reeves’s visibly tearful appearance in the Commons came amid speculation that her job was at risk after the Government’s U-turn on welfare cuts put an almost £5 billion hole in her spending plans.

Victims of the Post Office scandal spoke out on television earlier today, with a message for the Prime Minister

Sir Keir Starmer was forced to abandon a key plank of his welfare reform agenda to get the legislation through its first Commons test.

Kneecap lead Glastonbury crowd in chants against Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer - In the run-up to the festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, several politicians called for Kneecap to be removed from the line-up.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer answers questions during a press conference on Aug. 1, 2024. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer answers questions during a press conference on Aug. 1, 2024. Henry Nicholls—AFP/ Contributor It was a moment that will remain etched in British minds.