Starmer’s First Year in Office

Starmer’s first year in office

The Labour government has now been in office for a year. Rarely have we witnessed a government that has seen the wheels come off so quickly and so…

A humiliating day for Keir Starmer in parliament

Helen Pidd talks to Kiran Stacey and a host of Labour MPs on a day of high drama in Westminster, as parliament votes on the government’s proposed disability cutsIt has been a month of U-turns for Keir Starmer’s Labour government … but none have been quite as dramatic as this.Helen Pidd heads to parliament on the day the Commons is due to vote on the government’s flagship welfare bill, amid a furious rebellion among Labour MPs on its proposed dis…

Keir Starmer left to sweat as Labour rebels apply heat over benefit cuts

Labour MPs line up to demand more changes to planned benefit cuts as rebels