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DAN HODGES: Why Labour bigwigs already wonder if this will be Starmer's first - and only Christmas - in Downing Street
3 days, 14 hours ago

DAN HODGES: Why Labour bigwigs already wonder if this will be Starmer's first - and only Christmas - in Downing Street

Daily Mail  

Labour MPs have begun to think the unthinkable. Last week, precipitated primarily by the outcry over Sir Keir Starmer’s perceived betrayal of the Waspi women, something shifted within the Government and the Labour Party. But discussions are now being held among Labour MPs – including Cabinet ministers – about the potential need to remove Starmer if his personal performance, the …

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Keir Starmer's government 'will give councils more powers to seize land and pay owners less' in 'bulldozer blitz' bid to build 1.5m new homes
5 days, 6 hours ago

Keir Starmer's government 'will give councils more powers to seize land and pay owners less' in 'bulldozer blitz' bid to build 1.5m new homes

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer's government is set to give local authorities more powers to seize land and pay the owners less in a so-called 'bulldozer blitz' to build 1.5million new homes. The Times reports that local authorities will be given the power to take control of brownfield land without handing over 'excessive' amounts of money in a bid to grow Britain's housing …

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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Corruption claim tests Keir Starmer's judgment
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5 days, 6 hours ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Corruption claim tests Keir Starmer's judgment

Daily Mail  

A key role of the City Minister is to fight corruption in Britain’s financial sector. Tulip Siddiq is being probed over a claim she and her family siphoned off £4 billion intended for a Kremlin-funded nuclear power plant in her native Bangladesh. Labour would shriek for resignations, the BBC would frenziedly live blog, and Emily Maitlis and the Lefty commentariat …

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Keir Starmer's refusal to compensate 3.8m Waspi women will affect more than 100,000 of his Cabinet's constituents, damning figures reveal
5 days, 9 hours ago

Keir Starmer's refusal to compensate 3.8m Waspi women will affect more than 100,000 of his Cabinet's constituents, damning figures reveal

Daily Mail  

Sir Keir Starmer’s refusal to compensate women hit by increases in the state pension age will affect more than 100,000 of his Cabinet’s constituents, new figures show. A handout photograph, released by the UK Parliament, shows Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during Prime Minister's Questions session in the House of Commons in central London, on December 18, 2024 Waspi …

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Parliament's standards commissioner is urged to probe Keir Starmer's corruption minister Tulip Siddiq - over claims she and her family took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant
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5 days, 10 hours ago

Parliament's standards commissioner is urged to probe Keir Starmer's corruption minister Tulip Siddiq - over claims she and her family took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant

Daily Mail  

Parliament's standards commissioner was last night urged to probe Tulip Siddiq after the Treasury minister was named in an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh. ‘Without proper clarification and transparency from Ms Siddiq, I feel that she risks bringing her position, and the wider House, into significant disrepute.’ Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission has launched the probe into Ms Siddiq over the alleged embezzlement …

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Ex-partner of Hollywood actor Jason Hoganson who was back behind bars 48 hours after being freed under Keir Starmer's early release scheme dies on day he was due to stand trial for assaulting her
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5 days, 23 hours ago

Ex-partner of Hollywood actor Jason Hoganson who was back behind bars 48 hours after being freed under Keir Starmer's early release scheme dies on day he was due to stand trial for assaulting her

Daily Mail  

The former partner of a Hollywood actor has died on the day he was due to stand trial for assaulting her. Hoganson, of no fixed abode but from Newcastle, denied two counts of breaching a restraining order and one of assault by beating and he was remanded in custody until his trial on October 30. Jason Hoganson was jailed in …

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Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff 'was sent on a secret mission to the US charm Donald Trump'
6 days, 5 hours ago

Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff 'was sent on a secret mission to the US charm Donald Trump'

Daily Mail  

Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff was allegedly sent on a secret mission to the US to charm Donald Trump, a No10 insider has revealed. Joining Mr McSweeney on the US trip was Jonathan Powell, the former chief of staff to Sir Tony Blair, who last month was made Sir Keir's national security adviser. In a readout of Sir Keir …

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DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Keir Starmer's duplicity is wearing very thin
6 days, 6 hours ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Keir Starmer's duplicity is wearing very thin

Daily Mail  

It's often said you can tell when a politician is lying because his or her lips move. Keir Starmer is facing furious backlash after his government announced it would not pay a penny to the ‘WASPI women’. Pictured: Keir Starmer posing with WASPI women campaigners in 2018 WASPI campaigners stage a protest on College Green in Westminster, London, as Chancellor …

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Labour left in mutiny over Keir Starmer's betrayal of 3.8m Waspi women - after government blocked £10.5bn of compensation
6 days, 8 hours ago

Labour left in mutiny over Keir Starmer's betrayal of 3.8m Waspi women - after government blocked £10.5bn of compensation

Daily Mail  

Labour was in mutiny last night over Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘betrayal’ of women born in the 1950s hit by state pension age changes. And he asked: ‘Will the Prime Minister give members the opportunity to vote on whether they believe Waspi women are owed compensation?’ Sir Keir replied: ‘The simple fact of the matter is, in the current economic circumstances, …

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Keir Starmer's corruption minister and her family are probed over claims they took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant
6 days, 9 hours ago

Keir Starmer's corruption minister and her family are probed over claims they took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant

Daily Mail  

A Labour minister is being investigated over claims she and members of her family took bribes of up to £4 billion. City minister Tulip Siddiq – who is responsible for stamping out corruption in Britain’s financial sector – is being investigated for the alleged embezzlement linked to a nuclear power plant deal in her native Bangladesh. The senior Labour minister …

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Starmer’s U-turns will come back to haunt him
6 days, 10 hours ago

Starmer’s U-turns will come back to haunt him

The Independent  

Sir Keir Starmer cannot have much enjoyed his last session of Prime Minister’s Questions for the year. The leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, did her job and embarrassed Sir Keir with a timely reminder of the misery being inflicted on older people by the cuts to the winter fuel allowance. It was the case with the hikes in employers’ …

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All of Starmer’s ‘betrayals’ and U-turns as Labour faces Waspi women backlash
6 days, 16 hours ago

All of Starmer’s ‘betrayals’ and U-turns as Labour faces Waspi women backlash

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. scrap punitive sanctions, two-child limit and benefits cap.” But before the election, Sir Keir said …

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The Waspi women scandal shows Keir Starmer is surrounded by advisers who are a bit too male and stale ?
6 days, 20 hours ago

The Waspi women scandal shows Keir Starmer is surrounded by advisers who are a bit too male and stale ?

The Independent  

What is Keir Starmer’s problem? She was ostensibly praising Starmer when she described him as being “like a civil servant”, telling the BBC: “I’ve described him before as like a civil servant in the way that he does it, because he has a duty and he feels that public service duty to deliver for the people.” Awkwardly for Rayner, the …

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Why has Starmer’s Brexit reset with the EU stumbled?
1 week ago

Why has Starmer’s Brexit reset with the EU stumbled?

The Independent  

Not for the first time, this government finds itself stumbling into the gap between its pre-election rhetoric and post-election realities. Specifically, it’s no secret that their key demands are: more access to UK fisheries; a “youth experience scheme” that allows young people aged 18 to 30 to work, travel and study anywhere in the UK and 27 member states for …

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EU sues UK over post-Brexit freedom of movement failures in blow to Starmer’s reset
1 week, 1 day ago

EU sues UK over post-Brexit freedom of movement failures in blow to Starmer’s reset

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a blow to Sir Keir Starmer’s efforts to reset relations with the bloc, the …

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Keir Starmer is behaving like a civil servant, not a prime minister, and it’s a disaster
1 week, 3 days ago

Keir Starmer is behaving like a civil servant, not a prime minister, and it’s a disaster

The Independent  

What is Keir Starmer’s problem? She was ostensibly praising Starmer when she described him as being “like a civil servant”, telling the BBC: “I’ve described him before as like a civil servant in the way that he does it, because he has a duty and he feels that public service duty to deliver for the people.” Awkwardly for Rayner, the …

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Starmer faces wave of strikes as union discontent spreads over pay rise caps
1 week, 6 days ago

Starmer faces wave of strikes as union discontent spreads over pay rise caps

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack, a former Trades Union Congress president, has …

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Starmer’s historic trip to Cyprus turns into a diplomatic storm as he lands on divided island
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Starmer’s historic trip to Cyprus turns into a diplomatic storm as he lands on divided island

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Keir Starmer has landed in Cyprus in the midst of a …

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Starmer’s ‘historic’ trip to Cyprus overshadowed by fears for UK bases and Turkish Cypriot snub
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Starmer’s ‘historic’ trip to Cyprus overshadowed by fears for UK bases and Turkish Cypriot snub

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The trip by Sir Keir on his way back from a brief tour of Arab …

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After a lifetime in construction I know Starmer’s promise of 1.5 million homes is impossible
2 weeks, 3 days ago

After a lifetime in construction I know Starmer’s promise of 1.5 million homes is impossible

The Independent  

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Why Keir Starmer’s stinging criticism of the civil service will backfire
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Why Keir Starmer’s stinging criticism of the civil service will backfire

The Independent  

Can Chris Wormald, the new cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, achieve the task Keir Starmer has set him: “Nothing less than the complete re-wiring of the British state to deliver bold and ambitious long-term reform?” It won’t be easy – and Starmer has unwittingly made Wormald’s task harder. Referring to Starmer’s “tepid bath” remarks, Dave Penman, general …

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Where was Starmer’s ‘milestone’ target to reduce violence against women and girls?
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Where was Starmer’s ‘milestone’ target to reduce violence against women and girls?

The Independent  

It is deeply disappointing that the prime minister, or indeed any of his ministers, failed to include in the “plan for change” any interim “milestone” target to reduce violence against women and girls. Abigail Ampofo, the interim CEO of Refuge, The Independent’s partner charity for the Brick by Brick project, pleads for a rethink: “Refuge welcomed the government’s pledge to …

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Keir Starmer’s first five months in numbers: From record tax rises to sinking ratings
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Keir Starmer’s first five months in numbers: From record tax rises to sinking ratings

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Today marks five months since Sir Keir Starmer became Prime Minister, …

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The six ‘milestones’ set out in Starmer’s ‘plan for change’
2 weeks, 5 days ago

The six ‘milestones’ set out in Starmer’s ‘plan for change’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer has set out six “milestones” to measure …

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