The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Rachel Reeves, the new Chancellor, has pledged to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029 despite opposition from 'nimbys,' focusing on reforming planning systems and utilising brownfield and grey belt land.

LABOUR need to remember that the things they said in opposition haven't been forgotten now they're in power ...

Armed officers detained a man and seized a knife after attending Hart Street in Southport on Monday

Police confirm all three victims were girls and say five children and two adults remain in a critical condition.

Disturbing stabbings in Southport leave 8 injured, including children, at a community center event in northwest England.

One of Keir Starmer’s first acts as prime minister was to kill off the previous government’s flagship asylum policy. The Rwanda plan was doomed from the start, dogged by legal and political difficulties and culminating in a £320 million bill to the taxpayer with no planes actually taking off.

Sir Keir Starmer has taken on the hard-Left and seen off the Tory Right. But now the Prime Minister faces his biggest battle yet: a head-on collision with the undisputed heavyweight champions of British politics — the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Exclusive: Ipsos data shows both Labour and Tory parties lost a significant number of Black and Asian voters, who turned to Greens and Independents in unprecedented numbers

What voters want is a display of reliability and competence – but the current favourite for next leader has other ideas, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins