The Starmer project is going up in smoke – but if the left cannot swiftly build a viable alternative, the country faces the grim reality of a hard-right takeover, says ANDREW MURRAY

PM told to go after disastrous election results

Meanwhile, far-right Reform UK projected to gain around 1,550 representatives

Can the unity built between the Camden People’s Alliance and the Green Party make an electoral breakthrough on the PM’s home territory this week? ANDREW MURRAY talks to some of those involved

PM’s troubles far from over after Sir Lindsay Hoyle endorses motion from John McDonnell

From HMP Bronzefield, Palestine Action activist AMU GIB talks to Andrew Murray about why they are standing in local elections in north London, and the need to amplify voices that are often unheard

Starmer facing Labour rebellion as back-bench MPs come out against plan to block probe into his handling of Mandelson

The party’s internal enforcer built his sinister influence in the shadows – but nemesis now appears to be at hand, says ANDREW MURRAY

Food crisis looming as Iran war hits supply chain

Polls show Labour facing meltdown in May elections for devolved parliaments and local authorities

Socialists cannot back warfare over welfare, MPs and peace campaigners warn after former Nato boss demands government cuts social spending to finance weapons

The government has few aces up its sleeve when it comes to managing popular anger, argues ANDREW MURRAY

A recent Financial Times column on the Iran war exemplifies how the Western elite worldview is more concerned with strategy and power than legality or human life, writes ANDREW MURRAY

Green Party leader Polanski slams Chancellor Reeves' ‘unbelievably weak response’ to the ‘enormous bill hikes facing households’

‘Major reset’ needed as Unite leader says move to ditch Starmer looks inevitable

ANDREW MURRAY reviews a ruling class divided on how to adapt to Trump’s new world disorder — and the basis for united opposition to it

As the Stop the War Coalition holds its annual conference, ANDREW MURRAY warns that Britain’s alignment with US foreign policy is fuelling global instability and diverting billions from welfare, wages and public services

Government urged to nationalise Britain's energy as a tool to bring down bills

Corbyn tables Commons Bill requiring Parliament's approval before allowing foreign militaries to use British bases

By-election poll puts Starmer's future on a knife-edge

Far-right party pledges to repeal employment rights and new protections for renters

ANDREW MURRAY says switching the prime minister on and off again is no substitute for new political approach we need

Anti-war campaigners say the Health Secretary's private admission to Peter Mandelson only makes him more guilty of complicity in Israel’s crimes

For decades, from Kinnock to Starmer, the party tolerated, enabled and repeatedly restored a man who embodied its contempt for socialism, its intimacy with oligarchs, and its willingness to trade principle for power – until the rot could no longer be concealed, writes ANDREW MURRAY

In reopening relations with China, the PM showed an uncharacteristic grasp of power, proportion and Britain’s diminished place in the world – a lesson many in Westminster still refuse to learn, says ANDREW MURRAY

Transatlantic row over Trump's attempt to grab Greenland intensifies

ANDREW MURRAY offers some troubling thoughts on pressing political issues

The hard-right politician becomes Farage's latest recruit