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Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East, Karl Turner, speaks to protesters outside the Port of Hull, East Yorkshire, March 18, 2022
Labour Party / 31 March 2026
31 March 2026
STARK REALITIES: Crips Against Cuts Portsmouth protest, in April 2025, as benefits applications are bureaucratic and often unfairly denied / Pic: Tim Sheerman-Chase/CC
Features / 27 March 2026
27 March 2026

DYLAN MURPHY looks at how Labour is breaking its pledge to protect the disabled and vulnerable

Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) and the British ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador's residence in Washington, DC., February 26, 2025
Editorial / 26 March 2026
26 March 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, March 18, 2026
Politics / 19 March 2026
19 March 2026

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

Angela Rayner answers questions during the Night Time Economy Summit in Liverpool, February 12, 2026
Editorial / 19 March 2026
19 March 2026
Angela Rayner speaking during the Night Time Economy Summit in Liverpool, February 12, 2026
Politics / 18 March 2026
18 March 2026
Job & Talent agency bin workers during a picket line and rally, organised by Unite the Union, outside Job & Talent's Smithfield Depot in Birmingham, December 1, 2025
Editorial / 17 March 2026
17 March 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during a press conference to give an update on the latest situation in the Middle East, in the Downing Street Briefing Room in London, March 5, 2026
Politics / 9 March 2026
9 March 2026
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves with Second Permanent Secretary of the Treasury Jim O'Neil (left), and Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander as she hosts a roundtable with gas and oil bosses at 11 Downing Street, central London, March 4, 2026
Editorial / 5 March 2026
5 March 2026
Labour Together / 1 March 2026
1 March 2026
A general view of Gorton, Greater Manchester
Britain / 25 February 2026
25 February 2026

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

Labour Party / 23 February 2026
23 February 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (left) after delivering his keynote speech during the Scottish Labour Party conference at the Scottish Exhibition Centre (SEC) in Glasgow, February 23, 2025
Labour Party / 17 February 2026
17 February 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a visit to a community centre in Hertfordshire, February 10, 2026
Eyes Left / 18 February 2026
18 February 2026

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

Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool, September 30, 2025
Editorial / 16 February 2026
16 February 2026
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy at BBC Broadcasting House in London, after her appearance on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, January 18, 2026
Politics / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026
THE GREAT PRETENDER: Labour leadership contender Keir Starmer speaks on post-Brexit challenges at Westminster Cathedral Hall in London in Janruary 2020
Labour Party / 11 February 2026
11 February 2026

Paul Holden’s book, The Fraud, exposes a hidden war inside Labour, where claims of anti-semitism, amplified by media power and factional networks, were used to break Corbynism and recast the party. JOHN ELLISON revisits the scandals, investigations and suppressed evidence from that era

Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson, September 7, 2001
Labour Party / 11 February 2026
11 February 2026

The Mandelson scandal reveals a political settlement in which democratic choice is curtailed and the power of markets eclipses the will of voters – only the left can challenge this, writes JON TRICKETT MP

Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a visit to Horntye Park Sports Complex in St Leonard's on Sea near Hastings, East Sussex, February 5, 2026
Labour Party / 6 February 2026
6 February 2026
Then UK Ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, speaking during a ceremony at the National Gallery, central London, June 18, 2025
Features / 7 February 2026
7 February 2026

The latest revelations about the ‘Prince of Darkness’ expose a web of political patronage, media collusion and unaccountable power. To restore public trust and safeguard democracy, Leveson 2 is urgently needed to hold the powerful to account, says KIM JOHNSON MP

Then Prime Minister Tony Blair (left) with then Hartlepool MP and former Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson meeting pupils at the City Learning at Dyke House School in Hartlepool, September 7, 2001
Features / 7 February 2026
7 February 2026

Labour’s collapse in public support and the stench of sleaze around its leadership share a common origin in the New Labour project. Without a decisive rejection of this harmful ideology, the road is clear for a Farage-led government, warns DIANE ABBOTT

Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during a visit to Horntye Park Sports Complex in St Leonard's on Sea near Hastings, East Sussex, February 5, 2026
Politics / 5 February 2026
5 February 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool, September 30, 2025
Editorial / 29 January 2026
29 January 2026
GB News presenter Matthew Goodwin speaking at the Reform UK annual conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, September 5, 2025
Britain / 28 January 2026
28 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, during a meeting with English regional mayors, at No 10 Downing Street in Westminster, central London,  July 9, 2024
Labour Party / 23 January 2026
23 January 2026

Unions and MPs warn Starmer against blocking Burnham’s potential return to Westminster

Green Party leader Zack Polanski (left) attends a stunt taking aim at Rachel Reeves' wealth tax, at Parliament Square in London, November 25, 2025
Green Party / 23 January 2026
23 January 2026
Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaigners stage a protest on College Green in Westminster, London, October 30, 2024
Waspi Campaign / 22 January 2026
22 January 2026
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham during a visit to IBM in Manchester, to announce a milestone for technical education across the city region, January 8, 2026
Labour Party / 22 January 2026
22 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media in the briefing room of 9 Downing Street in central London, January 19, 2026
Gaza / 21 January 2026
21 January 2026
A ballot box is emptied during the count for the Blackpool South by-election at Blackpool Sports Centre, Blackpool, May 2, 2024
Politics / 15 January 2026
15 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a press conference at Elysee Palace in Paris, January 6, 2026
Editorial / 14 January 2026
14 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, January 7, 2026
Britain / 13 January 2026
13 January 2026
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper (2nd right) and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) listen to Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, January 6, 2026
Britain / 6 January 2026
6 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump during a press conference at Chequers, near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, September 18, 2025
Eyes Left / 7 January 2026
7 January 2026

The US assault on Venezuela is brazen and unlawful – yet our PM claims uncertainty. By refusing to confront Trump’s naked imperialism, Starmer abandons international law, mortgages British policy to Washington, and clears the ground for war, argues ANDREW MURRAY

British Prime Minister Tony Blair makes a statement, watched by American President George Bush, July 7, 2005
Editorial / 6 January 2026
6 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer (centre left) speaking during a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, January 6, 2026
Politics / 6 January 2026
6 January 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool, September 30, 2025
Britain / 4 January 2026
4 January 2026
Supporters display a poster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country
Opinion / 5 January 2026
5 January 2026

SALLY LEWIS asks why Maduro’s legitimacy in Venezuela is contested, while Keir Starmer’s is not despite his mandate resting on a far smaller share of the vote

Ian Murray arrives in Downing Street, London, for a Cabinet meeting, May 20, 2025
Scotland / 15 December 2025
15 December 2025