It’s risky but Labour needs to drastically remake its image ahead of the next election.
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Anyone wanting to work in the UK will soon need a digital ID card. How will it work?
After the unite the kingdom rally, the flag raising campaigns of recent weeks now look like astroturfing.
The Manchester mayor says MPs want him to stand. The trouble is, he himself is not an MP.
The Australian prime minister will meet with his British counterpart – and may off some advice on fending off an electoral challenge from the right.
The £150bn package could yield real benefits in public health, as well as other areas of technology.
Some substantive deals were struck and, most importantly, the president was flattered into playing nice.
US tech firms have promised billions of pounds of investment into the UK.
Both sides insisted they operate in great harmony, but notes of discord will be obvious to the outside world.
The prime minister has added new advisors and appointed Darren Jones as his chief secretary.
State visits are usually tightly controlled to give the maximum benefit to both countries. But the US president is notoriously unpredictable.
The UK has said it will recognise Palestine unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and humanitarian aid resumes. But this could set a dangerous legal precedent.
While Labour’s frontbench held the line for much of the past year, rank-and-file discontent has grown – and with it, the political risks.
Security comes at a price – but the government knows it can’t make ordinary households pay it.
Poor messaging and internal strife are undermining this government’s promise.
63% of respondents said Keir Starmer does not respect people like them.
On the first anniversary of the 2024 election, a Labour historian puts Keir Starmer’s government in context.
The new Labour government is pitching “change” to “working people” but it needs to update its idea of who these people are.
The weakened prime minister urgently needs to get out and talk to his MPs before any more embarrassing arguments blow up.
The government has been forced into another u-turn to see off a rebellion. But it really shouldn’t have come to this.
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