Keir Starmer faces call to axe Labour candidate for Hartlepool by-election over tweet

Keir Starmer faces call to axe Labour candidate for Hartlepool by-election who was forced to apologise for ‘inappropriate’ tweet made in 2011 about ‘a favourite Tory MILF’ Paul Williams, 48, was selected as party’s candidate for Hartlepool by-election But his recently resurfaced social media posts were met with fierce disapproval Labour peer Baroness Shami Chakrabarti … Read more

Keir Starmer’s approval rating slides into negative territory

Sir Keir Starmer’s approval rating slides into negative territory for the first time since he became Labour leader as Boris Johnson enjoys vaccine boost with nine in 10 voters saying the Government has done a good job on rollout Keir Starmer’s leader satisfaction score fell into negative territory for first time  Some 33 per cent … Read more

DAN HODGES: Keir Starmer showed why he’s floundering in all the polls 

He didn’t display the same emotional range and his tone was slightly less sombre. But there was something familiar about last Monday’s response from Sir Keir Starmer to the crisis enveloping the Royal Family. ‘The issues that Meghan has raised on race and mental health are really serious,’ the Labour leader said, ‘and it’s a reminder … Read more

Keir Starmer battles to get Labour leadership back on track with assault on 1% NHS pay plan

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer  will turn all his firepower on the Government over its controversial 1 per cent pay rise offer for nurses today as he bids to get his leadership back on track.   The Labour leader is to launch the party’s campaign for May’s local and mayoral elections by demanding key workers are … Read more

Keir Starmer calls for school breakfast clubs for all pupils

Keir Starmer says children should be given BREAKFAST at school as part of post-Covid catch-up plan as he mounts fightback after grim polls Keir Starmer is calling for introduction of catch-up breakfast clubs before school Labour analysis suggests children lost average of 109 face-to-face school days  Labour said giving ‘every child a healthy breakfast’ would … Read more

Sir Keir Starmer’s approval rating sinks to a new low

Sir Keir Starmer’s approval rating sinks to a new low as he faces Labour split over opposition to corporation tax hike as shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds says ‘now is not the time for tax rises’ but hints the party COULD back business raid in the future Keir Starmer’s approval rating has fallen to its lowest … Read more

Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership crisis deepens as personal rating plummets below Boris Johnson’s

Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership crisis deepens as his personal rating plummets below Boris Johnson’s as the PM enjoys a ‘vaccine bounce’ in the polls as he lays out his lockdown roadmap Starmer’s approval rating with the public now sits at 0, with Boris on 3 per cent PM’s rating has increased from minus territory since … Read more

Keir Starmer tells Boris Johnson ‘this has to be the last lockdown’

Sir Keir Starmer warns Boris Johnson ‘this has to be the last lockdown’ as the PM insists Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance both back his move to reopen all schools across England on March 8 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer told Boris Johnson ‘this has to be last lockdown’  He said the PM must … Read more

Keir Starmer warns Boris Johnson ‘this has to be the last lockdown’

Sir Keir Starmer warns Boris Johnson ‘this has to be the last lockdown’ as the PM insists Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance back his move to reopen all schools across England on March 8 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer told Boris Johnson ‘this has to be last lockdown’  He said the PM must ‘face … Read more

‘The Labour movement is very patriotic’: Keir Starmer ‘very comfortable’ showing hiss patriotism

Sir Keir Starmer insisted he is ‘very comfortable’ with displaying his patriotism today as he warned that ‘competence’ alone would not help Labour shrug off the spectre of Corbynism and win a general election.     The Labour leader said he is on a ‘four-year journey’ to turn around the ‘worst loss since 1935’ as he faced questions … Read more