Month: September 2024

After weeks of gloom, Keir Starmer promised hope – did his conference speech deliver? Our panel responds_P

Facing poor ratings, internal rows and media scrutiny, the PM sought to rally his troops and reassure the country Composite: Guardian Design; AFP/Getty Images Frances Ryan: The tactic was clear – sweeping optimism with a large dose of classic Starmer…

Keir Starmer will promise Brits ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ with immigration cut and benefits crackdown as he bids to reboot his struggling premiership in first big Labour conference speech TODAY.H

Keir Starmer will promise ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ today as he bids to reboot his stru ggling premiership in his big Labour conference speech. The PM is set to strike a more positive tone in his address to…

The Guardian view on Keir Starmer’s speech: serving working people, but what about others?

A crackdown on welfare and pensioner benefits signals that Labour will prioritise the interests of those in work over other sections of society ‘Keir Starmer did hit some high notes – and a few bum ones.’ Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images There was…

Keir Starmer heads to US for summit at UN as aides seek meetings with Harris and Trump.H

PM to give speech on international issues as team hopes to set up talks with both presidential candidates Keir Starmer heads to US for summit at UN as aides seek meetings with Harris and Trump PM to give speech on…

Starmer needs the public’s trust to be able to make the hard choices to come_P

Labour needs voters to believe politics can make their lives better not that politicians are all the same, hence why the donations row was so damaging Keir Starmer speaking at the party conference in Liverpool on 24 September. Labour risks…

Raise tuition fees to ease pressure on English universities, says Peter Mandelson! B

Labour peer says costs should rise in line with inflation but that universities would still have ‘tough choices’ Peter Mandelson also wants changes in the way that student loans are repaid. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images Peter Mandelson has said that tuition…

Labour in diplomatic spat with Trump ahead of Starmer’s US trip! B

Former US president’s team hits out at minister after she accuses Republican candidate of creating ‘vitriol’ A spokesman for Donald Trump dismissed the Labour minister at the centre of the row as a ‘random person’ Brandon Bell/Getty Images North America One…

Keir Starmer: Prepare for more pylons and prisons! B

Sir Keir Starmer kisses his wife, Victoria, after finishing his speech to the Labour conference in Liverpool  Eddie Mulholland for the Telegraph Sir Keir Starmer has said that putting up more electricity pylons in the countryside is one of the “unpopular” decisions he…

‘Leave immediately,’ Starmer tells Britons in Lebanon – as UK troops sent to Cyprus! B

Two British warships are already in the region and would be used if any evacuation operation is ordered. Royal Air Force planes and helicopters are also on standby. Lebanese soldiers at a building hit by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut….

Winter fuel: thousands more could lose benefit if it becomes means tested, data suggests! B

A further 175,000 pensioners are likely to stop receiving allowance under such plans, official figures show A winter fuel payment ad van, launched by the Conservative party to coincide with the Labour conference, near Albert Dock in Liverpool. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty…