All news on the topic: Douglas Alexander

Keir Starmer’s team saw him as the ideal candidate for British Prime Minister when he took office in July 2024. But while winning an election is one thing, governing the country has proven to require a very different skill set.

Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander has defended Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to appoint Lord Mandelson, amid growing backlash over the former ambassador’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

A trade deal on Scotch whisky is "very high" on the list of agreements the UK Government is aiming to negotiate with the US, the Scottish Secretary has said.

A minister has defended the possibility of UK Government figures meeting Israeli president Isaac Herzog during his visit to Britain next week, amid criticism from within the Labour Party.

Keir Starmer spoke with both leaders this evening, expressing his ’unwavering’ support for Ukraine following Donald Trump’s extraordinary diatribe against Volodymyr Zelensky.

Keir Starmer made some eye-catching new appointments, including a human rights barrister and a rehabilitation campaigner

Labour veteran Douglas Alexander - who served in both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's Governments - announced he was standing in the Scottish constituency of East Lothian at the next general election