All news on the topic: Keir Starmer

05 Sep 2025 805

Minister defends potential Government meeting with Israeli president in the UK

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.

Politics

05 Sep 2025 636

Met Police are investigating a phone found in the Commons chamber ahead of PMQs

An investigation has been initiated after a mobile phone discovered hidden in the House of Commons was reportedly believed to have been placed there to play sex noises during prime minister’s questions.

Politics

05 Sep 2025 725

Angela Rayner could be dismissed as early as today if she broke the ministerial code

Angela Rayner could be dismissed as early as today if Sir Keir Starmer’s ethics adviser determines that she violated the ministerial code by underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside flat.

Politics

05 Sep 2025 815

Police probe graffiti attack on Angela Rayner’s hove flat amid tax row

Police have launched an investigation after a property tax dispute resulted in Angela Rayner’s seaside home being vandalized.

Politics

04 Sep 2025 845

Conveyancing firm claims it provided no tax advice in Rayner flat purchase

The conveyancing firm that Angela Rayner used to complete her purchase of an £800,000 flat on the south coast said it did not offer her tax advice and completed her stamp duty return based only on information she provided.

Politics

04 Sep 2025 688

Labour MPs encourage Starmer to refrain from meeting with the Israeli president

The president of Israel will travel to London next week for a controversially timed trip amid outcry from Labour MPs who have urged Keir Starmer not to meet with the visiting delegation.

Politics

03 Sep 2025 649

Critics accuse Starmer of hypocrisy after defending Rayner in stamp duty row

The Prime Minister has supported Angela Rayner after she acknowledged an underpayment of stamp duty on a seaside flat, which led to Opposition calls for her resignation.

Finance

03 Sep 2025 681

Labour’s economic plan under scrutiny ahead of second budget

Rachel Reeves has announced the latest possible date for her second Budget in an effort to salvage Britain’s dire public finances.

Politics

03 Sep 2025 657

Angela Rayner admits underpaying tax on £800k flat

Angela Rayner has acknowledged for the first time that she had not paid enough stamp duty when she bought an £800,000 flat in Hove earlier this summer.

News

03 Sep 2025 684

Keir Starmer evaluates digital ID cards in response to small boats issue

Sir Keir Starmer is considering introducing digital ID cards in an attempt to crack down on small boat crossings, Downing Street has said.

Finance

02 Sep 2025 750

UK building safety regulator blamed for 1,200 empty homes two years after Grenfell reforms

Sky News can reveal that there are 1,210 completed homes which cannot be occupied due to delays caused by the government’s building safety regulator.

Finance

02 Sep 2025 746

Sterling slumps as investors lose confidence in UK’s fiscal plans

The value of the pound experienced its largest single-day drop in months as the cost of 30-year government borrowing reached its highest rate since 1998.

Politics

02 Sep 2025 743

Keir Starmer holds first Cabinet meeting since reshuffling as Labour confronts economic and migration challenges

Sir Keir Starmer will convene his Cabinet for its first meeting following a major overhaul of his Downing Street team, as he aims to refresh his Government after a challenging summer.

World

01 Sep 2025 802

‘This must stop now’: Elon Musk hits out at Labour’s housing for migrants plan

Elon Musk has mocked Sir Keir Starmer’s Britain following reports that new-build homes are being allocated for migrants in a village where many local residents find it challenging to enter the property market.

Politics

01 Sep 2025 636

Starmer: "Local people don’t want asylum hotels – neither do I"

Addressing the subject of migrant hotels, Sir Keir Starmer said he was questioned about his reaction if a hotel housing asylum seekers were to be established at the end of his street.

Politics

01 Sep 2025 1126

Court order blocks Angela Rayner from full transparency on tax affairs

Angela Rayner cannot be fully transparent about the tax arrangements on her second home because there is a court order preventing her from revealing the relevant information, Downing Street has said.

Politics

31 Aug 2025 688

Starmer government plans Palestinian recognition as Netanyahu hardens position

David Lammy will tell MPs on Monday that the UK still intends to recognise a Palestinian state in September, with Israel having shown no sign of meeting the government’s demands.

Finance

30 Aug 2025 767

Starmer’s new budget adviser backed wealth taxes on inheritance, land, and property

Sir Keir Starmer’s new budget adviser has previously advocated for more wealth taxes on inheritance, land, and property.

World

28 Aug 2025 579

Russian missile strike on Kyiv kills 19, including 3 children, damages British Council and EU delegation

Nineteen people - including three children - were killed in the strike by Moscow, President Zelensky confirmed on Thursday.

Finance

27 Aug 2025 721

Government pledges new EU deal to cut food export costs by 2027

UK companies spent up to £65m last year on licences to export food and agricultural products to the EU – costs that the government is promising to eliminate as part of a new deal to be agreed by 2027.

World

27 Aug 2025 867

Taliban vow to take back all Afghan refugees under Farage’s radical deportation plan

The Taliban have stated that they are ’ready and willing’ to take back Afghan refugees ’illegal or legal’ under Nigel Farage’s plans for mass deportations.

Politics

26 Aug 2025 897

Farage’s 600,000 deportation threat draws Starmer fury

Keir Starmer has responded to Nigel Farage after the Reform UK leader announced significant plans for mass deportations of migrants.

Politics

26 Aug 2025 642

Farage accuses Starmer of betraying Britain for ‘outdated treaties’

Nigel Farage launched a fierce critique of Sir Keir Starmer, accusing him of aligning with international courts against the British populace as he revealed his dramatic plans for mass deportations of illegal migrants.

News

26 Aug 2025 777

UK detains over 100 asylum seekers for deportation to France amid Channel Crisis

More than 100 asylum seekers have been detained for deportation to France, as the Prime Minister seeks to address migration issues, according to The Times.

Finance

23 Aug 2025 976

Rachel Reeves considers ‘stealth tax raid’ to fill £50bn gap in UK finances

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is arranging a ’stealth tax raid’ on workers in the upcoming budget as she aims to address a £50 billion shortfall in public finances, according to a report.