Keir Starmer faces £4.25bn fiscal hit after benefits reversals
Sir Keir Starmer has blown a £4.25bn hole in his budget after retreating on cuts to disability benefits and pensioner…
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Starmer apologises for ‘island of strangers’ remark
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.…
How Starmer averted ‘civil war’ with Labour MPs after diluting welfare cuts
Sir Keir Starmer hopes he has averted the biggest rebellion of his premiership by agreeing to dilute his controversial welfare…
‘Starmer caves in’ and Wintour not ‘in Vogue’
BBC Both The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail run with “Starmer caves in” as the headline on their lead…
UK’s Keir Starmer Eases Welfare Cuts in Blow to Budget, and His Authority
Keir Starmer agreed to pare back a divisive £5 billion ($6.9 billion) cut to welfare to quiet a rebellion by…
Can Keir Starmer stop a Labour rebellion?
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Julian Harris: Starmer Faces Business Chiefs as Tax Rise Bites
The British Chambers of Commerce told us a few weeks ago that a “senior cabinet minister” would be addressing its…
Starmer changes tone in bid to win back Labour MPs
On Wednesday, Sir Keir Starmer insisted that he would plough on with the government’s proposed welfare reforms. For Labour MPs,…
A defeat Keir Starmer cannot afford
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.…
Starmer ‘in denial’ and ‘from Russia with shove’
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is “in denial” about the scale of Labour MPs’ welfare rebellion writes the Guardian. Some…