Category: Politics
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Labour has laid out its plan for saving NHS dentistry – now it must deliver
Keir Starmer’s announcement of a sweeping new plan for addressing the NHS dentistry crisis was welcome news to those of us who have long been… Read More
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SNP MP Lisa Cameron defects to the Conservatives, citing ‘toxic and bullying’ culture
Lisa Cameron, the MP for East Kilbride, has defected to the Conservative party after she accused the SNP of a “toxic and bullying” culture. She… Read More
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After Keir Starmer’s conference speech, the time for Rishi Sunak to get bold on housing is now
In his speech to Labour party conference yesterday, Keir Starmer laid out his pitch to be prime minister. He placed the housing crisis front and… Read More
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The Conservative Party’s ‘Sir Keir’ caricature seems more and more politically misguided
With a week’s hindsight, and especially in light of Labour’s conference ending today, the Conservative Party’s conference in Manchester seemed a pretty unsettled affair. Factions… Read More
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Keir Starmer: ‘Three stages’ of leadership culminated in my conference speech
Sir Keir Starmer has said he views his speech at Labour Party conference as a “culminating moment” for his leadership. When the characterisation was put… Read More
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‘Why Labour? Because we have a plan’ – Keir Starmer’s speech to Labour Party conference in full
Sir Keir Starmer today gave his leader’s speech to Labour Party conference as he undertook to answer the question “Why Labour?”. The Labour leader declared… Read More
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Mark Carney’s endorsement strengthened Rachel Reeves’ pitch as an ‘iron chancellor’
In 2013, a 47-year-old Mark Carney was appointed the new governor of the Bank of England by a positively giddy George Osborne, then the chancellor… Read More
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Labour are ‘the healers, the modernisers, the builders’ – follow Keir Starmer’s conference speech live
The Labour leader has argued that the Labour Party are “the healers, the modernisers, [and] the builders” in his now underway conference speech — it… Read More
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‘Terrorism will not prevail’: Rishi Sunak offers Israel UK support amid ‘horrific violence’
Rishi Sunak has offered UK support to Israel as he condemned the “horrific violence that Hamas unleashed over the weekend”. It comes as at least… Read More
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Keir Starmer ‘not presuming anything’ despite promise to oversee a ‘decade of national renewal’
A senior frontbencher has said Sir Keir Starmer is “not presuming anything”, despite the fact that his speech today is expected to talk up the… Read More