Keir Starmer has fiercely criticised the two-child benefit cap, labelling it a "failed social experiment" following Rachel Reeves’ announcement of its abolition within her Budget. The Prime Minister leader argued that scrapping the limit,

Britain has a record number of people — many of them young people on long-term sickness leave — and out of the job market.

Keir Starmer is facing MPs at Prime Minister's Questions - a week before Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her make-or-break Budget in the Commons

Keir Starmer has six months to prove his mettle to his party amid swirling doubts within the governing Labour Party that he can reverse plunging public confidence in his UK administration.

Sir Keir Starmer has encouraged British businesses to embrace the opportunities of increasing trade with China, ahead of a decision on the contentious plan for a larger Chinese embassy in London. In a key speech on foreign policy in London,

But Sir Keir said those supporting the cap stood for "moral failure and an economic disaster". "This Government is picking up the tab for a failed social experiment which has punished working families and directly pushed hundreds of thousands of children into poverty," he said.

A LABOUR MP has become the first to openly demand that Sir Keir Starmer be replaced as Prime Minister by Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham. Clive Lewis made the dramatic call during a

In a speech this morning, Sir Keir Starmer denied Reeves had given the country a false impression in the lead-up to her big moment last Wednesday. Craig Munro breaks down Westminster chaos into easy to follow insight, walking you through what the latest policies mean to you. Sent every Wednesday. Sign up here.

The trip is likely to be controversial given the UK's fractious relationship with China, made worse by recent allegations of spying in parliament.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer claimed on Monday that China has posed "national security threats" to Britain, but defended his government's decision to step up engagement with the country, saying closer business ties were in the national interest,

The one characteristic that came to define Sir Keir Starmer’s time as the Leader of the Opposition was that he would offer stability. He had taken control of a Labour party that had been riven with infighting.