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Receive free Labour Party UK updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Labour Party UKnews every morning. An incoming Labour government would have “a lot to learn” from Tony Blair’s era in Westminster,…

Keir Starmer has refused to commit to supporting free school meals for all primary school children, as he stuck to a tough fiscal position despite pressure from inside and outside of his party.The Labour leader also declined to commit to a…

In an interview run on the second day of London Tech Weekly, Labour leader Keir Starmer stressed the importance of looking at the workforce impact of artificial intelligence (AI). “More broadly, AI is accelerating so very fast that…

Sir Keir Starmer has scaled back a 2020 pledge to extend voting rights to all EU nationals, instead restricting the policy to long-term residents.During his leadership campaign three years ago the Labour leader promised to give all…

Sir Keir Starmer will use a speech on Thursday to pledge to make the UK the fastest-growing economy in the G7 if his opposition Labour party wins the next general election.The promise will be one of five long-term missions for the…

Keir Starmer has put Labour’s pledge to abolish university tuition fees under review in a move that underlined the UK opposition party’s newfound commitment to fiscal discipline.The Labour leader refused to say on Thursday whether he…

The writer is a former Member of the European ParliamentThe rest of Europe looks with amazement at the goings-on in Britain. Faced with a Brexit that has demonstrably failed, Rishi Sunak’s government seems hapless. But his putative…

Keir Starmer has used prime minister’s questions to make a pointed and personal attack on Rishi Sunak over tax benefits for private schools, saying the policy of continued VAT exemption for school fees amounted to “trickle-down…

Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner will not be fined for allegedly breaking Covid rules at a campaign event in April last year — an issue they had staked their political careers on. Durham police have investigated the Labour leader…

Sir Keir Starmer was criticised by Europhile politicians on Monday after the Labour leader ruled out any future return of the UK to the European Union single market or customs union. Starmer used a speech on Monday evening to…