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Will the budget save Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer? Experts give their views

Will the budget save Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer? Experts give their views

Experts react to the political effects of Rachel Reeves’s budget.

27.11.2025 20

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Thomas Caygill

Andy Burnham’s leadership ambitions: what is the path to mounting a challenge against Keir Starmer?

The Manchester mayor says MPs want him to stand. The trouble is, he himself is not an MP.

26.09.2025 3

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Thomas Caygill

What will Angela Rayner’s resignation mean for Keir Starmer’s government? Expert Q&A

The deputy prime minister’s departure has triggered a reshuffle and leaves the government in a weak spot.

05.09.2025 5

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The mistakes Keir Starmer made over disability cuts – and how he can avoid future embarrassment

The weakened prime minister urgently needs to get out and talk to his MPs before any more embarrassing arguments blow up.

02.07.2025 5

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Labour’s Mike Amesbury has been jailed for punching a man – here’s why he’s still an MP

MPs can only be expelled by parliament under certain circumstances, but constituents can also kick them out.

25.02.2025 10

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John Prescott – the glue that held New Labour together in more ways than one

Although it is a cliche to call someone a giant of their profession, it is an apt description of Lord John Prescott, who has died at the age of 86....

21.11.2024 10

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