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Starmer's Iran Hand: A Steady Grip on the Brink

Gain complimentary access to the Editor’s Synopsis Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, highlights her preferred articles in this weekly bulletin. Reflect on the predicament confronting Sir Keir Starmer less than seven days prior. Had the United Kingdom chosen to wholly endorse a further indefinite American conflict in the Middle East — a region then devoid of immediate peril — it would have…

Starmer's Iran Hand: A Steady Grip on the Brink

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Where does bout of mudslinging leave Starmer's government?

Chris MasonPolitical editor Getty Images “It’s not been our finest 24 hours in government,” one senior figure in government acknowledged to me, after mudslinging one way and another, some in public, plenty more in private. It began with anonymous briefings to journalists, including myself, that Keir Starmer would fight any attempt to remove him – and that cabinet ministers, including Wes…

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Five takeaways from Keir Starmer's conference speech

PA Media Sir Keir Starmer sought to rally his party and set out his vision for the country in his keynote speech at Labour’s conference in Liverpool. So, what were the standout moments? Let’s look at five of them. Taking aim at Reform UK The central theme of the Labour conference is taking the fight to Reform UK, which is leading in UK-wide opinion polls. Throughout the conference, Labour…

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Ideas should not be the sufferer of Starmer’s embrace of realpolitik

Unlock the White Home Watch e-newsletter at no cost Your information to what Trump’s second time period means for Washington, enterprise and the world The author is an FT contributing editor Goodbye fluffy liberal internationalism. Whats up hard-headed pursuit of the nationwide curiosity. Western democratic norms and values are all very nicely. However homeland safety in a harmful world requires…

Ideas should not be the sufferer of Starmer’s embrace of realpolitik

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What subsequent for UK welfare reform after Starmer’s U-turn?

Unlock the Editor’s Digest without cost Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favorite tales on this weekly e-newsletter. UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has been compelled to make a number of concessions to his controversial welfare reforms in an try to go off a serious riot by Labour MPs. However the long term situation of how the state can afford Britain’s ballooning welfare invoice…

What subsequent for UK welfare reform after Starmer’s U-turn?

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As Starmer's first year ends in crisis, now comes a bigger battle

[News] Henry Zeffman Chief Political Correspondent Leela Padmanabhan BBC News BBC By the time polls closed at 10pm on 4 July 2024, the Labour Party knew they were likely to return to government – even if they could not quite bring themselves to believe it. For Sir Keir Starmer, reminiscing 10 months later in an interview with me, it was an “incredible moment”. Instantly, he said, he was…

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Welfare rebellion to test Starmer's authority like never before

[News] Henry Zeffman & Iain Watson & Chris Mason BBC News PA Media All of a sudden, this is a grave crisis for Sir Keir Starmer, perhaps the gravest of his year in Downing Street so far. Politically, it looks very hard for the government to proceed with its flagship welfare policies. Economically, it is very hard to see how the government cannot proceed. Labour whips, I’m told, have been…

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Keir Starmer’s AI tsar to step down after six months in role | Labour

[News] Keir Starmer’s artificial intelligence tsar, a key figure in steering the government’s approach to artificial intelligence, is stepping down after six months in the role. Matt Clifford, the author of the government’s AI opportunities action plan, said: he would leave his post next month for personal reasons. He described his work on drafting and implementing the 50-point plan as a…