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Keir Starmer told 'surrender deal' won't 'stop single migrant boat' in the Channe;
The Prime Minister says Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is 'terrified' illegal immigration will fall because he will 'fade into ...
Starmer's replacement named as pressure mounts – and 'next leader' not even in the cabinet
Labour members are eyeing up a surprising candidate to replace Keir Starmer as pressure to deliver "stability and growth" ...
Keir Starmer's 'pathetic' plan to send small boat migrants back to France 'to be blocked'
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp warns the 'pathetic' deal may be sunk by legal challenges from 'activist' lawyers and ...
How Angela Rayner has become the most influential figure in Starmer’s government – for now
The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence ...
Starmer aims to break cabinet away day curse
Based on the experience of previous cabinet away days, from Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to Theresa May, Boris Johnson and ...
Starmer’s one-in, one-out migrant deal ‘will fuel surge in hidden illegal migration’
Migration expert says scheme with France could lead to people smugglers using less detectable and more dangerous routes ...
Keir Starmer put on the spot as state pensioners 'to pay more tax'
Keir Starmer has come under pressure over claims more state pensioners will be forced to pay income tax. Conservative leader ...
More migrants cross the channel a day after Macron and Starmer sign deal
More than 350 migrants crossed the English Channel on Friday, the latest Home Office figures reveal. The crossings came a day ...
Starmer’s migrants return deal a ‘publicity stunt’ that won’t win back voters, top pollsters warn
Sir Keir Starmer’s much-lauded “one in, one out” migrant return deal with Emmanuel Macron is a “publicity stunt” that won’t win back voters, Britain’s leading pollsters have warned.Professor Sir John ...
Opinion
Voices: Keir Starmer has achieved the first half of his impossible mission
Keir Starmer has achieved the first half of his impossible mission - COMMENT: The small boats deal with France was a negotiating triumph – but if it doesn't work, the prime minister is doomed, says Jo ...