European leaders say peace deal cannot be dictated to Ukraine
Emergency summit of European leaders comes at same time US and Russia meet in Saudi Arabia
Keir Starmer
European leaders meet over Trump plan for talks to end Ukraine war
US view that Europe should not be part of the negotiations sparks alarm in EU capitals
Starmer and Tusk to join Macron-led crisis summit in Paris for talks on Trump’s Ukraine plan
UK and Polish prime ministers among leaders invited to French capital on Monday for talks amid fears US leader is sidelining allies
Keir Starmer suggests UK could send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine
Former defence secretary Ben Wallace warns against US-led ‘appeasement’ of Russia
England is mired in self-doubt and disillusionment - but Ireland can’t afford to gloat
Keir Starmer is walking a very tricky tightrope. Figures close to Trump, including Elon Musk, openly speak of reversing the 2024 UK election outcome by removing him from office
Keir Starmer could face rising pressure to climb down on farm inheritance tax
London Letter: Economic disquiet among farmers and in rural communities has been brewing since long before the tax changes
How Brexit killed Frexit
The UK’s messy, ill-thought out exit from the EU has effectively killed off leave campaigns in other member states
The UK’s last EU commissioner: ‘The level of contact is speeding up. The tone has changed’
Europe Letter: Julian King says ‘world has changed’ since original Brexit deals were made
Five years on from Brexit Ireland is doing more trade with Britain than ever
Trump’s trade wars can push the UK closer to Europe
UK-EU relations ‘must move away from perception of winners and losers’, minister says
‘Reset’ summit between Keir Starmer and EU leaders to take place in May
Ireland’s neutrality under attack: shifting geopolitics bring pressure to change
A policy of neutrality is increasingly being questioned by EU members
Rachel Reeves: Labour will go ‘further and faster’ in search for growth
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary criticises UK chancellor’s plan for Heathrow expansion and says she ‘doesn’t have a clue’
London’s ‘toast rack’ Holocaust memorial unites British leaders but divides the city
A Bill to facilitate the building of a controversial new memorial and education centre is inching its way through parliament
‘I just called ... to say ... I love you?’: Keir Starmer speaks to Donald Trump in advance of meeting expected soon
Britain’s prime minister balances wooing the US president a his government also covets closer trade ties with China
Northern Ireland, Storm Éowyn, Ukraine and Gaza discussed by Martin and Starmer
Two leaders have first phone call with each other since Martin was elected Taoiseach
‘An unhealthy interest in massacres and gore’: What we know about the Southport killer
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Keir Starmer holds fast as he insists ‘law forbade’ him from saying more about the Southport stabbings
Britain’s prime minister tries to get ahead of criticism of handling of the shocking case that sparked the UK’s summer riots
Right-wing figures jockey to be UK’s Trump whisperer as Keir Starmer is left to watch from afar
Nigel Farage has the best claim to personify Britain’s “special relationship” with Trump’s US
Russian drones shot down over Kyiv as Starmer signs 100-year partnership with Ukraine
Oil depot and gunpowder factory targeted in Ukrainian drone strike on Russian regions
Starmer’s political image increasingly at odds with a public mood turning against liberal causes
He seems himself as less ideological than Blair, but he might benefit from adopting the New Labour master’s Machiavellian streak
Tulip Siddiq’s resignation raises questions as to why Keir Starmer appointed her in the first place
Siddiq quit as anti-corruption minister in Labour government after being named in a corruption inquiry in Bangladesh
Starmer looking at ‘every conceivable way’ to avoid compensating Gerry Adams
Former Sinn Féin leader and other former internees may seek compensation under Troubles legislation
Rachel Reeves fends off comparisons with Liz Truss as Tories call for the chancellor to be sacked
The Daily Star is considering going vegetable shopping once again
Keir Starmer defends beleaguered chancellor Rachel Reeves but promises to be ‘ruthless’
Britain’s first woman chancellor of the exchequer is under pressure as investors fret over UK economy
Liz Truss legal letter orders Keir Starmer to stop saying she crashed UK economy
‘Cease and desist’ letter accuses British PM of making ‘false and defamatory’ claims on Truss’ disastrous 2022 mini-budget
Musk examines how to oust Starmer as prime minister before next UK election
Technology billionaire interested in building support for another political party, notably Reform UK
UK 10-year borrowing costs hit highest level since 2008
Sterling falls sharply as government bond sell-off threatens Labour’s ability to meet budget rules
UK government wavering over another national inquiry into child abuse by grooming gangs
Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips suggests government might have a rethink if victims’ groups demand an inquiry
Musk-Trump effect has the capacity to destabilise Irish democracy
Musk seems to consider he has some role in using his wealth to influence political processes and debate in European states
Elon Musk fights Battle of Britain on two fronts as he clashes with Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer
Billionaire’s latest interventions in UK politics are ostensibly about Britain’s handling of child abuse grooming gangs
Musk accused of ‘politicising’ rape of young girls in UK to attack Starmer
Tech billionaire calls on the king to step in after Labour rejects call for national inquiry into child grooming
The worst of this strange decade of wokeness is over
Measures designed to change material realities matter more than sociocultural pieties
Keir Starmer pays tribute to ‘wonderful’ brother who died on St Stephen’s Day
UK PM’s sibling Nick, who had learning difficulties due to complications at birth, had been battling cancer
Asma al-Assad, wife of ousted Syrian leader, reportedly severely ill with leukaemia
Assad was diagnosed with acute form of disease in May and has been given 50/50 chance of survival
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