Politics » 3 weeks ago
Prime minister’s immigration speech was likened by MPs to rhetoric of Enoch PowellKeir Starmer has defended his plans to curb net migration after an angry backlash from MPs, businesses and industry to a speech in which he said the UK risked becoming an “...
Politics » 3 weeks ago
Work and pensions secretary calls for groups to engage as she scraps capability assessment and overhauls Pip applicationLiz Kendall is to begin an overhaul of the disability benefit assessment process long decried by campaigners as cruel, calling on groups to engage with ...
Politics » 3 weeks ago
There are so many conditions attached to the ‘pledge’ to invest in the UK that its claims should be taken with a large helping of salt...
Politics » 3 weeks ago
The prime minister says he wants to rebuild communities and opportunities, but risks playing into opponents’ handsEvery government needs an immigration policy and the one led by Sir Keir Starmer is no exception. Laws are required to establish the terms under which migrati...
Politics » 3 weeks ago
As an Asian giant rises and Trump postures, the UK offers commercial credibility while inching toward a pragmatic European reset it won’t nameIn the theatre of 21st-century trade diplomacy, symbolism often eclipses substance. Last week’s ...
Politics » 3 weeks ago
A week after Reform cleans up at the local elections, the prime minister decides it’s time to ‘take back control’...
Politics » 3 weeks ago
There’s more to this policy than merely chasing Nigel Farage. But it risks driving voters towards the Lib Dems and GreensImmigration is a tinderbox. No one listening to voters on doorsteps in recent local elections could deny this. Nothing Labour does will satisfy those f...
Politics » 3 weeks ago
Some backbenchers already thought PM had moved too far right on issue but aides say aim is to make system ‘fairer’“We must never accept the Tory or media narrative that often scapegoats and demonises migrants,” Keir Starmer wrote in 2020. “Problems of low pay, housing and...
Politics » 3 weeks ago
Social care, hospitality, health, universities and construction sectors raise questions over impact of planKeir Starmer’s blueprint for curbing im...