Sir Keir's speech is not expected to explicitly mention Mr Corbyn. Asked on Tuesday whether unity within the Labour Party or winning mattered more to him, Sir Keir told the BBC:" Winning.... I came into politics to go into government to change millions of lives for the better." The speech comes almost 18 months after Sir Keir won the party leadership.... I can promise you that, under my leadership, Labour will be back in business." A Labour source said:" Keir's speech will be noticeably differ

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of “ hypocrisy ” after it emerged staff will be working at Labour’s party conference for less than ￡10 an hour, despite its campaign for the minimum wage to be raised. The Labour leader has pledged to raise the minimum wage to ￡10 per hour if he becomes Prime Minister after the next election. But a job advertisement for conference stewards, posted by an agency on behalf of the conference venue, offers to pay workers ￡9.75 per hour and asks them to work a 12-hour

Sir Keir Starmer’s front bench reshuffle has given Labour a boost with voters on the doorstep in Old Bexley and Sidcup ahead of Thursday’s by-election, the party’s candidate has claimed. Daniel Francis, who is running in the seat following the death of James Brokenshire in October, said the return of Yvette Cooper to the shadow cabinet had buoyed support for the party and encouraged Tory voters to switch sides.“ That was being raised on the doorstep[ on Wednesday], and people note that there are

Sir Keir wants to ditch the “ one member, one vote ” rule that gave Mr Corbyn his landslide 2015 victory, despite him having little support among MPs.... But his plan for an electoral college was blocked by the unions, which want more time to consult their members.... The refusal is an embarrassment for Sir Keir, who wanted to put the change to the party at its conference this weekend....

Labour’s Lisa Nandy has defended party leader Sir Keir Starmer over claims he broke coronavirus lockdown rules, saying: “ I’m absolutely confident that he hasn’t broken the law.” Shadow secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities Ms Nandy said her boss “ is Mr Rules, he does not break the rules ” as she accused the Conservatives of an “ absolutely desperate attempt to sling mud ”.... Her comments came as Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab accused Sir Keir of “ complete hypocris

Sir Keir Starmer was on Wednesday night under pressure to condemn a wave of rail strikes after he failed to mention the issue in the Commons. During Prime Minister’s Questions, he repeatedly asked Boris Johnson about NHS waiting times but did not make any comments about the Rail, Maritime and Transport( RMT) union’s announcement of a three-day strike later this month.He was challenged by Mr Johnson who said: “ When it comes to travel chaos, may I ask whether we have yet heard any condemnation fr

Has Sir Keir been plotting a secret Blairite takeover of the Labour Party for years and finally succeeded?... At this rate, I’ll be surprised if we are not invading Iraq by tea time ”.... This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding....

The Labour leader has removed his closest aide from her role as political director after months of anger from MPs.... Baroness Chapman has been blamed by many in the party for Labour's poor electoral results in May, including the Hartlepool by-election. Sir Keir has now given Baroness Chapman a far more public-facing role. She has a seat in the shadow cabinet and squares off against Lord Frost in the House of Lords. Critics of Sir Keir's leadership have warned he is too reliant on Baroness Chap

Sadiq Khan has said that comparing Sir Keir Starmer's" beergate" with" partygate" is fair, as the Labour leader faced growing questions from his party over the handling of the scandal. Sir Keir was photographed drinking a beer at 10pm after a campaign event during lockdown in April 2021.... If he had come out front and said we were working, we stayed late and we didn't break the rules, it wouldn't have been so bad." Why not say about Angela being there?... I think it makes it look a lot worse

Mr Corbyn is speaking at a fringe event on Tuesday night, hours before Sir Keir’s leader's address.A new poll on Friday revealed that twice as many members of the general public believe Sir Keir is a weak leader than think he is a strong one.... Yes – by a million miles." What's very clear is that the people to the right of Keir have given up on him.... The best way to improve the lot of working people is collectively, achieving more by the strength of our common endeavour than we achieve alon