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Labour’s elections U-turn could cost it more than the £100,000 legal bill
Dozens of councils now have just weeks to prepare for local elections. One of the party’s MPs called the backtrack ‘a total own goal’
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Starmer has clung on. But a reckoning could be weeks away
Labour MPs have closed ranks around the prime minister, while the lack of an obvious successor has bought him some time before the Gorton by-election
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Mandelson is still Starmer’s problem — and Labour MPs know it
The prime minister and his team can’t escape the fact they chose a US ambassador whose links to Jeffrey Epstein were far from secret
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As the Tories lose MPs, Badenoch reckons she can beat Farage at his own game
The Conservative leader has given short shrift to a trio of big names leaving her party for Reform UK. Will her strategy work?
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Labour MPs back Starmer on Greenland, but that won’t help him win votes
It’s tricky to shore up domestic support when global politics dominates the agenda — and May’s local elections are edging closer
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Netting Zahawi is a coup for Reform, but the party faces a new dilemma
As Nigel Farage’s party grows, it increasingly resembles the establishment it claims to want to replace
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Weak or shrewd? Starmer’s failure to call out Trump has his MPs divided
The PM had hoped for a domestic reset in 2026. Instead, the US capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has dragged him into another crisis
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Will Starmer survive 2026? Here’s what could seal his fate
After a bruising 2025 for Labour, eyes are on possible successors to the PM in the shape of Wes Streeting, Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner
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Streeting’s fight with doctors could win him headlines but cost him his legacy
The health secretary accused the doctors’ union of ‘juvenile delinquency’. But he’ll need striking medics on side if he wants to fix the NHS
