Topic: Labour

MPs’ support for Starmer will be cold comfort if Trump hikes UK tariffs

The prime minister has won political support for refusing to join the war with Iran. But America has the power to make Britain pay

Shehab Khan
Starmer ‘wants to be a statesman’. But some Labour MPs are getting restless

There’s no guarantee that Starmer can have an impact internationally, and there’s still little detail on how he’ll mitigate domestic effects of war

Shehab Khan
Trump’s attacks on the UK have calmed Starmer’s opponents

The crisis sparked by the US president telling Britain to ‘learn to fight for yourself’ appears to have solidified support for the PM

Shehab Khan

In pictures: Together Alliance anti far-right protest

Muslim leaders join more than 100 faith organisations, charities and trade unions in a show of unity against far-right parties
Lack of detail on energy bills bailout has left government vulnerable

With Keir Starmer under pressure to expand fossil fuel production, some Labour MPs are stressed about a possible cliff edge for prices in July
Naz Shah: ‘It’s women who find themselves vulnerable and men who hold the power’

In her new memoir, the Bradford West MP shines a deeply personal light on violence against women and the systems that enable it
Muslims shouldn’t give up on the ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ definition

Rhetoric from both the Tories and the government serves as a reminder that Britain still treats Muslims as conditional citizens
As war squeezes living standards, can Reeves make ‘securonomics’ happen?

The conflict in Iran is pushing up prices in the UK, but in a key annual economic lecture the chancellor’s focus was on AI and long-term investment
Starmer and Badenoch clash over shadow justice secretary’s anti-Muslim comments

Nick Timothy MP said Muslims including the mayor of London Sadiq Khan praying in Trafalgar Square was an ‘act of domination’