UK election

  • Following a speech on AI, Sir Keir Starmer has just been asked whether Rachel Reeves will still be chancellor at the next general election. The prime minister doesn’t explicitly answer. Instead, he says the UK’s fiscal rules are “absolutely central to what we do”. “The changes we’re bringing about… all of these are designed to…

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  • Labour placing ‘country’ over ‘party interests’ by suspending by-election candidate

    John Healey, the shadow defence secretary, has claimed Labour’s decision to withdraw support from two parliamentary candidates is an example of Keir Starmer placing “country over party interests”. He said: “We said that we would set the toughest standards for our candidates and our MPs, it was part of the change that Keir Starmer committed…

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