SIR Keir Starmer faces controversy as his new City minister is accused of a conflict of interest over past China lobbying. Downing Street yesterday refused to say if Emma Reynolds will have a say

Labour leader Keir Starmer and his finance chief, Rachel Reeves, are following the playbook of their electorally successful forerunners to the letter to calm the City of London’s nerves. But expect the unexpected,

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he retains confidence in his City minister, Tulip Siddiq, who has come under scrutiny over her ties to properties linked to allies of Bangladesh’s ousted ...

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, the UK gained a reputation for being one of the biggest advocates for aggressive support for Ukraine. But under Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s tenure, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s administration and its supporters have grown increasingly concerned about Britain’s more cautious approach.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he has “full confidence” in Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and stressed that his government would stick to its fiscal rules in response to a surge in UK borrowing costs.

Keir Starmer will travel to Ukraine in the coming weeks to discuss the possibility of deploying an international peacekeeping force there after the conflict with Russia has ended, his first visit to the war-torn nation since becoming UK prime minister half a year ago.

Keir Starmer condemned Elon Musk’s barrage of social media posts attacking his UK government, his strongest response yet amid an escalating row with the billionaire Donald Trump ally that risks damaging relations between Britain and the US.

Keir Starmer’s allies spy a silver lining at the end of a week dominated by Elon Musk’s interventions in British politics and global market turmoil that endangers the UK prime minister’s economic plans.

The UK’s City minister Tulip Siddiq resigned from the government following an ethics review into allegations around her use and receipt of properties linked to the ousted Bangladeshi regime.

Keir Starmer’s office insisted the prime minister was still committed to ending revolving-door relationships between government and business after appointing a former financial industry lobbyist to oversee the very firms she represented as recently as last year.