Henry Zeffman on the challenge facing Keir Starmer
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'We want her back', Wes Streeting praises Rayner at Labour conference
The audience at Labour conference applaud the health secretary after he praises his former cabinet colleague.
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Key moments from Keir Starmer’s Labour conference speech
Sir Keir Starmer said Britain was at a “fork in the road” in his speech to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Tuesday. The prime minister took aim at Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, asking: “Do they love our country?” The wide-ranging speech also touched on education, immigration, and US President Donald Trump’s new Gaza...
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Nigel Farage doesn’t believe in Britain, Starmer tells Labour conference
Brian WheelerPolitical reporter Starmer questions if Reform wants to serve “our beautiful, tolerant, diverse country” Sir Keir Starmer has launched an all-out attack on Nigel Farage’s “politics of grievance”, claiming the Reform UK leader did not believe in Britain. The prime minister sought to contrast his vision of a “tolerant, decent, respectful Britain” with what...
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Five takeaways from Keir Starmer’s conference speech
PA Media Sir Keir Starmer sought to rally his party and set out his vision for the country in his keynote speech at Labour’s conference in Liverpool. So, what were the standout moments? Let’s look at five of them. Taking aim at Reform UK The central theme of the Labour conference is taking the fight...
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Labour grapples with threat from Reform UK at party conference
It is just 14 months since the general election. Not yet 500 days. Labour has a working majority of 161. But here on the banks of the Mersey, it really doesn’t feel like that. I am reminded of Conservative conferences of old, where a circus would accompany Boris Johnson from the railway station to each...
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Labour conference told Plaid and Reform would be a poison to Wales
Getty Images Eluned Morgan warns voters not to “gamble” on Reform’s “divisive noise” or Plaid’s “fantasy politics” Labour is facing a “hell of a fight” against the “divisive nationalism” of Plaid Cymru and Reform, Wales’ first minister has told the party’s Autumn conference. Eluned Morgan accused her political opponents in the May Senedd election of...
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Arrests at protest supporting Palestine Action near Labour conference
Police have made a number of arrests at a protest in support of Palestine Action outside the Labour party conference centre in Liverpool. A group of around fifty people sat on the grass outside ACC Liverpool holding handwritten placards reading “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action”. Merseyside Police said officers “are in the process...
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Starmer takes aim at ‘toxic’ Reform ahead of Labour conference
The prime minister has warned Reform UK “will tear this country apart” ahead of the Labour party conference. Arriving in Liverpool on Saturday, Sir Keir Starmer said Reform’s plans to abolish indefinite leave to remain (ILR) for legal migrants was one of “the most shocking things” Nigel Farage’s party had said. Sir Keir said the...