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New NI secretary Hilary Benn meets local parties
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 40 minutes agoHe is a veteran parliamentarian representing Leeds Central in the House of Commons since 1999 and now, the new Leeds South constituency. He had been the...
Revealed: Tony Blair’s role advising Keir Starmer by text as he moves into government
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours agoKeir Starmer has revealed that he regularly receives texts from former prime minister Tony Blair...
General Election in numbers: Records broken and historic milestones
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours agoIt is just behind the majority of 179 won by Labour in 1997, when Tony Blair became prime minister....
‘Call me Keir’ hints at ‘tough decisions on increasing taxes’
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours agoLabour achieved a 172-seat majority, just shy of Sir Tony Blair’s 1997 record of 179, with the...
Don't be fooled by 'call me Keir' - this prime minister means business
Sky News via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours ago"I'm very happy to be called Keir or prime minister," he said at his first Downing Street news...
Voices: For Keir Starmer’s new cabinet, stability is the change
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 hours agoWe discussed Tony Blair, and how he had faced a similar moment in a similar frame of mind 27 years...
The Londoners in the new cabinet
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 hours agoPancras [PA Media] Born in Southwark, south London, Sir Keir Starmer is the first Labour leader to oust a sitting Conservative government since Tony ...
Taoiseach congratulates Sir Keir Starmer
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 hours agoBut, the then prime minister, Rishi Sunak, ruled that out. Sir Keir Starmer is the first Labour leader to oust a sitting Conservative government since ...
What happens next to the Conservative Party?
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 hours agoSome argue they should follow the model from 2005. Michael Howard lost the general election to Tony Blair, but he stuck around for several months to give...
Yorkshire MPs take centre stage in Keir's cabinet
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 10 hours agoShe will be in charge of policy areas regarding crime, national security and immigration. Ms Cooper has been an MP since 1997 and served in government...
