Who could fill key No 10 vacancies – and win the battle for Starmer’s ear? Everyone around PM agrees ‘chaos’ at No 10 has to be sorted, but there are competing factions trying to gain upper hand The Guardian - UK · Feb 10
Palestine Action latest: Labour MPs hit out at Starmer’s ‘draconian’ ban after High Court rules it unlawful The Metropolitan Police said it will no longer arrest protesters despite proscription remaining in place The Independent UK · Feb 8
The 14 most explosive emails between Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Mandelson The extraordinary revelations appear to lay bare the extent of the professional and personal relationship between the paedophile financier and the ex-Labour minister The Independent UK · Feb 3
Safe Haven review – Kurds left on the sidelines of diplomat-driven drama Chris Bowers, a former British diplomat in Iraqi Kurdistan, brings authenticity but not enough human drama to his play about the 1991 Kurdish uprising The Guardian - UK · Jan 21
Starmer’s chief secretary reveals plans to bust ‘the sludge’ in Whitehall Under-performing civil servants will be sacked and taskforces brought in to solve problems, says Darren Jones The Guardian - UK · Jan 20
UK to create new ‘school of government’ to train senior civil servants Establishment will give training in AI and other skills, more than a decade after David Cameron axed previous school The Guardian - UK · Jan 18
Northern Powerhouse Rail plans welcomed but big questions remain How upgrades will be funded and when they might be completed is still far from clear The Guardian - UK · Jan 14
Labour revives Northern Powerhouse Rail project with pledge of £45bn funds Plan will start with TransPennine upgrade with new line connecting Liverpool and Manchester in second phase The Guardian - UK · Jan 13
Energy and health optimism help lift civil service morale under Labour Foreign Office and MoD among only four departments with declining morale in annual Whitehall monitor report The Guardian - UK · Jan 12
Here’s why Labour is struggling to deliver: the British state is immense, but pull the levers and nothing happens At home, the machinery of government creaks badly – abroad, a leaden UK lags far behind dynamic competitors. A radical overhaul is needed, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott The Guardian - UK · Jan 8
Porton Down shake-up harming critical national security science, whistleblower warns Senior insider says ‘limbo’ at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has hit morale and disrupted vital research The Guardian - UK · Jan 6
Downing Street has only itself to blame for lack of grip on Whitehall, say experts Ex-No 10 adviser Paul Ovenden says ‘political perma-class’ has distracted government, but critics argue ministers already have power to act The Guardian - UK · Jan 2
Keir Starmer's Ex-Aide Reveals Alaa Abd El-Fattah Was Whitehall 'Running Joke'—Here's Why Former advisor Paul Ovenden criticizes UK government's focus on Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, revealing internal skepticism and highlighting lobbying influence over foreign policy. International Business Times UK · Jan 2
Whitehall Officials Will 'Bug Phones' To Smash Nigel Farage, Dominic Cummings Claims Dominic Cummings claims Whitehall officials plan 'dirty tricks' against Nigel Farage. Explore the establishment's fears and Reform's path to power in 2026. International Business Times UK · Jan 2
The Independent UK · Jan 2 Blair’s advertising guru slams Starmer’s lack of plan to tackle rise of Farage’s Reform Chris Powell said having no strategy against Reform UK was ‘potentially suicidal for our freedom and democracy’
The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2025 The Guardian view on hard times for Britain’s charities: struggling to do more with less Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today, the challenges facing the voluntary sector as it attempts to cope with an ongoing funding crisis
The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2025 Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond C of E faces dilemma as far right claims Christianity to push agenda that often clashes with gospel message
Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2025 Labour U-turns on farmer inheritance tax after tractor protests Ministers on Tuesday announced watered down plans for an inheritance tax increase for farmers, raising the threshold to 100% relief from £1 million to £2.5 million
The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2025 Labour is procrastinating over policy as UK’s economy goes backwards New business rates regime that is poised to hit pubs and hotels is latest example of hasty decision-making
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025 What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025 Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands? We know from recent hacks, and even the Snowden revelations, how vulnerable information gathered is to theft and misuse, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025 How the standoff between Rachel Reeves and the OBR unfolded Treasury’s independent economic forecaster says outlook for economy rosier than chancellor led everyone to believe
International Business Times UK · Nov 27, 2025 'You Cannot Treat Our Farmers Like This in Britain': Tax-Protesting Farmers Bring Tractors to the Streets, Get Arrested British farmers protesting inheritance tax were met with police restrictions and arrests for bringing tractors into central London, as tensions surged over budget changes affecting family farms.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025 How Rachel Reeves’s budget was leaked 40 minutes early By the time the chancellor reached the dispatch box, the OBR had accidentally published its verdict in full online
The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025 Labour’s plan to slash jury trials will create more miscarriages of justice, say critics Leading barrister and pressure groups say move would lead to more unfairness for Black, Asian and minority ethnic defendants