Keir Starmer

Morning View

Editorial: Feeble Starmer-Macron deal won’t solve the UK's migrant boats crisis

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer pledged to bring the country to ‘war-fighting readiness’

Letter: Militarization is at your expense, prime minister

Kneecap

Police have ‘proportionate and considered’ plan ahead of Glasgow Kneecap gig

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks to supporters at the Tate Modern, central London, the day after last year's general election. Starmer has made confused decisions, explained his ideas badly and U-turned on key issues since being elected

Owen Polley: Starmer has been a poor PM but his Labour rivals are worse

Joel Hornby, whose father Major Anthony Hornby was one of the victims of the RAF 1994 Chinook helicopter crash on June 2 1994 on the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland, during a visit to the memorial cairn. Mr Hornby is calling on the Prime Minister to intervene and allow a public inquiry after visiting the site of the disaster on Saturday and again on Sunday. Picture: Tim Reid Media/PA Wire

Son of Chinook 1994 helicopter crash victim visits memorial and asks for answers

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer trips as he departs 10 Downing Street, London yesterday, Wednesday. He just can't multi-task and is a lawyer in every atom of his being. Pic: Lucy North/PA Wire

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Blair and Thatcher were leaders – Starmer not

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) crying as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions. Photo: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Chancellor Rachel Reeves in tears after government's welfare reform ‘shambles’

From tomorrow ‘Not for EU’ labels will be needed for a huge range of extra products. The gains the sea border offers a tiny number of companies are vastly outweighed by the disadvantages it creates for others

Owen Polley: Sorry Sir Keir, but the sea border is about to get much harder

Kneecap published a picture of themselves partying with actor Jamie Dornan on social media. Picture: Instagram

MP to Kneecap: Say all that again in court

Kneecap performing on the West Holts Stage during the Glastonbury Festival on Saturday. Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire

BBC defends putting Kneecap on Glasto iPlayer - cutting lyrics, but with attacks

A reveller at Glastonbury on Thursday, sporting a tricolour balaclava similar to one worn by DJ Provai of Kneecap. The band are due to perform at the festival on Saturday afternoon, and the BBC has now announced the performance will not be streamed live but could appear on iPlayer later. Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire

BBC will not show Kneecap at Glastonbury live - but could be on iPlayer

Kneecap - Moglai Bap, a rare sighting of an unmasked DJ Provai, and Mo Chara - at the UK premiere of their movie at the Sundance London Film Festival in June 2024. Photo: Ian West/PA Wire

BBC confirm Kneecap's Glastonbury set will not be live-streamed

Kneecap's Liam Og O Hannaidh leaves Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, after he appeared charged with a terrorism offence

Kneecap performances ‘satirical’, says rapper ahead of Glastonbury show

A letter to Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall also said there had been a “lack of robust data”

Three committees complain of ‘inadequate consultation’ over welfare reforms

Kneecap - Mo Chara, DJ Provai and Moglai Bap - attending the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards in February. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Kneecap at Glastonbury - BBC still doesn't know if it will show Belfast band

The Big Ben and Palace of Westminster under a clear blue London sky.

UK and EU set new course with landmark summit in London
In a momentous step forward in international relations, the United Kingdom and the European Union have reached a series of new agreements following a landmark summit held in London on May 19. This summit marks the first major high-level engagement between the two sides since Brexit and is being hailed as the beginning of a new chapter in UK-EU cooperation.
Abdul Majid

Tour of new £500m Amazon fulfilment centre on outskirts of Leeds. Workers pictured in the factory. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

Amazon announces £40bn UK investment including thousands of jobs

People across the world have been taking part in protests against the US strikes on Iran

Letter: Starmer must be sure of Iran threat

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine discusses the mission details of a strike on Iran during a news conference at the Pentagon

US and Israel gone to 'extraordinary lengths' to avoid casualties: TUV

This satellite picture by Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's underground nuclear enrichment site at Fordo after a U.S. airstrike targeted the facility Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

DUP, UUP and TUV defend USA's decision to bomb Iran's nuclear programme

Strangford MP Jim Shannon has commented on the escalation of conflict in the Middle East

Jim Shannon MP believes United States were right to bomb Iran's nuclear sites

Kneecap's Liam Og O Hannaidh leaves Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Wednesday, through a crowd of supporters after he appeared charged with a terrorism offence relating to displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah at a gig in Kentish Town on November 21. Photo: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Kneecap playing a slot at Glastonbury is ‘not appropriate’, says Keir Starmer

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Calgary International Airport, Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Calgary, Canada, ahead of the G7 Summit. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

UK on alert to bring citizens back from Israel

Clean energy entrepreneur Jo Bamford has been awarded a CBE in King Charles III’s birthday honours list

Wrightbus saviour and clean energy pioneer awarded CBE in King’s honours

Morning View

Editorial: Reform UK chair Zia Yusuf right to go if he can’t stomach policy

File photo of Zia Yusuf, who has quit as Reform UK party chairman. Photo: Lucy North/PA Wire

Reform UK chairman quits after calling burka ban question from party MP 'dumb'

DUP MP Jim Shannon

Clarity needed on Labour’s winter fuel u-turn: Jim Shannon
DUP MP Jim Shannon has urged the government to make clear who will benefit as a result of their U-turn to reinstate the winter fuel payment for some pensioners this winter.
Johnny McNabb

Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to BAE Systems in Govan, Glasgow, to launch the Strategic Defence Review. Photo: Andy Buchanan/PA Wire

Unionist leaders push government on its defence spending commitment to NI

Alan Lowry, FSB`s NI policy chair

View: Is it the end of the beginning for Northern Ireland?

Morning View

Editorial: Labour’s foolish approach to mass immigration

Morning View

Editorial: IRA murders have not had proper scrutiny

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Photo: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Government reiterates commitment to stop Gerry Adams compensation

Morning View

Editorial: Indiscipline on money risks a global crisis

Sir Keir Starmer and the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen at last week’s Brexit ‘reset’. While moving food may eventually become easier, the UK government is pushing ahead with plans to make the Irish Sea border harder

Owen Polley: It is hard to care about purity of Brexit that never applied to NI

Michael Black, Deputy Chair of the Belfast Jewish Community, believes Israel's allies should critisize it in private, to avoid emboldening terrorist groups such as Hamas.

Belfast Jewish leader affirms Kemi’s criticism of Starmer

Morning View

Editorial: Labour is beholden to global courts

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to the media at Strategic Command Headquarters, in Northwood, Greater London on Thursday May 22, 2025. PA Photo.

Starmer signs deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Wednesday May 21, 2025. PA Photo.

Welcome for PM ‘u-turn’ on winter fuel payments

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference at the end of the UK-EU Summit at Lancaster House, in central London on Monday May 19, 2025. PA Photo.

Food security 'dealt a blow again' in fisheries reset deal with EU

Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) kisses European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as he greets her and European Council President Antonio Costa at the UK-EU Summit at Lancaster House, in central London. Photo: Henry Nicholls/PA Wire

UK-EU deal is done - what will it mean for Northern Ireland?

Guinness owner hit by US trade tariffs and AI assisted shopping surge

Sir Keir Starmer at an anti-Brexit 'Trust the People' march and rally when he was Shadow Brexit Secretary. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Allister: Government is 'sabotaging' Brexit as UK-EU deal expected

Anti-immigration protesters outside Belfast City Hall in March. There have also been unprecedented angry demonstrations against immigration in Dublin and a massive electoral tsunami last week in England with a Reform surge

Reg Empey: I will not be silenced by bunkum from Paula Bradshaw on immigration

Floral tributes are seen outside Bicester Fire Station following a fire at Bicester Motion, the site of a former RAF base which is home to more than 50 specialist businesses focused on classic car restoration and engineering in Oxfordshire, where a large fire broke out on Thursday. Photo: Emily Smith/PA Wire

Three who died in fire at former RAF base named

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson during a security roundtable meeting at the European Political Community Summit (EPC) in Tirana, Albania. Picture date: Friday May 16, 2025. PA Photo.

PMS to Trump and EU allies to align response to Russia

Morning View

PM’s immigration plan is belated and inadequate

Catagen's CEO and co-founder Andrew Woods pictured at Downing Street with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for the Tech Nation’s Future Fifty 2025 Cohort

Earthshot hopeful: NI green tech trailblazer in UK’s Tech Nation’s Future Fifty

Jobs saved by "historic" US trade deal while BA orders new Boeing jets

King Charles III meets veterans after a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey in London on the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Picture: Julian Simmonds/The Telegraph/PA Wire

King Charles leads simple remembrance of those who sacrificed all

Alexander Churchill, 10, great grandson of Winston Churchill at Westminster Abbey in London. Photo: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

VE DAy 80: Churchill descendant to light peace candle

Business and Trade Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds welcoming the Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal to London for trade talks.

Northern Ireland consumers 'denied full benefits' of India trade deal - Allister

Within just 10 days in July the nature of trading relationships across these islands could be turned thrown into turmoil says Alan Lowry

View: 10 days in July could bring seismic change to NI trade

Those who denigrate Nigel Farage at best do so out of ignorance, writes David McNarry

Letter: Nigel Farage will respect a single, united unionism

The Civic Service for the 80th Anniversary of VE Day at St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast today.

St Anne's Cathedral marks 80 years since VE Day

(Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

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