Keir Starmer

Labour's disastrous showing in the local elections and gains made by the Reform party have sparked calls for Starmer to step down, but he remains defiant

Starmer's government has spectacularly failed on multiple counts

Despite the controversy's ongoing shelf life, the UK premier insists he will not step down from office, dismissing such speculation as unfounded "rumours".

The publication of highly damaging files detailing Epstein's relationship with Lord Mandelson who Starmer appointed as UK ambassador to the US has sparked fierce backlash across the political spectrum

It is hard to overstate the scandal engulfing the UK government

There are rumblings in the party after the loss of a deputy and an ambassador to Washington

Despite Trump's often hostile engagement with traditional US allies, Starmer has trodden a careful path to keep him on side. But is this sustainable?

The diplomat who Tony Blair credited with negotiating the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland is now talking to the Turks, Kurds, Syrians, Ukrainians, and Americans, to name but a few.

With its bonds with the EU severely weakened and a long way from repair, Britain will find it much harder to take any kind of stand against Trump for fear of being isolated

A look at Meloni's deal with Albania and what Labour hopes to learn from the far-right Brothers of Italy and its tough-on-migration approach