Lucy Powell is new Deputy Leader of UK’s Labour Party
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A flurry of bad news over the last week will likely set back voter confidence in Labour's approach to cut down on irregular immigration.
A year ago, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won the largest majority in Parliament this century and consigned the Conservatives, Labour’s historic rival, to its worst defeat. Now, after 15 months in power,
Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan appeared to take a swipe at Sir Keir Starmer after Labour lost a key by-election. Plaid Cymru won the Caerphilly seat in the Welsh Parliament after a fierce battle with Reform UK,
Morgan McSweeney, prime minister Keir Starmer’s most trusted adviser, was sent out to bat for his boss this week.The No.10 chief of staff went to committee room 4A in the House of Lords to face Labour peers,
LONDON — He is the U.K.'s most unpopular leader on record — more disliked, polls say, than even Liz Truss, the woman famously outlasted by a lettuce. Little over a year after he won a historic landslide victory, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces what could be a make-or-break moment as he fights for his political future.
Britain's ruling Labour Party suffered a heavy electoral defeat on Friday in Wales, a traditional stronghold, in a result that highlights the threat posed by the Reform UK party, as the government struggles to revive the economy and ease fears about immigration.
Keir Starmer has walked off the stage after wrapping up a speech some had billed as the most important of his political life. The lead-up to Labour’s second party conference since their return to power has been less than ideal, with high-profile departures of both high-profile and behind-the-scenes government figures.
Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has suffered a local byelection defeat in a traditional Welsh stronghold, losing Caerphilly for the first time in any election in a century to the nationalist party Plaid Cymru.
Ms Lucy Powell’s win is a message to Mr Starmer that the wider party is increasingly disillusioned with its approach on everything. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.