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Polanski ‘not fit to lead a party’ after Golders Green tweet, says minister – UK politics live

comment, a post on X alleging that officers were “repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head” when he was already incapacitated by a stun gun. The [Green party](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/green-party)

Apps, activists and an ‘air war’: Essex campaign is test of Reform UK’s professionalisation

Kemi Badenoch. In Reform’s gleaming new office in Millbank Tower, volunteers from around Britain are taking turns to staff phone banks. Their call list is informed by another app, ReformPro, which is used

Starmer condemns Zack Polanski for sharing post criticising police at Golders Green stabbings

comment, a post on X alleging that officers were “repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head” when he was already incapacitated by a stun gun. Speaking to BBC Radio

Starmer warns leadership contest would 'plunge us into chaos' in pleas to ministers and MPs

comment on the details of their meeting. On Wednesday evening, Sir Keir held a series of meetings with Labour MPs and ministers in Parliament, telling colleagues: "We cannot let a leadership contest plunge us into

Three key statements Starmer made to MPs about Mandelson vetting

Starmer should be investigated in Parliament for allegedly misleading the House of Commons. It relates to several comments he made about the process of appointing Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador

Analysis: Many Labour MPs are blaming the boss for elections body blow

comments had this sting in the tail. "The message has been clear from the public," she told the BBC, "Unless the government delivers urgent and significant change it's clear the PM can not lead

Britain faces weeks of leadership limbo in slow-motion coup against Starmer

Kemi Badenoch taunted Starmer last week, declaring: “The PM has shown he is in office but not in power.” This was a deliberate echo of what former chancellor Norman Lamont told Conservative Prime Minister John

May elections live: millions cast their votes across England, Scotland and Wales

Kemi Badenoch**, the leader of the Conservative party. > double quotation markToday, as they head to polling stations, millions of people across the country face a stark choice: between electing a Conservative council that delivers better

Cameo, speeches, pushing gold bullion: how Farage has made millions since becoming an MP

Starmer and Kemi Badenoch with his campaign visits.  Farage arriving for campaign event in College Green, Westminster, on Wednesday. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images Farage’s lifestyle

How would a Labour leadership contest work?

Starmer that "deeds, not words matter". Communities Minister Miatta Fahnbulleh and Victims Minister Alex Davies-Jones have also resigned. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is also among those calling for him to set a date

Officials deliberately withheld Mandelson vetting result from me, Starmer says

Starmer has accused officials in the Foreign Office of deliberately and repeatedly withholding the fact Lord Mandelson initially failed security vetting for the role of US ambassador. Giving a statement to MPs, the prime minister

Police declare terrorist incident after two Jewish men stabbed in London

Starmer said the "antisemitic attack" - the latest in a string in the UK - was "utterly appalling", adding: "Attacks on our Jewish community are attacks on Britain." The Met said its officers responded

Is it harder than ever to be prime minister?

Starmer, an incumbent premier with a bigger parliamentary majority than his transformative predecessor Clement Attlee won in 1945. What is driving this narrative? Why is the UK churning through its leaders almost as quickly