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EU preparing to offer key concession to UK in new post-Brexit agricultural deal

Starmer’s efforts to negotiate closer EU ties in a series of areas including emissions trading and youth mobility. The prime minister listed his prospective EU deal on Monday as one of three examples

SCOTUS upholds abortion pill telehealth access. And, Trump returns from China visit

cabinet resignations in the U.K.,** several people have expressed interest in challenging Prime Minister Keir Starmer for his position.Starmer and his Labour Party [suffered significant losses in local and regional elections](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/10/nx-s1-5817491/uk-elections-keir-starmer-resign-reform-green) last

UK pitched single market for goods with EU, as it pursues deeper trade ties

Cabinet Office’s top official on EU relations, Michael Ellam, presented the idea to deepen the UK’s economic relationship with the bloc. But in a sign of the challenge Keir Starmer’s government faces

UK seeks EU deals on steel and EVs in push for closer economic ties

Starmer is seeking [closer economic ties](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/13/keir-starmer-defends-plan-for-closer-alignment-with-eu-rules) with the EU. The UK wants agreements on steel and electric vehicles to avoid British industry being disadvantaged by scheduled changes to trade rules

Britain should seek to rejoin EU, says civil servant who led Brexit department

cabinet ministers want Keir Starmer to push harder on trying to join a customs union or the single market, which are still red lines for the government as it seeks a stronger post-Brexit relationship

Five questions left unanswered by the Mandelson files

minister was aware of this at the time. We had already seen a blank template version of UKSV's vetting form, published by the Cabinet Office, showing three tick boxes - green, amber and red - where

Wes Streeting insists he can win Labour leadership race despite ‘underdog’ status

Starmer’s political authority has been perhaps fatally undermined over the last two weeks after Labour’s devastating election results, with Streeting’s departure from the cabinet and Burnham’s selection to fight the Makerfield

Mandelson files reveal Labour party is riddled with doubts and infighting

Starmer’s authority already in pieces, [Monday’s publication](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/01/mandelson-criticised-starmer-lack-of-verve-buckle-under-pressure-files-released) of more than 1,000 pages of documents relating to Mandelson’s appointment only served to underline why many

Relish and dread as Starmer 'shambles' hangs over Scotland and Wales elections

cabinet minister frets "will be a disaster". We've been travelling around Wales this week, and Scotland last week, talking to the politicians vying for power, and the most important people of all - the public