Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer does not believe transgender women are women, his official spokesman has said. In March 2022, when he was leader of the opposition, Sir Keir told the Times that “a woman is a female adult, and in addition to that transwomen are women, and that is not just my view –...
Kate Whannel Political reporter PA Media Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has criticised how the Office for Budget Responsibility watchdog has analysed the impact of his benefit changes. Appearing at a parliamentary committee, he said the OBR, which monitors public spending plans, had assumed that “not a single person” would change their behaviour as a...
Reuters As if the economic picture in the UK wasn’t shaky already, it has now got shakier still. The cost of living is continuing to bite for many and people will worry about the prospect of recession. It is the last thing the government could do with; it is the last thing millions of families...
Simon Jack Business editor EPA Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Sunday he was prepared to use industrial policy to “shelter British business from the storm” expected from US President Donald Trump’s recent wave of tariffs. A 10% “baseline” tariff on all imports into the US and a 25% tariff on car imports have...
Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer watched in his flat. Chancellor Rachel Reeves saw it in her study. The Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, accompanied by staff and pizza, took in President Donald Trump’s big tariffs reveal on Wednesday from his office in Old Admiralty Arch, from where the...
Sir Keir Starmer has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of making “hollow promises” on a ceasefire in Ukraine. The prime minister is co-hosting a summit of allies in Paris to present plans, devised by senior military chiefs, that seek to deter future Russian aggression against Ukraine, including potentially posting troops there. The so-called “coalition of...