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...Sir Keir Starmer’s party had increased prices of the cheapest tickets by more than 50 per cent from last year....
...The move is likely to anger some trade union leaders but please business groups, which have become more vocal in raising concerns since Starmer’s February speech....
...He is politically close to Labour’s director of campaigns, Morgan McSweeney, an adviser to party leader Sir Keir Starmer....
...“We will see what happens if Keir Starmer gets elected,” he added....
...One private equity executive said Reeves was seen by the industry as more resistant to pressure on the issue while leader Sir Keir Starmer seemed more receptive to industry pleas....
...Sir Keir Starmer has sought to reassure business leaders that they will have a say in shaping the party’s workers’ rights plans if Labour wins the next general election....
...Historically, the most effective first-term ministers have been those such as Gordon Brown or Michael Gove, who arrived with a clear strategy for what they wished to achieve....
...Starmer’s self-described mission if anything understated the scale of the task. He had not only to be Kinnock, Smith and Blair, but Michael Foot too....
...Michael Gove, levelling-up secretary, said Labour’s last period in office from 1997 to 2010 had minimal devolution beyond the M25....
...Starmer’s charm offensive appears to be winning business support from the Conservatives....
...Top stories today Playtime over | Michael Matheson has resigned as Scotland’s health secretary in a bid to close down a row over an £11,000 data roaming bill that his children helped run up on his work...
...Earlier this month, Starmer matched Sunak’s aspiration to raise defence expenditure to 2.5 per cent of GDP, but “as soon as resources allow”....
...“I don’t think he [Starmer] has been too timid....
...Starmer will tell the audience that “Labour is the party of business”....
...Vlessing said he would await the details of Starmer’s pledge. “You don’t reform planning with headline-grabbing slogans,” he added....
...Responding to chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s spring Budget on Wednesday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer cited the settlement paid on behalf of Donelan as an example of disorder and decline in government....
...At a Labour event for businesses last week, Starmer said: “We are going to level up workers’ rights in a way that has not been attempted for decades....
...Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer both endured difficult moments as leaders of their respective parties yesterday....
...The allegations were first made in a biography by former Conservative deputy chair Lord Michael Ashcroft — which was serialised in the Mail on Sunday newspaper....
...Michael Gove, housing secretary, said: “Keir Starmer can’t continue to support this candidacy.”...
...Sir Keir Starmer, Labour leader, said at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday....
...They noted that one of his predecessors, Michael Martin, had resigned as Speaker in 2009 on the same day 23 MPs signed a motion of no confidence in him....
...Michael Gove, the communities secretary, insisted it was the so-called BDS campaign against Israel that was antisemitic....
...“Pretend capitalism,” as Michael Portillo admitted to me in the film. Now try this . . ....
...Reform UK, the populist anti-immigration party, is being boosted by the government’s focus on extremism, senior Conservatives have warned, as communities secretary Michael Gove prepares a new definition...
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