Keir Starmer said the UK would provide “appropriate” support to ease household energy bills later in the year, as the prime minister sought to contain the domestic fallout from the US-Israeli war with Iran.

The Welsh nationalists of Plaid Cymru are set to overtake Labour to become the biggest party in Wales for the first time since 1999’s devolution, YouGov found in a survey that lays bare the danger to Prime Minister Keir Starmer posed by local elections in May.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined counterparts in Japan, Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands in calling on Iran to stop attacks on energy sites and other civilian infrastructure and to end the shipping gridlock in the Strait of Hormuz.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Peter Mandelson as US ambassador despite an official vetting process that warned his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein entailed “reputational risks.”

The UK government is preparing to publish a first set of documents relating to the controversial appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador in a move that threatens to redouble pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to reinvent his ailing Labour government with a leftwards pivot after the Green Party captured one of its House of Commons seats via a special election.

Residents of suburban Manchester head to the polling booths on Thursday to vote in a parliamentary election that threatens to lay bare the danger posed to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party from both the political right and left.

Keir Starmer’s government appointed Antonia Romeo as the first woman to head the UK civil service, filling a vacancy that suddenly and unexpectedly became available after a spate of departures from the prime minister’s top team.

The UK’s top civil servant quit his post after just 14 months, adding to the churn in Keir Starmer’s government that had already seen him lose two of his most senior aides this week.

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves took a swipe against European Union plans for a “made in Europe” law, urging her counterparts on the continent to broaden the concept out to other like-minded countries.

Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar urged UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to quit his post over his controversial appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador, becoming the most senior party figure so far to pull support from the beleaguered premier.

Keir Starmer’s cabinet members voiced their support for the prime minister on Monday, buying him time to shore up his beleaguered premiership after the Labour Party’s leader in Scotland urged him to quit.

The UK’s top spies have warned political parties of the dangers posed by foreign interference ranging from financial donations to honey traps.

Keir Starmer’s future is in the balance after a crisis over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington claimed the UK prime minister’s closest aide.

Keir Starmer’s future is in the balance after a crisis over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington claimed the UK prime minister’s closest aide.

Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney quit his post on Sunday, becoming the casualty of a furor over the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to Washington that now threatens the prime minister’s own position.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer suffered another dent to his authority this week when his governing Labour party lost a special election near Manchester to the left-wing Greens.

Plans to carry out a much-needed restoration of the UK Houses of Parliament could cost as much as £39 billion ($53 billion) and take more than six decades, according to a panel set up to examine options for the complex project.

Documents released by the US Department of Justice appear to show that Britain’s Peter Mandelson leaked sensitive government information to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a minister.

UK Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said it wasn’t practical to set up a compensation plan for millions of women who were affected by an unexpected and poorly communicated increase in the state pension age.