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Chief secretary to prime minister will also bring in small, risk-taking task forces to target specific problemsKeir Starmer’s chief enforcer Darren Jones says he is going to bust “the sludge” in Whitehall by bringing in risk-taking task forces to deal …
Dan Jarvis answers questions in the Commons over the decision to approve a new ‘super-embassy’ UK government approves Chinese ‘mega embassy’ in LondonJack Straw, a former Labour foreign secretary, has praised Keir Starmer for the way he is handling Don…
UK waiting to determine if US breached international law by capturing Nicolás Maduro, PM’s chief secretary saysVenezuela crisis – latest updatesThe UK is “not entirely clear” what it means for the US to be in charge of Venezuela, the chief secretary to…
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’The Green party is offering “simple solutions to complex problems” and making “undeliverable” promises to voters ahead of the next election that could le…
This blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereMark Sedwill, the former cabinet secretary and former national security adviser, goes next. He is now a peer, and a member of the committee.He says the deputy national security…
Ministers signal Labour will take stronger approach to attacking Reform rather than just ‘respond to crazy things they’re saying’UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer’s new No 10 enforcer has compared Nigel Farage to the influencer Andrew Tate,…
PM says Reform’s migration plan makes it ‘enemy of national renewal’, while Farage accuses Labour of endangering his party’s politicians and activists with its language. This live blog is closedWes Streeting, the health secretary, has said that Tony Bl…
Darren Jones says PM showed leadership by acting decisively after his deputy resignedUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer’s government is not in chaos, the prime minister’s new chief secretary, Darren Jones, has said after an emergency reshuff…
Yvette Cooper says rules were designed years ago to help families separated by war but are being used in a different way nowYvette Cooper accused of pushing children towards people smugglers by halting refugee schemeAnd while we are talking about Blair…
Exclusive: Darren Jones appointed to new senior role in charge of day-to-day delivery of PM’s prioritiesDarren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, has been moved to a new senior role in Downing Street as Keir Starmer attempts to get a grip on d…