Stefan Boscia
@Stefan_Boscia
Politics Newsletter Editor for The Times.
And if he didn’t go to the G7 and NATO summits, people would complain he’s not stepping up on the world stage (like they did with Rishi Sunak). Impossible to win.
Starmer Skips PMQs Yet Again as Absences Rack Up order-order.com/2025/06/25/sta…
EXCL Sadiq Khan has been informally advising the Democrats’ left-wing New York mayoral candidate on how to win his election. But sources close to Khan say the self-avowed socialist Zohran Mamdani must moderate if he wants to become NYC mayor. thetimes.com/article/0de1b4…
A very good, and fundamental, question from Labour MP Meg Hillier to Keir Starmer to open the Liaison Committee. "What do you want the UK to look like in three years' time?" One of the big complaints from Labour MPs is Starmer's inability to set out a vision for the UK.
Exclusive Rachel Reeves is expected to reject pressure from left-wing Labour MPs to implement a wealth tax after cabinet ministers warned that it would not raise any money Lord Kinnock, the former Labour leader, has suggested there should be a 2 per cent tax on assets worth…
Lots of analysis and original reporting in today’s edition of The Times’ politics newsletter. Including a scoop on Labour’s special advisers. All only available to Times digital subscribers - sign up here thetimes.com/subscribe/digi…
BREAKING: The British military is responsible for a data leak that put up to 100,000 Afghans at risk of death - and successive governments have spent years fighting to keep it secret using an unprecedented superinjunction
EXC: Veterans minister on resignation watch over Troubles legacy plans Alistair Carns has told Hilary Benn, the Northern Ireland secretary, that he cannot support proposals to repeal the law that gives servicemen immunity from prosecution thetimes.com/article/bad7ac…
EXCL UK is No 1 target for Russian cyberattacks since Trump’s election Government officials say Trump’s warmer posture towards Putin has led to a surge in attacks on British instead of American targets. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
Macron now onto the bit of his very long and sprawling opening address where he lectures the UK about Brexit. Says that many people in the UK (but not Starmer) who said Brexit would cut illegal migration.
Starmer also asked about a wealth tax by Green MP Adrian Ramsay. The PM doesn’t point blank rule it out, but says “we can’t tax our way to growth”.
NEW Keir Starmer refuses to rule out new wealth tax at #PMQs, after being asked by Kemi Badenoch. Strange Badenoch didn’t follow up to push again on that.
NEW Keir Starmer refuses to rule out new wealth tax at #PMQs, after being asked by Kemi Badenoch. Strange Badenoch didn’t follow up to push again on that.
Tom McTague reported this a couple weeks back in his New Statesman piece and Number 10 immediately said it wasn’t true … only for Keir Starmer to confirm it himself now. This administration really does sometimes feel a bit like Boris Johnson’s.
In a long, reflective interview with @TomBaldwin66 on his first year in office, Keir Starmer says of his "island of strangers" line on immigration: "I deeply regret using it." Adds he hadn't read the speech properly as it came only hours after an arson attack on his family home.
This sounds very complacent
Keir Starmer, asked why he has failed to read the mood of Labour MPs on welfare reform, appears to suggest rebellion is "noises off". PM tells reporters Labour MPs are "pretty united" and "absolutely on the [same] page" on the need for reform. "I am comfortable with reading…
An interesting point that's been made to me by one Labour MP - some of the rebel ringleaders on welfare were very active in the assisted dying debate (on both sides). "They got a taste for anger and organising"