Starmer says Sunak 'too weak' to call out 'Islamophobia' after Lee Anderson comments

Sir Keir Starmer said Rishi Sunak "lacks the backbone" to call out ... "The reason he won't is because he is so weak. They are divided, chaotic and if they are re-elected we are going to have ... Read More

Starmer tells Sunak to sack Nadhim Zahawi as Tory chairman

Sir Keir Starmer says Nadhim Zahawi is not going to resign and the PM should sack him ... and that Rishi Sunak "should show some leadership". Rishi Sunak says questions remain over Nadhim Zahawi ... Read More

Politics latest: Sunak responds to claim 'he's so weak that MP had to fire himself'

A senior Tory MP told our deputy political editor Sam Coates that Rishi Sunak is "so weak [that] Wragg decided he'd have to fire himself instead". But the PM defended his decision not to sack Mr ... Read More

UK politics – latest: Sunak ‘lacks the backbone’ to call Lee Anderson’s comments Islamophobic, says Starmer

Rishi Sunak “lacks the backbone ... And Labour Party chair Anneliese Dodds alleged she had written to Tory party chairs seven times over the past three years calling for them to take action ... Read More

Keir Starmer says Rishi Sunak attack advert ‘is not racist’

Sir Keir Starmer has said ... advert targeting Rishi Sunak is not racist, and that he stands by its content. The opposition party was accused of “gutter politics” over the graphic, which ... Read More

Kuenssberg: The thorny politics of Houthi strikes for Sunak and Starmer

So why did Prime Minister Rishi Sunak get the UK involved in the strikes on the Houthis? As so often in politics, the causes and the consequences are simple but complex too. Here's the ... Read More

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are keener to call each other racist than tackle tax burden

Prime Minister's questions today can be briefly summed up thus: Sir Keir Starmer: "You [Rishi Sunak ... a former Tory MP Lee Anderson was sitting on the Oppositon benches for Reform UK because ... Read More

Rishi Sunak faces Keir Starmer at PMQs – UK politics live

Prime minister faces questions from MPs after Lee Anderson’s defection and controversy over Frank Hester as poll says voters ... left of politics. Yesterday Richard Tice, the Reform UK leader ... Read More

Sunak says UK has 'proud tradition of diversity'

The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asked Rishi Sunak if he backed Liz Truss in calling on the Tories to welcome Nigel Farage back. The prime minister said his party had a "proud tradition of ... Read More