In a sign of their alarm at the threat to Starmer’s leadership over his handling of the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal, the prime minister’s supporters invoked the risk of a Liz Truss-style surge in interest rates if he was pushed out of office.

U.K. bond yields ticked higher Thursday morning as faith in Starmer's leadership was shaken, but fell on news the Bank of England would hold rates.

US president backs down over Labour prime minister’s plans to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in a deal the government says is necessary to secure the future of the crucial UK-US Diego Garcia

Keir Starmer is in the middle of his worst crisis yet following further damaging revelations about Peter Mandelson’s friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Emails released by the US government revealed the depth of Mandelson’s friendship with Epstein and confirmed that it continued after Epstein’s conviction in 2008.

Pakistan, Feb. 6 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a severe political crisis after appointing Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Mandelson had close ties to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

While Keir Starmer is the Prime Minister of the UK, many would be unaware that the title of the most powerful man in UK politics actually belongs to an Irishman: Morgan McSweeney. Born in Cork, Mr McSweeney was central to Mr Starmer’s rise to power as leader of the Labour Party,

The leaders of Britain and China have called for a “comprehensive strategic partnership” to deepen ties at a time of global uncertainty.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has arrived in the Chinese financial center of Shanghai in his bid to boost business opportunities for U.K. firms in the world’s second-largest economy, just hours after President Donald Trump signaled a possible

Sir Keir's survival as Labour leader and prime minister hangs in the balance, writes Nick Eardley.