The WhatsApp messages appear to directly contradict the party's denials last week that embattled Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney, used his Labour Together think tank to back Sir Keir.
With Andy Burnham and left-wing Labour rebels threatening to oust him on one side and Nigel Farage taking Labour voters away on the other, Keir Starmer arrives in Liverpool as a man under siege, writes political editor David Maddox
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham claims Labour MPs want him to launch a leadership bid against Sir Keir Starmer, who faces a major bout of party infighting.
Each new town will have the potential for around 10,000 homes, with a minimum of 40% for affordable housing, along with GP surgeries, schools, libraries and local transport links
Keir Starmer told the Sunday Mirror that Nigel Farage is more interested in lining his pockets than helping hard working families as he ramped up his attacks on Reform
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch believes Prime Minister can be forced into embarrassing climbdown, just as he was with grooming gangs inquiry and winter fuel payments
The Prime Minister tore into Reform UK’s controversial plans to end indefinite leave to remain, describing them as “one of the most shocking things” Mr Farage had come up with
Devastating polling shows voters think the country is going in the wrong direction and Labour is failing to tackle the cost of living or govern with integrity
This is what I warned you against. Sir Keir Starmer, I told you, was a hard anti-British Leftist who had so much contempt for us that he did not even try to hide the truth.
The prime minister could yet defy the prophets of doom, writes John Rentoul – and with Reform UK at ‘peak Farage’, the future looks set for coalitions rather than outright majorities
The prime minister said the populist Reform UK party's policies and politics would 'tear this country apart' as he arrived in Liverpool for Labour’s party conference. Speaking to school pupils at the Liverpool Echo's offices on Saturday,…
In the midst of Labour's internal chaos, a fierce battle for leadership unfolds. As political ambitions clash, the future of the party hangs in the balance.