Mitchell Labiak & Michael RaceBusiness reporters, BBC NewsGetty ImagesCouncils in England must show how they are improving roads and tackling what the government describes as a "pothole plague" or ...

Joshua NevettPolitical reporterHenry ZeffmanBBC chief political correspondentEPAThe prime minister's remarks come after the government announced a major benefits overhaul on Tuesday.The rising cost of sickness and disability benefits is ...

Conservation charities have accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of making "misleading" claims that rare spiders had stopped a new town from being built.Sir Keir has spoken about what ...

Becky MortonPolitical reporterGetty ImagesSir Keir Starmer has pledged to tackle the "overcautious" and "flabby" state to make it more efficient.Writing in the Daily Telegraph ahead of a speech later, ...

Joshua NevettPolitical reporterHelen CattPolitical correspondentReutersSir Keir Starmer has called the current benefits system unsustainable, indefensible and unfair, and said the government could not "shrug its shoulders and look away". ...

Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurakBBC"Trump may be the best thing to happen to Starmer," says a diplomat, suggesting the brash property tycoon busy upending the world order might ...

PA MediaUK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is due to speak to European allies as he continues his efforts to reach an agreement on Ukraine.His Defence Secretary John Healey ...

Michael KeohanBBC Kent, political reporterSimon JonesBBC News, South EastA mayor in Calais has called on Sir Keir Starmer to visit the regionMayors in northern France have called on Sir ...

Mary McCoolBBC Scotland News'I won't be diverted by SNP rhetoric on Trump visit' - StarmerThe prime minister has dismissed calls from the SNP to scrap an unprecedented second state ...

Watch: Zelensky meets Starmer at Downing StreetSir Keir Starmer has told Volodymyr Zelensky he has "full backing across the United Kingdom" as the two met in Downing Street.The Ukrainian ...

Damian GrammaticasPolitical correspondentTom SymondsNews correspondentReutersSir Keir Starmer will discuss the importance of Ukraine's sovereignty in talks with Donald Trump next week, he said in a call with the country's ...

Joshua NevettPolitical reporterReutersPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has backed Volodymyr Zelensky as a "democratically elected leader" after Donald Trump described the Ukrainian president as a "dictator".Sir Keir called Zelensky ...