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John Rentoul

John Rentoul is The Independent’s chief political commentator, having worked for the title since 1995. He is also visiting professor at King’s College, London, and a prominent tweeter. He is the author of a biography of Tony Blair and, with Jon Davis, of Heroes or Villains? The Blair Government Reconsidered. He writes the free daily View from Westminster newsletter, and the weekly Commons Confidential email on Wednesdays for subscribers only

<p>The prime minister’s Commons majority could be under threat from rebel Labour MPs opposed to his government’s welfare reform plans</p>

Keir Starmer has asserted his power over his party – about time, too

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<p>Keir Starmer speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions</p>

Smiling Starmer steals PMQs victory as Badenoch misses her mark

<p>Former health secretary Sajid Javid has called for NHS reforms</p>

Is it time to give up on the NHS, our national religion?

<p>Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced the small boats deal on Thursday (Leon Neal/PA)</p>

Keir Starmer has achieved the first half of his impossible mission

<p>Many Labour supporters believe that preferential voting is more democratic</p>

Politics Explained

Why is Angela Rayner abolishing ‘first past the post’ for mayors?

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<p>Sunak was the richest MP to become PM since Earl Derby in the 1850s</p>

Politics Explained

Life after power: What do former prime ministers do all day?

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Politics Explained

Trial without jury? How Labour hopes to clear courts backlog

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<p>‘His only workable argument – and it is admittedly a powerful one at the level of simplistic slogans – is: “How could we do worse?”’</p>

Could Nigel Farage do worse as prime minister? You better believe it

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<p>Jeremy Corbyn is set to form a breakaway party</p>

Welfare U-turn to Corbyn comeback: Your Labour questions answered

<p>Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) crying as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions</p>

Q&A: Can Starmer and Reeves hold the Labour Party together?

<p>‘Starmer, Reeves and Wes Streeting launched the 10-year NHS plan today to sell the message that the pain of tax rises will be worth it if the health service can be made to work again. A functioning NHS is Labour’s equivalent of 1982’s economic recovery’</p>

Are you ready for the ‘politics of pain’ about to hit us?

<p>‘Instead of analysing why the system run by the Department for Work and Pensions is putting so many people on PIP, they simply decreed that less should be spent on it’</p>

Only Angela Rayner has emerged with her reputation intact

<p>How long can a party function in permanent opposition to itself?</p>

MPs have weakened Starmer – but the greatest damage is to themselves

MPs have weakened Starmer – but the greatest damage is to themselves

<p>How long can a party function in permanent opposition to itself?</p>

<p>You’ll find plums growing at Morden Tube station on the Northern line... not so much on the chalk lines at Wimbledon</p>

Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: Jack Draper’s Latin lesson

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<p>‘Both parts of his confession to Baldwin were unwise in the extreme. It was unwise to admit that he doesn’t always read his speeches before he delivers them – or that he doesn’t always read them “properly”, which is the same thing’</p>

I thought I knew what Keir Starmer believed – now, it’s anyone’s guess

<p>‘It feels as if Keir Starmer is now more likely than not to cease being prime minister before the end of this parliament’</p>

Starmer’s welfare humiliation is a turning point for his government

<p>‘I know politics is said to have sped up, but we have reached that stage five years earlier with Starmer, and the big difference is that most people expect Labour to lose its majority at the next election’</p>

Don’t blame Morgan McSweeney – this welfare mess is Starmer’s fault

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<p>‘I know politics is said to have sped up, but we have reached that stage five years earlier with Starmer, and the big difference is that most people expect Labour to lose its majority at the next election’</p>

Don’t blame Morgan McSweeney – this welfare mess is Starmer’s fault

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<p>Daniel Hannan predicted that, nine years after the Brexit vote, ‘fuel bills have tumbled’ and there’s ‘shale oil and gas on tap’</p>

Dan Hannan, have any of your predictions for Brexit Britain come true?

<p>Keir Starmer and Donald Trump</p>

Why can’t Starmer say if Trump was right or wrong to bomb Iran?

<p>‘Squawk! I’ve never seen the attraction of rich people myself’</p>

Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: I know why the caged metal bird won’t sing

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<p>Keir Starmer at the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, where he was interviewed by Sky News’s Beth Rigby</p>

Keir Starmer accidentally admits his first year has been a failure

<p>Angela Rayner in the Commons on Wednesday</p>

Politics explained

Why is Angela Rayner shifting council tax burden from north to south?

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<p>Rebecca Wilcox, daughter of Dame Esther Rantzen</p>

Politics Explained

Assisted dying bill: All you need to know as MPs vote on landmark bill

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<p>The HS2 project has been beset by delays and spiralling costs</p>

Politics Explained

A political blame game over HS2 failures – but who is right?

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<p>Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has argued that human rights laws could block the removal of sex offenders from the UK</p>

The tide has turned against the European Convention on Human Rights

<p>Rebecca Wilcox, daughter of Dame Esther Rantzen</p>

Politics Explained

Assisted dying bill: All you need to know as MPs vote on landmark bill

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<p>The HS2 project has been beset by delays and spiralling costs</p>

Politics Explained

A political blame game over HS2 failures – but who is right?

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<p>Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has argued that human rights laws could block the removal of sex offenders from the UK</p>

The tide has turned against the European Convention on Human Rights

<p>‘The point is that the NHS can be changed in a single parliament. The challenges are different now, and so are the technologies. But the principles are the same: more money accompanied by devolution of power to successful managers and aligning staff incentives with the interests of patients’</p>

Rachel Reeves has bet all our money on Wes Streeting saving the NHS

Rachel Reeves has bet all our money on Wes Streeting saving the NHS

<p>‘The point is that the NHS can be changed in a single parliament. The challenges are different now, and so are the technologies. But the principles are the same: more money accompanied by devolution of power to successful managers and aligning staff incentives with the interests of patients’</p>

<p>Keir Starmer says the UK is in constant contact with Indian authorities</p>

Will Israel’s war on Iran mean even higher UK defence spending?

<p>New Statesman editor Tom McTague said Keir Starmer ‘seems reluctant to poke at the reasons the country is so tense and angry and poor, to analyse the cause of the country’s malaise’</p>

Look away, Sir Keir! Labour’s bible has given its verdict on you

<p>Rachel Reeves was described by Mel Stride, shadow chancellor, as ‘powerless to resist her disillusioned MPs and her panicking prime minister, like a cork on the tide, the drumbeat for U-turns pounding in her ears’</p>

Rachel Reeves sounded like she was fighting for her political life

<p>Health secretary Wes Streeting has been allocated spending increases of 2.8 per cent a year more than inflation over the three years from next year to 2029</p>

Wes Streeting has won the spending review – will he blow his winnings?

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<p>Health secretary Wes Streeting has been allocated spending increases of 2.8 per cent a year more than inflation over the three years from next year to 2029</p>

Wes Streeting has won the spending review – will he blow his winnings?

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<p>Rachel Reeves will have to make Sir Keir Starmer’s spending promises work</p>

Rachel Reeves is undermined by a ‘spend now, pay later’ PM

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<p>Nigel Farage with his now former party chair Zia Yusuf</p>

Inside the 24 hours in which Reform imploded

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<p>Many voters rate Farage higher than Starmer on many qualities, but they do not think he is prime ministerial</p>

John Rentoul: ‘Reform voters aren’t unreasonable – they’re desperate’

<p>Nigel Farage, Reform UK leader</p>

Has Scotland fallen for English nationalist Nigel Farage?

<p>Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester</p>

Will no one rid Keir Starmer of his turbulent mayors?

<p>Nigel Farage’s tax plans would cost up to £80bn, the IFS warned</p>

Reform’s rise explained: Join Q&A with John Rentoul

<p>Many voters rate Farage higher than Starmer on many qualities, but they do not think he is prime ministeria</p>

Keir Starmer has found Nigel Farage’s weak spot: Trussonomics

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<p>‘A political party cannot survive by stunts alone, but it might help the Tories a bit, at the margins, to have an unconventional communicator such as Jenrick in charge’</p>

Robert Jenrick’s TfL stunt reminds us how simple politics can be

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<p>The attorney general, Lord Richard Hermer, compared Reform and the Tories to the Nazis during a lecture this week</p>

It’s never a good idea to call people Nazis if they are not Nazis

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<p>‘Working-class’ hero Nigel Farage</p>

There’s now a surefire way to defeat ‘left-wing’ Nigel Farage

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<p>Labour focused on crime during the 2024 election and held an event with actor and knife crime campaigner Idris Elba</p>

Politics explained

Police say they need more money to meet crime targets: are they right?

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Politics explained

Police say they need more money to meet crime targets: are they right?

Head shot of John Rentoul

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<p>Labour focused on crime during the 2024 election and held an event with actor and knife crime campaigner Idris Elba</p>

<p>Rayner’s latest ideas are not ones that Reeves asked for, but they will allow the deputy prime minister to take some of the credit</p>

Angela Rayner is the Gordon Brown of this government

<p>Bertice Pompe (left) and Bernadette Dugasse brought a legal action against the UK government over the Chagos Islands ‘sale’ to Mauritius</p>

This baffling Chagos deal will forever haunt Keir Starmer

<p>Rishi Sunak, former prime minister</p>

Rishi Sunak handed Keir Starmer his immigration ‘win’ on a plate

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<p>‘Angela Rayner understands how to operate the machinery of government better than anyone else in the cabinet’</p>

Angela Rayner’s soak-the-rich plans show what a smart operator she is

<p>David Cameron and Nick Clegg</p>

Nick Clegg is wrong – the Lib Dems must never go into coalition again

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<p>Keir Starmer should be propping up Kemi Badenoch rather than boosting Nigel Farage</p>

The Tories ‘sliding into oblivion’? Careful what you wish for, Keir

<p>Mental health support in schools will be available to 1 million more children by the end of this year</p>

Politics Explained

Is Labour delivering its promises on mental healthcare in schools?

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<p>Sir Tony Blair (left) backs Sir Keir Starmer’s approach on tariffs (Stefan Rousseau/PA)</p>

Tony Blair urges Starmer not to retaliate against Trump tariffs

<p>Keir Starmer speaks with a border officer in Tirana, Albania, on Thursday</p>

Politics explained

How might Starmer’s migrant ‘return hubs’ even work?

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<p>Geri Hignett, a doctor, protesting outside parliament in Edinburgh on Tuesday</p>

Politics Explained

Is the tide really turning against assisted dying?

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<p>Unemployment is still pretty low by historical standards</p>

Politics Explained

Has Labour really made Britain’s jobs market worse?

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<p>Prime minister Keir Starmer and Louise Haigh when she was transport secretary</p>

Starmer has wins on the global stage but must beware domestic threats

<p>Kemi Badenoch, current leader of the opposition</p>

Kemi’s sour grapes response to ‘two-deals Keir’ is a recipe for chaos

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<p>Ask John Rentoul Anything on the US-UK trade deal</p>

Q&A: Ask John Rentoul anything on historic Trump trade deal

Q&A: Ask John Rentoul anything on historic Trump trade deal

<p>Ask John Rentoul Anything on the US-UK trade deal</p>

<p>Suddenly we have been moved from the back of Barack Obama’s queue to the front of Trump’s line. The charm offensive has worked</p>

‘Two-tier Keir’ turned into ‘two deals Keir’ (with a third on the way)

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<p>Kemi Badenoch knows this is a good deal for the taxpayer because she was trade secretary 10 months ago, leading the British negotiations on the deal</p>

The right’s attack on the India deal is opportunistic, envious fakery

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<p>Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has placed a ban on Ukrainian flags flying at English council buildings – even though the Ukrainian cause is overwhelmingly popular in Britain... and even Reform voters support it</p>

Reform’s ban on Ukrainian flags shows us who Nigel Farage really is

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<p>Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, celebrates the victory of Sarah Pochin, the party’s candidate, in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election at the DCBL Stadium in Widnes</p>

Yes, Nigel Farage really could be prime minister in 2029

<p>Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, celebrates the victory of Sarah Pochin, the party’s candidate, in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election at the DCBL Stadium in Widnes</p>

Yes, Nigel Farage really could be prime minister in 2029

<p>While Kemi Badenoch’s party will take years to recover from its own disfavour, Farage will conquer all in the meantime</p>

It was a bad night for Labour – but even worse for the Tories

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<p>Your local election questions answered by John Rentoul</p>

Will Farage’s success endure? John Rentoul answers your questions

<p>Ask John Rentoul anything on the local elections</p>

Local elections 2025: Ask John Rentoul anything in exclusive Q&A

<p>Ed Miliband, energy secretary</p>

Is Ed Miliband, Labour’s green conscience, about to be dumped?

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<p>Now that Rachel Reeves realises that a US-UK trade deal is a second or third-order priority for Trump, she must know that her chances of avoiding more big tax rises in the autumn Budget are one step closer to zero</p>

Rachel Reeves has given up hoping for a trade deal with Donald Trump

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<p>Former prime minister Tony Blair</p>

Tony Blair has exposed the inconvenient facts about net zero

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<p>Sir Keir Starmer, centre, with his wife, Victoria, left, at the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome</p>

Pope’s funeral a chance for PM to seal the deal with European leaders

<p>Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is said to be ‘open’ to a youth mobility scheme with the EU on a ‘one in, one out’ basis</p>

Could Yvette Cooper’s ‘one in, one out’ EU youth mobility scheme work?

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<p>Ed Miliband, energy secretary</p>

So will regional energy prices really spark poll tax-style riots?

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<p>Keir Starmer speaks to children during a visit to St Michael’s Junior School in Bath following the rollout of 750 new free breakfast clubs across England</p>

Is Labour’s breakfast club rollout a poorly disguised bribe?

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<p>Certain alien life forces can put the fear of God into you – but enough about our parliamentarians...</p>

Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: Definitely not Daleks?

<p>Liz Truss and Nigel Farage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington DC last year</p>

Nigel Farage’s party has been talking to Liz Truss – a big mistake

<p><a href="/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.independent.co.uk%2fnews%2fhealth%2flearning-disabilities-autism-hospital-nhs-b2734869.html" title="‘Every day she begs for help’: Father fighting for daughter detained in hospital for years to be freed"></a>Streeting’s approach to reform is fundamentally sound, which is to bring in the people who made the NHS the best it has ever been and put them to work</p>

Wes Streeting must cut and run to a safer seat – his country needs him

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<p>‘The truth is that Trump and Vance have played their hand so badly that they now need a UK trade deal as much as we do’</p>

How can Starmer seal the deal with Trump?

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<p>The public learns little from politicians publishing their tax returns that it didn’t already know</p>

What do tax returns published by Starmer, Rayner and Reeves tell us?

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<p>‘Miliband may linger in Starmer’s cabinet as a green talisman, helping to keep Labour idealists from defecting to the Greens, or he may resign on a point of principle, helping Labour to appeal to Reform-minded voters’</p>

The big loser from the collapse of British Steel is Ed Miliband

<p>‘The truth is that Trump and Vance have played their hand so badly that they now need a UK trade deal as much as we do’</p>

How can Starmer seal the deal with Trump?

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<p>The public learns little from politicians publishing their tax returns that it didn’t already know</p>

What do tax returns published by Starmer, Rayner and Reeves tell us?

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<p>‘Miliband may linger in Starmer’s cabinet as a green talisman, helping to keep Labour idealists from defecting to the Greens, or he may resign on a point of principle, helping Labour to appeal to Reform-minded voters’</p>

The big loser from the collapse of British Steel is Ed Miliband

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What Tony Blair told Keir Starmer about how to deal with Donald Trump

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<p>Home secretary Yvette Cooper has promised a named police officer for every community</p>

Two cheers for Yvette Cooper’s bid to put more bobbies on the beat

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<p>King Charles in Rome with Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni</p>

How the King is seducing Labour

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<p>‘The falls in stock markets around the world reflect a rational assessment of the consequences of a trade war’</p>

Donald Trump is the Liz Truss of US economic policy

<p>US president Donald Trump greets British prime minister Keir Starmer at the entrance of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on 27 February 2025</p>

John Rentoul answers your Trump tariffs questions

<p>Tony Blair and Keir Starmer</p>

Tony Blair has warned Starmer against retaliatory tariffs – here’s why

Keep calm and carry on: Starmer is right to duck the tariffs brawl

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<p>Donald Trump has launched a fresh wave of tariffs, including a 10 per cent duty on all British exports to the US (Carl Court/PA)</p>

Ask John Rentoul anything in Q&A on Trump’s tariffs, Brexit and more

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