Henry Zeffman
@hzeffman.bsky.social
BBC Chief Political Correspondent
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Angela Rayner has helped Keir Starmer defuse left-wing discontent. What if she were replaced as deputy leader by someone whose express mandate was to represent left-wing discontent?
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September 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Angela Rayner has helped Keir Starmer defuse left-wing discontent. What if she were replaced as deputy leader by someone whose express mandate was to represent left-wing discontent?
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It was a real privilege to travel to Ukraine this weekend with the prime minister and other leaders.
My report for BBC News made with Jack Slater and Imogen Wallace:
My report for BBC News made with Jack Slater and Imogen Wallace:
May 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It was a real privilege to travel to Ukraine this weekend with the prime minister and other leaders.
My report for BBC News made with Jack Slater and Imogen Wallace:
My report for BBC News made with Jack Slater and Imogen Wallace:
February 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
NEW: Parliament’s national security strategy committee has written to Keir Starmer complaining that Jonathan Powell hasn’t agreed to speak to them.
They have contacted the National Security Adviser 3 times to ask for a session.
Every previous NSA has given evidence to them
They have contacted the National Security Adviser 3 times to ask for a session.
Every previous NSA has given evidence to them
February 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
NEW: Parliament’s national security strategy committee has written to Keir Starmer complaining that Jonathan Powell hasn’t agreed to speak to them.
They have contacted the National Security Adviser 3 times to ask for a session.
Every previous NSA has given evidence to them
They have contacted the National Security Adviser 3 times to ask for a session.
Every previous NSA has given evidence to them
This mini-reshuffle (as a result of Louise Haigh’s resignation last week) means that Sarah Sackman is the first of the 2024 intake to make it to minister of state. The others are parliamentary under-secretaries, which in itself is controversial in some quarters
December 2, 2024 at 12:59 PM
This mini-reshuffle (as a result of Louise Haigh’s resignation last week) means that Sarah Sackman is the first of the 2024 intake to make it to minister of state. The others are parliamentary under-secretaries, which in itself is controversial in some quarters
Wherever this legislation goes now, this is a huge moment in British social policy — and the House of Commons has made a big moral judgment
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November 29, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Wherever this legislation goes now, this is a huge moment in British social policy — and the House of Commons has made a big moral judgment
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The prime minister says John Prescott was “a true giant of the Labour movement”
November 21, 2024 at 6:43 AM
The prime minister says John Prescott was “a true giant of the Labour movement”
Statement from former US vice-president Al Gore:
November 21, 2024 at 6:30 AM
Statement from former US vice-president Al Gore:
Guten morgen from Berlin where Keir Starmer is meeting Olaf Scholz to discuss a new UK-Germany treaty.
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Follow it all on our live page here bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz73…
August 28, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Guten morgen from Berlin where Keir Starmer is meeting Olaf Scholz to discuss a new UK-Germany treaty.
Follow it all on our live page here bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz73…
Follow it all on our live page here bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz73…