It boils down to this - how do Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron make the case for what they see as the virtues of patience, nuance, subtleties and trade-offs in an era of growing impatience at the perceived repeated failures of those in high office?

The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence is unmatched since the welfare rebellion

The Prime Minister is due to discuss border security with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz this week as Sir Keir Starmer called illegal migration “a global problem”.

Sir Keir Starmer was hoping to break the curse of the cabinet away day as he summoned his ministers to Chequers for the launch of a summer "refresh" of his troubled government.The aim: to plot a course for a recovery during Labour's second year in power after a first 12 months blighted by economic woes,

The Prime Minister gives a full-throttle defence of his record on stopping illegal immigration in an exclusive message for Express readers

Chris Philp was humiliatingly forced to admit the Tories’ own failure on small boat crossings after dismissing Keir Starmer’s bid to solve the problem as a “gimmick”.The shadow home secretary said the prime minister’s returns deal with French president Emmanuel Macron was “laughable”.

Labour MPs have called on Sir Keir Starmer to reduce net zero taxes on oil and gas producers or risk destroying thousands of jobs in their constituencies.

Sir Keir Starmer’s much-lauded “one in, one out” migrant return deal with Emmanuel Macron is a “publicity stunt” that won’t win back voters, Britain’s leading pollsters have warned.Professor Sir John Curtice,