Long-serving Labour member quits party, saying it has 'changed beyond recognition'
A LONG-serving Labour councillor has announced she has left the party and will represent her constituents as an Independent instead.
Labour hails Thatcher and Trump, pledging to “cut the weeds of regulation”
Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s business secretary, told the Financial Times, “We have to respond to the agenda the US president has just set out with our own dynamism… Every country has to do it.”
Labour Party is holding Britain back in one key area that we should be leading
Riddled with jargon, Labour’s Plan will hold Britain back at a critical crossroads in global innovation. Britain deserves a bold, forward-thinking government to secure its position as a tech superpower. In contrast, Labour’s approach is analogue government in the digital age.
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Nigel Farage’s next act: Hammer Labour on energy costs
Reform UK has started tying green policies to grimly high energy bills — and some government MPs are getting nervous.
Reeves tells Labour MPs of need to 'go further and faster' to generate growth
The Chancellor has faced questions about her plans since the start of the year, amid stuttering growth figures and rising borrowing costs
The ‘best run’ county about to be erased by Labour
Angela Rayner’s plans for a major redesign of local government have been met with resistance from ‘the smallest county in England’
Labour will subsidise EV loans to help drivers ditch petrol and diesel cars
Labour Party government is mulling over plans to offer cheap or interest free loans on electric vehicles (EV) to drive up sales, as the number of motorists switching from petrol and diesel stalls.
Labour school reforms attacked by children’s commissioner
The children’s commissioner has condemned Labour’s school reforms and warned they risk wrecking progress made by “successive governments over the last three decades...
Labour could let under-40s raid their state pension early under new law
Andrew Lewin, the Labour Party MP for Welwyn Hatfield, is calling for a scheme whereby under-40s who have a decade of National Insurance contributions are handed £11,500 in exchange for delaying retirement by a year.
PM hails 'legendary' John Prescott ahead Hull funeral
John Prescott died in November, and his funeral is taking place at Hull Minster today. Described as a "titan" of British politics, he was a key component of New Labour, as a member of the traditional Labour movement that Sir Tony Blair was moving away from.
What the wrangling over Peter Mandelson says about Trump and Starmer
What the wrangling over Peter Mandelson says about Trump and Starmer - ANALYSIS: Trump and Starmer have resolved their differences on Lord Mandelson but at what cost to the prime minister? David Maddo
John Prescott funeral service being held in Hull for veteran former MP - updates
Former deputy prime minister and Hull East MP Lord Prescott will be remembered at a funeral service at Hull Minster today