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Labour party

Nigel Farage says he would appoint a Brexiteer as the BoE governor
News

Reform drops points in yet another poll, as Labour gains

Basit Mahmood
Today

Far from being anti-insurgent, Farage’s Reform are the Tories repackaged.

Andy Burnham
News

Number 10 says Andy Burnham was told in advance he would be rejected as Labour by-election candidate

Basit Mahmood
27 January, 2026 (2 days ago)

No 10 “therefore interpret his application as an explicit attempt to destabilise Starmer and sow dissent, rather than – which he claims – see off the threat from Reform”

Andy Burnham
News

Ex-Labour minister ‘will step down as MP’ with Andy Burnham predicted to run in by-election

Basit Mahmood
22 January, 2026 (1 week ago)

Labour Party sources have also expressed concern about the implications of any contest for the Greater Manchester Mayorality, with costs expected to run into hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Opinion

Why has devolution ground to a halt?

Shaun Roberts
9 January, 2026 (3 weeks ago)

That’s a hammer blow to plans to deliver growth and to get power out of Whitehall and back into local communities. 

Keir Starmer reminds the Tories that they didn't act on the grooming gangs scandal while in government
News

More Britons think Labour would be better at tackling the cost of living than Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

Basit Mahmood
7 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

The public know that Farage and Reform, who openly call for a return to austerity and privatising vital services, are not the answer on the cost of living.

Maduro
News

Dame Emily Thornberry says US action in Venezuela not legal, in strongest criticism yet

Basit Mahmood
5 January, 2026 (4 weeks ago)

‘We cannot have breaches of international law like this. We cannot have the law of the jungle.’

Prime minister Keir Starmer giving a speech on Gaza
News

Achievements of the Labour government over the last week: From freezing rail fares to accelerating housebuilding

Basit Mahmood
24 November, 2025

Here are some of the Labour government’s achievements over the last week which you may have missed

Sharon Graham speaking on the Winter Fuel Allowance motion at Labour Conference
News

Unite’s Sharon Graham calls for Labour to implement a wealth tax ahead of the budget

Basit Mahmood
24 November, 2025

‘Everyday people cannot pay any more’

Shabana Mahmood
News

What changes to the UK asylum system are the Labour Government proposing?

Basit Mahmood
17 November, 2025

Amid the threat posed by Farage and Reform’s rise in the polls, the government recognises that unless it can assert control and grip over the problem, there is a real risk it could lose to Reform.

Keir Starmer
News

Current leadership is ‘killing Labour’, Neal Lawson argues in damning article

Chris Jarvis
10 November, 2025

Factional operators have undermined Labour in government, the Compass director has argued.

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