Keir Starmer has said it “beggars belief” that he was not told the full story about Peter Mandelson’s vetting by Foreign ...

Keir Starmer did not mislead parliament when asked about the vetting of former UK ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson, a senior minister has stated.  Darren Jones, the chief secretary to ...

In the three weeks running up to April 24 2024, the Labour Party enjoyed an 19% opinion poll lead over the Conservatives. Polling averages extrapolated placed Labour on 43.3%, the Conservatives on ...

At the heart of this manifesto is a simple proposition. We are the party of working people, offering you security at every stage of your life. If you’re a young person looking for training. If you’re ...

Earmarked as a ‘rising star’ in the Labour Party upon her election to Westminster in 2010, Rachel Reeves is the MP for Leeds West. She was reelected in 2019 with a majority of 10,584. Ms Reeves was ...

Makbool Javaid, the controversial former brother-in-law of London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan, readily accepts that the video of him speaking at a 1997 Islamic rally in Trafalgar Square makes him ...

Sports secretary Andy Burnham was heckled by parts of the crowd during a packed ceremony to commemorate the Hillsborough disaster at Anfield today. Some attendees booed and shouted at the frontbencher ...

MPs voted by 348-228 — a majority of 120 — against a Conservative motion condemning the government’s winter fuel allowance cuts. The government will now scrap the winter fuel allowance for all ...

MPs voted by 330-275 — a majority of 55 — in favour of the assisted dying bill at second reading on Friday. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill now progresses to committee stage where MPs ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. After Angela Rayner’s resignation last week, the sweeping cabinet reshuffle that followed, and the blundering defenestration ...

Across successive PMQs scuffles, Kemi Badenoch has characterised her opponent, the prime minister, as in hock to some clandestine sect of North London solicitors. Keir Starmer is a “lawyer”, the ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Westminster is no stranger to the unpredictable and fraught political procedure known as the leadership election. Across long ...