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I worked for Denis Healey when he held the post, so know just how useless it is – and how much better both the country and Labour would be without it, says author Richard Heller

LABOUR have ejected appeals for dozens of motions on Palestine to be heard at the party’s conference this weekend ...

A Labour minister accused the Conservatives of mudslinging.

A SCOTTISH Labour minister refused to answer a question about whether a loss in next year’s Holyrood election should lead to the end of Keir…

Prime minister expected to warn UK is ‘at a crossroads’ as he sets out plan to counter Nigel Farage and Reform

SCOTS would vote to leave the Union if a new independence referendum were held tomorrow, a new poll has found ...

Resolution Foundation says move could raise additional £6bn a year and ‘level the playing field’ on income tax

Lib Dem leader to use conference speech to urge extra funding for mRNA research and accuse Nigel Farage of cheering US funding reductions

The Liberal Democrat leader will call for the arrangement as part of a plan to make cancer a ‘top priority’ on the NHS

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Reform UK’s headline-grabbing plan to abolish the indefinite leave to remain for foreign workers, among other proposals, might prove to be electorally popular – but it would also create greater problems for the country than it would ever solve

Exclusive: party insiders hope low-stakes launch will help movement move on from chaotic start, despite ongoing tensions