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Labour leader says it was ‘most efficient form of transport’ from Wales and party has offset the carbon

The term ‘unprecedented’ is misused almost as frequently as ‘literally’. But the news last night that former US president Donald Trump had been found guilty on all 34 charges, including the use of falsified business records to conceal payments over an alleged affair with the porn star Stormy Daniels, is…

Labour’s purge of Faiza Shaheen and Diane Abbott increases my fear about how it will behave in office, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Will she, won’t she? The Hackney MP is causing ruptures within the Labour party. Robbie Griffiths charts her remarkable — and often rocky — political career

Anas Sarwar says he agrees with Angela Rayner that north London MP is ‘a historic figure in our party’

Latest from campaign trail sees leader of the opposition head to Scotland, after his visit to Wales

The Labour leader broke with Ms Rayner and declined to give a view on whether the veteran left-winger should be allowed to run as a Labour candidate

The party is being gripped by a huge row over whether the veteran MP should be allowed to stand again for Parliament

The party needs to move its campaign on from stories about factionalist infighting – and get on with winning, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The strength of feeling in Hackney has been echoed elsewhere, with dozens of prominent Black Britons signing an open letter – seen by The Independent – warning the furore risked alienating Black voters, Race Correspondent Nadine White writes. But is the party already seeing damage on the doorstep?

Labour spent the day in a muddle of its own making over whether or not the north London MP would be standing again