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KEIR Starmer can’t stop his party from tanking in the polls. He can’t stop the economy spiralling the drain.

Other lives: Historian at Warwick University and campaigner for visually impaired people

The Labour Party won a landslide victory in the UK general election on Thursday, making Keir Starmer the country’s first Labour prime minister in 14 years. Starmer's victory caps a remarkable political rise for the former human rights lawyer and chief prosecutor, first elected an MP in 2015.

Keir Hardie and many others were inspired by their religion

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer is not a believer, but he is right to recognise the value of religious organisations’ commitment to the common good

She’s blunt, bolshie and terrifies the Tories. But if Labour gets into government, the deputy leader will be one of the most powerful women in Britain. Bring it on, she says

MA faither wis auld Labour … naw, ma faither wis auld, auld Labour.

To understand the Labour Party, you first have to understand the importance of Scottish Labour. From Keir Hardie to John Smith, Ramsay MacDonald to Gordon Brown, Scotland runs to the very core of the labour movement. For goodness sake, even Tony Blair was born in Edinburgh.

There will be 14 candidates on the ballot paper but the by-election will be a battle between the SNP and Labour – and one that will indicate the direction of travel of politics nationally