The Latest Breaking News from the Labour party

Growing calls for Diane Abbott to be restored as Labour MP

Ms Abbott has sat as an independent MP since April after the Labour whip was withdrawn

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2024

Frank Hester’s ugly words about me are a reminder: all parties, including Labour, must stand against racism

Hester may be the Tories’ biggest donor, but this is not only an issue for one party as the Forde inquiry showed, says Diane Abbott MP

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2024

‘I wanted to save the world!’: Grace Blakeley, TikTok’s answer to Tony Benn

The millennial economist talks to Sam Leith about the perils of global capitalism, fighting her corner online and having a ‘midlife crisis’ at 29

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2024

Hampstead home of former Labour prime minister Harold Wilson for sale for £2m

Wilson lived at the house between 1956 and 1964, when he was elected as prime minister

Evening Standard · Feb 29, 2024

Gaza war comments, ghosts of past anti-Semitism rows haunt UK’s Labour Party

Voters in the northern English town of Rochdale go to the polls Thursday in a by-election that has roiled the Labour Party with a new anti-Semitism controversy. Britain’s main opposition party was the clear favourite until its candidate was disowned for espousing conspiracy theories about Israel. The row recalls the…

France 24 · Feb 29, 2024

Friday briefing: The UK is in urgent need of a sensible home-energy policy

In today’s newsletter: Successive governments’ failure to implement a solution to energy efficiency has serious consequences for fuel poverty – Labour’s U-turn doesn’t help

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2024

When is today's Gaza ceasefire vote and what could it mean?

Sir Keir Starmer’s party has shifted its stance to back a call for an ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’

Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2024

Emotional, messy and breathtakingly ruthless: the hidden life of Keir Starmer

The most working class leader of the Labour party for a generation, he is well ahead in the polls, but still a mystery to many. His biographer reveals what drives this unusual politician

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024

Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin review — the most important political book of the year

The sheer velocity with which Keir Starmer has led the Labour Party from the brink of extinction to the brink of power is unprecedented in the modern era. And – just in time – this excellent biography arrives in what is all but certain to be an election year.

Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2024

Tory MPs Say Sunak Should Resign If He Refuses To Move More Towards The Right

Since the Labour Party overturned majorities in Kingswood and Wellingborough, Tory MPs have threatened a vote of no confidence and urged Sunak to knuckle down on immigration.

International Business Times UK · Feb 20, 2024