Anneliese Dodds demands to know details of Ben Elliot’s role in lobbying firm he co-founded Labour has raised further questions about the business interests of Ben Elliot, the Conservative party’s co-chairman, after it emerged that a PR firm he co-foun…
Johnson’s travel policy in chaos, Labour says, after ‘amber watchlist’ ditched
Ministers need to get a grip on ‘reckless U-turns and confusion’, shadow transport secretary saysCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNo 10 is facing claims that its international travel policy is in chaos after Boris Johnson dit…
The balance of power among Labour’s factions is shifting under Keir Starmer | Sienna Rodgers
With various left and soft left groups on the sidelines, the party’s right is in the ascendantRecent developments in the Labour party have once again highlighted how, despite the leader’s promise to end factionalism, internal divisions are alive and we…
Covid travel: minister defends plan for amber watchlist in England
Labour warns move will add to confusion over which countries are safe to visit during summer holidaysCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA government minister has defended proposals for an amber watchlist for travel destinations…
Angela Rayner: ‘We don’t want to be an opposition, we want to be a government’
Labour’s deputy leader opens up about being a carer, byelections, and achieving a ‘cultural shift’ in the workplaceLabour’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, has said her own experience as a care worker helped to convince her more flexible working could be…
Our political class is agreed: this is all someone else’s fault | Nesrine Malik
These days, everyone in British politics is desperately trying to find The Guy Who Did ThisA car shaped like a giant hotdog has just crashed through the glass storefront of a menswear shop. As a crowd assembles to figure out what happened, a man dresse…
Labour calls on Tories to reveal which ministers met elite donors’ club
Conservatives face questions after report that party co-chair created a club for most generous donorsThe Conservatives must publish the names of all ministers who secretly met an elite group of party donors, Labour has said.The party is facing question…
Conservatives accused of cutting local sport funding by nearly half since 2010
Labour says 47% less spent on grassroots facilities, wasting chance to build on success of 2012 London Olympics Labour has accused the Conservatives of squandering the London 2012 Olympic legacy by slashing grassroots sport funding by nearly half sin…
Keir Starmer’s aide warns: Labour has lost touch with target voters
Strategy chief issues stark message to UK opposition leader, but adds that waning support for Boris Johnson provides opportunityMillions of voters who Labour must win back if it is to regain power have little idea what the party stands for or why it wo…
In the footsteps of George Lansbury: lost radical who led an East End rebellion
Poplar’s Labour mayor, who went on to lead his party, was jailed in his fight for social justice 100 years agoKings and queens are immortalised in statues, prime ministers are remembered with official portraits, but an opposition leader best known for …