All news by author: Ashley Cowburn

In a keynote speech in Manchester, Labour leader Keir Starmer slammed Rishi Sunak's 'sticking plaster' approach to fixing some of the country's greatest challenges

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, the Labour leader warned Mr Sunak that at some point the 'irreconcilables' on the Tory backbenches will 'come after him'

The Government's controversial law is currently making its way through Parliament and comes amid a wave of industrial action among desperate NHS staff, civil servants and railway workers

Campaigners hailed the 'breakthrough moment' for the radical policy after a study tracked over 60 companies - from a chippy in Norfolk to a consultancy in Lancashire - in a six-month pilot

It comes just days after the RMT union rejected a 'dreadful' pay offer from Network Rail - but called for further meetings to resolve the bitter dispute on the railways

The Communication Workers Union announced on Thursday that members had voted by 95.9% on a 77.3% turnout to take further strike action

In a party political broadcast aired on Wednesday evening the Labour duo said they 'can't promise the earth' if Labour wins power - due to the economic instability of recent months

The ex-leader - who remains a Labour member - has had the whip suspended since October 2020. He accused Keir Starmer this week of a 'flagrant attack on the democratic rights' of party members

In a speech on Wednesday the Labour leader Keir Starmer will say the announcement is an 'important moment in the history of the Labour Party' - but not 'the end of the road'

It comes less than a week after Rishi Sunak appointed the Tory MP Mr Anderson to the central Conservative Party role - despite a string of controversial comments

Labour veteran Douglas Alexander - who served in both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's Governments - announced he was standing in the Scottish constituency of East Lothian at the next general election

Dr Adrian Boyle, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said the closure of some virtual wards at 8pm means 'someone’s left holding the baby'

Despite already having access to the vast Government Art Collection - some 14,700 works - the purchase of 13 'fine art photographs' was made at the taxpayers’ expense in March 2021

In a new dossier, Keir Starmer's Labour claims taxpayers' money has been used to fund extravagant events, expensive restaurants and five-star hotels using Government Procurement Cards

The summit was held at Ditchley Park country house and was attended by both Leave and Remain figures and Labour's shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy, reports say

It was the first time the Tory vote in the constituency has dipped below 30% since the 1997 general election, which Tony Blair's Labour party won by a landslide.

The grim outlook for the Conervatives comes after 12 months of chaos in the party with the toppling of two Prime Ministers and resignations over sleaze allegations

The Money Saving Expert founder has written to the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt urging him to postpone a planned rise in energy bills. He warns another 1.7million being plunged into fuel poverty

Suella Braverman said 'major reform' is needed of the controversial Prevent programme after a long-delayed review. But Amnesty International said it was 'riddled with biased thinking, errors, and plain anti-Muslim prejduice'

New Conservative chairman Greg Hands dodged questions on Lee Anderson's history of controversial remarks, including suggestions people using foodbanks cannot cook or budget 'properly'

Labour councillor Danny Beales, who grew up in Uxbridge and South Ruislip before being made homeless at the age of 14, is aiming to overturn Boris Johnson's 7,210 majority at the next election

The Labour leader Keir Starmer made the comment at Prime Minister's Questions as up to half a million people take part in strike action - the biggest industrial action the country has has seen in over a decade

According to an anlaysis by City Hall over 1.8million children were forced to living in poor quality homes in 2019-2020 - leading the London Mayor to call for emergency action from Government ministers

As Rishi Sunak approaches 100 days in Downing Street, the Ispos Political Monitor found that 66% of voters believe it's time for change, regardless of whether they think the Tories have done a good job or not

The Prime Minister was taking questions from health workers and members of the public on the NHS as he was told the issue of nurses' pay was the 'elephant in the room'