All news on the topic: Labour Party

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Rishi Sunak vowed to get tough on unis as they're full of non-Tory voters
Rishi Sunak and his Government have changed student loan funding to cut the state’s contribution from 44p in the pound to 19p from September, leaving students to pay off their loans from when they earn £25,000 a year
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'It's nigh on impossible to argue against free school meals'
'There are more than four million children in this country who grow up in poverty – just shy of a third of all kids, in every class of 30 there are nine - it’s an obscene statistic'
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Inside country's only surviving gaslit cinema as it opens with £4.8million refit
The Grade II-listed cinema first welcomed patrons on the eve of the Great War in 1914, when Charlie Chaplin was just beginning his career as a tramp
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Boost for Labour as top troubleshooter backs Keir Starmer for Prime Minister
Baroness Louise Casey, who has advised Labour and Conservative governments said that "God-willing" Labour would return to power at the next election
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'Rishi Sunak has never shown he understands the plight of those less fortunate'
No child’s education should suffer because parents are unable to afford the cost of a meal
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'The Conservatives are shackled to a triple lock they'd love to unpick'
Both the Tories and Labour have suggested they will honour the state pension triple lock, despite the cost, says Paul Routledge
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Steelworkers march on Parliament demanding help to save 'crisis-hit' industry
Hundreds of steelworkers converged on Westminster to highlight the threat to their industry and call on the Government to help the switch the "green steel"
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Parents forced to pay 'exorbitant' prices for school uniforms despite guidelines
Parents are now spending a 'sky-high' average of £422 a year on secondary school uniform and £287 for primary school despite guidlines aimed at keeping items affordable
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'Sunak is FAILING at his own five goals - and that's brilliant for Starmer'
When the PM’s own five goals unveiled in January have become five own goals scored in the Tory net, a healthy Labour majority or even landslide are suddenly possibilities
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Medics warn Rishi Sunak his NHS reforms will fail if he steps in over pay
The Government is expected to announce a doubling of medical school places for doctors, with a pledge to train tens of thousands of new nurses and midwives, more trainee GPs and dentists
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'There has never been a clearer picture of how out of touch the Government is'
So when anything threatens the status of your mortgage, it hits hard - the stress and worry people are going through at the moment is understandable
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Three retail giants raked in £11million despite workers financial struggles
WHSmith, Argos and M&S were among 202 companies a Government report said had fallen foul of wages legislation
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'Mortgage crisis will crush the Tories - Rishi Sunak is as unsafe as houses'
The coming crisis tanks any hope of the Tories being able to point to the economic credibility their slim hopes rested on
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Tributes paid to Margaret McDonagh who was 'unstoppable force' behind Labour win
Baroness McDonagh, who was Labour’s first female general secretary, was hailed as the 'absolutely essential' figure to the party's 1997 and 2001 election wins as it was announced she had died aged 61
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'Government needs to explain why medics in England are deemed less worthy'
The British Medical Association has rejected the below-inflation 5% rise offered, which is not surprising when junior doctors in Scotland have been promised more
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Majority of Labour members back free school meals for all primary school pupils
A YouGov poll for the National Education Union (NEU) of 1,017 Labour members found 89% support ensuring all primary pupils get a free school dinner to ensure kids don't go hungry
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'It's a no-brainer - we need to renationalise energy to control our future'
It’s simple common sense that we need greater control of our energy sector, writes Miriam Stoppard
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Husband of Labour MP Jo Cox says they spoke about remarrying before her death
Brendan Cox told Lorraine Kelly his late wife would want him to remarry and be happy, as dad-of-two shared how he told his children about his plans to remarry seven years on from their mum Jo Cox's murder
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'Britain is a nation of animal lovers - it deserves a government that cares too'
Writing in the Mirror, Shadow Environment Secretary Jim McMahon accused Tory ministers of giving a green light to puppy smugglers, puppy farmers and pet thieves
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Tories 'giving green light to puppy smugglers' face demand to reverse 'betrayal'
Labour Shadow Environment Secretary Jim McMahon told Tory MPs they could end up making a conscious choice to allow animal suffering to continue if they don't re-introduce the Kept Animals Bill
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Martin Lewis says mortgage timebomb has 'exploded' and says Tories were warned
Moneysavingexpert.com founder Martin Lewis said he warned Jeremy Hunt about the threat from rising mortgage rates at a summit in December
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Brexit red tape for UK musicians touring Europe 'will be scrapped under Labour'
Speaking at the Trade Unlocked conference, Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds gave new details of how the party would amend the deal struck by Boris Johnson
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Families hit by 'Tory mortgage penalty' as rates soar - check your area
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said households across the country are paying the price for the government 'trashing the economy' as she highlighted how families have been hit by crippling mortgage hikes
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POLL: Is Rishi Sunak weak for abstaining from Partygate lies vote
'If we can’t have a Prime Minister that stands up for ­standards what have we got?' blasted Shadow Commons Leader Thangam Debonnaire - do you agree?
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Labour could post more diplomats to India to boost trade, says David Lammy
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy will outline his blueprint for 'economic diplomacy' when he addresses the Trade Unlocked conference in Birmingham today