All news on the topic: Labour Party

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Desperate Tories blame Vladimir Putin for Rishi Sunak's election walloping
Cabinet minister Lucy Frazer claimed the PM is "starting to gain the trust of the British public" despite losing more than 1,000 council seats across England in Thursday's local elections
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Katy Perry and pop legend Lionel Richie lead all-star Coronation cast
Other notable names among the 2,300 guests included actress Dame Joanna Lumley, 77, kids’ TV icon Dame Floella Benjamin, 73, and actor Stephen Fry, 65, with his CBE gong
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Labour 'on course' as battered Tories lose 1,000 seats in local elections
In a crushing blow to Rishi Sunak's Tories, the party lost more than 1,000 council seats across England during this week's local elections in his first electoral test as Prime Minister
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Keir Starmer hails local elections result as Tories lose 1,000 seats
The result means Labour now has more councillors than any other party – the first time it has been the largest party in local government since 2002
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'Local elections show Keir Starmer and Labour rattling on Downing Street gates'
'The cost of living crisis, economic incompetence and an ailing NHS in a Broken Britain where nothing seems to work are narrowing any Tory survival path,' writes Kevin Maguire
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Seven key results you missed overnight in 2023 local elections
Labour claimed they are 'on course' for victory at the next general election as the Tories lost key councils and well over a hundred councillors in a local election drubbing
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Local elections 2023 results in full - see what the results are in your area
By 7.30pm on Friday the Tories had taken a battering, losing more than 1,000 seats and control of 40 councils as a delighted Keir Starmer claimed Labour are on track to win a majority at the next General Election
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Fury as Shell makes £7.6BILLION in 3 months as Tory windfall tax failure blamed
The oil giant raked in a record £7.6billion in the first three months of this year, or £986 every second, and showered ­shareholders with £4.8billion
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Rishi Sunak branded 'moron' and 'wretched little man' by his own Tory candidate
Jeremy Craig-Weston, who is standing as a Tory candidate in Thursday's council elections in Oldham, said he 'loathes' the PM, who he has branded a 'backstabbing scrote'
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When polls close in the local elections - and what ID you need
Across the country over 8,000 seats are up for grabs in 230 councils across England today - but under controversial new rules voters must take photo ID with them to cast a ballot
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'The Conservatives have ruined country. The alternative is a Labour government'
The Government’s mismanagement of the economy has inflicted the steepest fall in living standards since the Second World War
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Keir Starmer urges Mirror readers to vote Labour today to build 'better Britain'
The Labour leader blasts the Conservatives’ failure to tackle the cost of living crisis, make the streets safe and ensure that people can book a GP appointment
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'Whether you live in Glasgow or Gateshead, you know time is up for the Tories'
Writing for the Mirror, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar declares "we need to pull our country together and build a better future for the people of Britain"
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Maths-obsessed Rishi Sunak humiliated after getting stats wrong in Commons
In a further embarrassing turn of events, official fact-checking website Full Fact instantly debunked two more incorrect claims Rishi Sunak has made at PMQs sessions
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'Rogues' gallery' of 12 controversial candidates on ballots thanks to Tories
The Mirror has identified 12 controversial candidates put forward by the Conservatives - including alleged racists, conspiracy theorists, a sacked surgeon and a convicted drug dealer
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London builds twice as many council homes as rest of England
Sadiq Khan is demanding ministers raise their ambitions as it emerged construction started on 10,000 council homes in the capital last year, compared to just 4,325 across the rest of England in the previous year
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Tories 'fake outrage' over Sue Gray in 'hypocritical attempt' to distract voters
Two thirds of the Conservative ministers who sit around the Cabinet table backed an attempt to rip up Westminster sleaze rules in a bid to save Owen Paterson
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Woman, 93, will miss election for first time in her life because of voter ID
Oonagh Preece first went to a polling station in 1950 and has voted in every local and general election since. But the requirement for photo ID at polling stations now excludes her from democracy
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Coronation must be used as 'shot in the arm' for Commonwealth trade, says Labour
Shadow trade secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said Tory ministers are failing to grasp trading opportunities after Brexit as he urged them to take advantage of the Coronation
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Tories now forecast to lose just 250 council seats as Rishi Sunak avoids wipeout
Senior Conservatives had feared up to 1,000 of their local councillors would be ousted in the Prime Minister's first big electoral test on Thursday
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Desperate Tories cook up Sue Gray 'dead cat' row two days before local elections
Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of attempting to stoke a row about his decision to hire the former government ethics chief as he has nothing to say about the cost of living crisis
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Local elections: Double digit vote share win could show Labour on path to No10
Polling guru Professor Sir John Curtice pointed to both Tony Blair and David Cameron, who secured wins of more than 10% over their rival ruling party in local elections before they entered Downing Street
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Patients' lives being put at risk 'every day' by NHS crisis, nursing leaders say
The warning comes as NHS staff stages their largest walkout yet until 11.59pm this evening after unions voted to reject an offer of a five per cent pay increase
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Labour vow national database to protect Generation Rent from rogue landlords
Keir Starmer told the Sunday Mirror he was committed to creating a national landlords database, to allow local authorities to more easily take action against unscrupulous property owners.
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'Changing gambling laws is the best bet for us all'
Labour Government’s Gambling Act of 2005 liberalised the industry and turned it into a £14bn blockbuster, but that legislation was never designed to put an entire Las Vegas on every person’s phone