All news on the topic: Labour Party

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'Why more time MUST be taken to to rethink ticket office shutdown plans'
Axing even popular, busy ones will ­intensify the backlash and strengthen the legal case of Labour mayors preparing a court challenge
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'Labour should not obsess about Uxbridge defeat but celebrate Selby victory'
Kevin Maguire says it is vital that Labour improves communications and puts more effort into selling policies, including the case for cleaner air when pollution kills tens of thousands of people every year
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Keir Starmer defies calls for U-turns on free school meals and benefits
Labour officials saw off attempts to get the party to scrap the Tory two-child benefit cap, along with calls to widen free school meals provision, as the leadership keeps a tight grip on spending plans
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Labour storm ahead with 17-point lead over Tories after record by-election win
The latest polling reveals Keir Starmer's party would rake in 42% of the vote if a general election was held tomorrow, with the Conservatives having fallen three points to just 25%
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Gove to let developers turn offices into flats to avoid row with rural NIMBYs
The Housing Secretary will tomorrow set out plans to make it easier for property developers to convert office blocks and shops into homes without applying for planning permission
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Labour must back people's priorities and ditch 'baggage' to win, says Starmer
Speaking at the party’s National Policy Forum in Nottingham, the Labour leader told officials they must “learn the lessons” from their narrow by-election defeat in Uxbridge
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'Now no one can deny Keir Starmer has the steel to pull off mission impossible'
After our 2019 defeat, Labour was a shipwreck - but Keir has made the party seaworthy again, writes Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting
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Tories reward their voters with new hospitals as sites in Labour areas neglected
Shotley Bridge Hospital, in a Tory seat and part of the nearby County Durham and Darlington NHS trust, will have a newbuild by 2028 - but hospitals in Labour have been neglected
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Rishi Sunak to be hauled before infected blood inquiry over compensation row
Bereaved relatives of victims will deliver a letter to Number 10 on Monday ahead of Mr Sunak’s evidence to demand action on setting up a body to administer full compensation
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Dame Kelly Holmes joins LGBT+ veterans in welcoming Rishi Sunak apology
The Prime Minister and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace both made apologies in the House of Commons for the shameful treatment of troops under the military gay ban
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Rishi Sunak is mortgage free - and got 6 figure loan from parents for first flat
Despite claiming to understand the “challenges” families are facing with skyrocketing mortgage payments, this newspaper can reveal he does not have a mortgage on any of his multi-million pound UK properties
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Tony Blair leads tributes as former Labour MP Ann Clwyd dies aged 86
Keir Starmer said: "A long standing Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, Ann was a leading figure in the Labour Party, dedicating her life to our movement."
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'Keir Starmer needs to be bolder for Labour to seal winning deal'
This week's by-election results show there's no guarantee Labour would win a general election - so Keir Starmer needs to up his game
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Keir Starmer slams 'silly sod' Tory for comparing new MP to 'The Inbetweeners'
The Labour leader joked that Tory veterans minister Johnny Mercer will soon be 'history' after he mocked 25-year-old Keir Mather for being young as he won Selby and Ainsty by-election
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Is Labour on course for a general election win - vote in our poll
Labour has made history by sweeping victory in Selby and Ainsty in a record breaking by-election result, but do YOU think the opposition party will win the next general election?
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Boris Johnson's Partygate defence cost taxpayer £265,000 in legal fees
Shamed former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's legal costs were met by the public purse during the Commons Privileges Committee probe, which delivered a damning verdict on his Partygate denials
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Brutal by-election losses for Tories as Labour and Lib Dems make historic gains
Rishi Sunak's Government was branded a 'circus of chaos' as the Tory vote collapsed in Somerton and Frome and Selby and Ainsty - while the PM came just 495 votes from a triple humiliation in Boris Johnson's old seat
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Labour pulls off historic win in Selby and Ainsty as MP, 25, gains seat
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Tory MP Nigel Adams, who is claimed to have quit in a strop after being denied a peerage in Boris Johnson's resignation honours
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Rishi Sunak facing humiliation that will signal end of 14 years of Tory misery
The Conservatives will have the deep blues if the misgoverning UK party loses a trio of by-elections across England in what would be a momentous political moment
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What could be in Labour's manifesto as Keir Starmer faces policy showdown
The Labour leader will this weekend gather with party officials and representatives behind closed doors to begin thrashing out key ideas for the party's next manifesto. The Mirror looks at the key debates.
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Labour legends honour Margaret McDonagh who was essential force behind 1997 win
Labour's first female general secretary Margaret McDonagh was hailed by Keir Starmer who said she 'changed the lives of so many' as mourners gathered for her funeral in London
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Uxbridge by-election campaign in chaos as Tory says NHS should be abolished
Reem Ibrahim has repeatedly attacked the health service, which she described as a “mistake”. The campaigner signed the nomination papers for the Tory candidate in Uxbridge and South Ruislip Steve Tuckwell
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Keir Starmer says Labour must be 'ruthless' as MPs 'seething' over benefits row
Appearing alongside Tony Blair at a conference in London, Keir Starmer said people only agreed with making difficult choices as an idea rather than in reality as he faced a backlash over his plan to keep the Tory two-child benefit cap
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Member of Labour's governing body 'blocked' from standing at next election
Mish Rahman was seeking to stand as Labour's candidate in Wolverhampton West - a marginal constituency the Tories won from Labour in 2019 with a majority of just 1,661 votes
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Tories brace for three by-election defeats this week - All you need to know
Three by-elections will take place on Thursday in Conservative-held seats in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Somerton and Frome and Selby and Ainsty. Tory insiders expect to lose all of them - but could a surprise unfold in the capital?