LORD ASHCROFT: In a survey just under a year ago, I found that defence and national security was the one area in which the Conservatives were still trusted more than Labour.
Keir Starmer said retirees would have to wait for his election manifesto to find out if the long-standing Conservative pledge would remain in place.
On Tuesday demonstrators hung a banner outside Sir Keir’s house that read: “Starmer stop the killing”, surrounded by red hand prints. Protesters then laid rows of children’s shoes in front of the Labour leader’s door, a tactic that has been utilised at a number of pro-Palestine protests to signify children killed in Gaza. Of the three people charged over the demonstration, two are from the Burley district of the city. The group that carried out the demonstration, known as Youth Demand, describe...
Ms Rayner could be in the enviable position of having three homes at her disposal, in addition to the properties she has in London and her Ashton-under-Lyne constituency.
The deputy leader was once 3/1 favourite to succeed Sir Keir Starmer but her odds have dramatically dropped to 41/1 on Saturday morning - down from 29/1 overnight..
Sir Keir Starmer reiterates Labour's commitment to the UK having nuclear weapons to "keep Britain safe".
Shevaun Haviland, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), urged Labour not to rush into the changes if it wins the next election, and allow firms 'room to breathe'.
He accused the local Conservatives of being "more interested in their own psychodrama” and “leaving local people to face the cost of their chaos”
Angela Rayner's odds of becoming the next Labour leader have taken a dramatic plunge - as police launched an investigation into whether she broke electoral law over the sale of her house.
The survey of more than 5,400 voters was conducted by former Tory treasurer Lord Ashcroft. It reveals that 45 per cent of the public do not want a Labour government.
AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that his colleague was being repeatedly summoned by the Enforcement Directorate and was under pressure to quit the party.
For Giovanna Lewis, a local councillor in Dorset, a combination of Labour’s stance on Palestine, climate activism, refugees, and a lack of democracy led her to resign from the party. “I was holding on for a long time,” she explained. “I wanted to stay and try to push for Carralyn Parkes, who is on the […]