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Labour activists are engaged in an intense selection battle in a south-west seat for the right to take on a former aide to David Cameron. A mix of trade unionists and former parliamentary candidates feature on the shortlist for Camborne and…
The head of Momentum has vowed to "change the way the Labour Party works" if he is elected to its ruling body. Jon Lansman, founding chair of Momentum, made the promise as part of a campaign video to support to support his run for Labour's…
An incendiary splash in today's Times has brought to the fore what some in Labour have long claimed is going on below the radar: a plot by Momentum to remove centre-left councillors and install their own candidates around the country. Or to…
An IT expert and tech advisor to Sadiq Khan is competing against an academic and local councillor to be Labour's candidate in Plymouth. Charlotte Holloway, whose roles have included head of policy at TechUK and a member of Khan's Smart…
A former Labour MP has seen off the challenge of the Labour left to stand again in the swing seat of Northampton North. Sally Keeble, who represented the middle England seat between 1997 and 2010, has been selected to contest the seat she…
Jeremy Corbyn today issued a major show of faith in the new leader of Scottish Labour as he travelled to Glasgow to vow they would fight to break the "rigged system". Corbyn met Richard Leonard, the former GMB activist who saw off the…
John McDonnell has apologised for criticising a BBC journalist as "trite" after he came under pressure over the cost of servicing the national debt under Labour. The shadow chancellor said he was sorry if he appeared "arrogant" in the duel…
A Labour barrister and parliamentary candidate from this year has seen off the challenge of a trade unionist to be picked again to contest a key Midlands seat. Catherine Atkinson was selected as PPC for Erewash again this weekend as Labour…
Two hugely experienced former parliamentary candidates will tomorrow battle it out to win the Labour nomination for a key middle England marginal. Catherine Atkinson, who fought the seat for Labour in this summer's snap vote, is up against…
Labour's opinion poll lead has dipped slightly, according to the first poll published after the Budget. Jeremy Corbyn's party posted 41 per cent, down two points, but still ahead of the Tories, who fell one point to 39 per cent. Philip…
Labour held a string of seats in towns north of London last night as the Tories lost one ward when their vote collapsed in the West Midlands. Jeremy Corbyn's party retained seats in Wakefield, Stockton, Leicester and South Lanarkshire while…
Jeremy Corbyn and Tom Watson stepped up Labour's war on tax avoiders last night at a special rally to highlight the Tories' Budget failures. The Labour leader and his deputy appeared together at an event in West Bromwich where Corbyn mocked…
