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Labour's new candidate in a key Midlands marginal has vowed to put community projects at the heart of his bid to reclaim the seat for the party. Mark McDonald, a human rights barrister who set up Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle…
Jeremy Corbyn's position on Brexit is a "residue" of a year ago when Labour seemed distant from power, David Miliband said today. The former foreign secretary used a hard-hitting article to argue that Corbyn's stance must change because it…
Former sports minister Richard Caborn has entered the race to be Labour's candidate for mayor of South Yorkshire. The anti-apartheid campaigner and ex-MP said he would fight the "shocking disparity" in transport spending between London and…
A county councillor with backing from a senior shadow cabinet minister won a tough selection battle in Morecambe and Lunesdale ahead of an activist who was backed by Momentum and a series of trade unions. Lizzi Collinge will take on the…
You live for days like this when you are leader of the opposition. Jeremy Corbyn was able to press home a series of core arguments on the Tories' failure on the NHS with a level of potency thanks to the intervention of one very erratic…
Momentum will not campaign to deselect "anyone, anywhere", its chairman has said following mounting fears of claims of a "hitlist" of centre-left MPs. Jon Lansman said the Corbynista group would not try to oust backbenchers who have been…
An NHS doctor and former Army officer has said Tory policies are driving voters to Labour after she was picked to fight a target seat. Laura Davies, a former major in the Royal Army Medical Corps, beat a prominent local supporter of Jeremy…
Labour's chief enforcer in the Commons has told MPs there is no deselection "hit list" following claims that up to 50 backbenchers could be targeted by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn. Nick Brown, chief whip, rebuffed reports that left-wing…
The rise of "extreme elements" within Labour means the party is in far worse shape than under Michael Foot in the 1980s, Tony Blair has claimed. The former prime minister said fringe activists who had been marginalised within the party or…
Jeremy Corbyn's government will take action to end the outsourcing "racket" within hours of taking office, the shadow cabinet minister leading preparations for power warns today. Jon Trickett says the Whitehall "love in" with outsourcing…
Divisive battles to de-select Labour MPs could end up handing the next election to the Tories, a former shadow cabinet minister has told Jeremy Corbyn. Mary Creagh, the former shadow transport secretary, said Labour had to choose between…
Labour MPs are increasingly hopeful that Jeremy Corbyn will shift the party's position on the single market and customs union after new polling showed a majority of current and potential supporters would back a change in policy. Prominent…
