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Labour's support slumped in its heartlands last night in a series of council by-elections. The Labour share of the vote plunged by 25 per cent in wards in Newcastle and Mansfield, where the party hung on, and fell by single-digit figures in…
Tony Blair today ruled out a return to frontline politics but claimed the Labour Party had been "captured by the far left" for the first time in its history. The former prime minister said there was "just too much hostility" for him to…
The murder of Jo Cox should lead to a more "civilised" debate today, John McDonnell said, as he appealed for people from across the political spectrum to come together. The shadow chancellor said the death of the Batley and Spen MP was a…
These used to be spiteful and occasionally jokey affairs when Ed Balls and George Osborne slugged it out over the deficit. Not any more. There seemed to be a new seriousness today as John McDonnell delivered his response to the Tories'…
Take one high-profile Labour MP, add an old-fashioned right wing Tory and a debate about the national game and our long-running failures at tournaments. Then, finally, add the question of class, and you have a perfect media furore. It is…
John McDonnell said today that planned cuts to universal credit show the Tories will fail his first "test" to provide support for people on middle and low incomes. The shadow chancellor spoke out before Philip Hammond's first mini-budget…
A senior Labour MP has raised the prospect of trying to seize Sir Philip Green's yacht in the long-running row over the black hole in the BHS pension fund. Frank Field asked the pensions regulator if she could demand "assets other than…
Labour MPs pressed John McDonnell over the risk of deselection to Hilary Benn at a turbulent meeting last night. The shadow chancellor faced questions after he said at the weekend he would not intervene if local members tried to block Benn…
Labour is set to move into new offices and take on campaigning specialists as it gears up for an early general election. The party will leave its current base in Victoria Street, London, and has already hired polling and communications…
I am "a Benn, not a Bennite", Hilary famously declared when he fought the by-election that brought him to the Commons in 1999. He is, and he isn't, as we soon learnt, with the son of the Tony Benn going on to serve in the cabinets of Tony…
Jeremy Corbyn will today seek to take advantage of businesses' concern over the chaos of Brexit with a pledge to company bosses that Labour will use the levers of government to "unleash the creativity and potential" of enterprise. The…
John McDonnell has said he will not step in to save Hilary Benn from de-selection amid claims the former shadow cabinet minister's local party has been subject to a Corbynista "takeover". McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, said the Labour…
