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Labour activists in a key target seat have chosen a former teacher as their candidate following a row with party headquarters over the all-women shortlist. Members in Carlisle picked Ruth Alcroft, a respected local councillor who runs a…
A tech advisor to Sadiq Khan has emerged the winner from a big battle between trade unions in the Labour selection in Plymouth Moor View. Charlotte Holloway, a member of Khan’s Smart London board, emerged ahead of a popular local councillor…
Figures from across the labour movement have given their take on Damian Green's decision to resign. Andrew Gwynne, shadow local government secretary and elections chair: So David Davis gives his resignation letter the same treatment as the…
Nearly a quarter of Labour MPs rebelled last night to support backbench demands for Britain to stay in the customs union. Former shadow cabinet ministers including Chuka Umunna and Rachel Reeves supported an amendment by Chris Leslie which…
Will she make it to next Christmas? Will he make it to Downing Street next year? And why is Damian Green still there? It was the questions about the main players that prompted most excitement at the final prime minister's questions of the…
Labour activists in the target seat of Gloucester have picked a fair finance campaigner and former Green Party activist as their candidate after she won backing from the TSSA and left-wing activist Paul Mason. Fran Boait, executive director…
Selection contests have opened for a series of Labour target seats around England. Activists in marginals in London and the Midlands will be asked to choose candidates in the first two months of 2018 in a bid to unseat some big name Tories…
Richard Leonard today unveiled his new shadow cabinet but there was no place for ex-leader Kezia Dugdale or former deputy Alex Rowley. More than four weeks after he beat Anas Sarwar to the top job, Leonard completed the appointments to his…
Richard Leonard, leader of Scottish Labour, today published the full line-up of his new shadow cabinet in Holyrood. Shadow secretary of state for Scotland and interim deputy leader – Lesley Laird. Parliamentary business manager and women…
Labour will establish a "decisive" poll lead over the Tories next year, Diane Abbot has said. The shadow home secretary said the government's Brexit negotiations have been a "shambles" and echoed Jeremy Corbyn in saying a general election…
Jeremy Corbyn said he will "probably" be in Downing Street within the next year in an interview in which he also described his horror over the allegations of sexual misconduct which have swept Westminster. The Labour leader said he expects…
Labour members hoping to overturn a Tory majority of just 500 have chosen an ally of Clive Lewis to contest Norwich North. Karen Davis, a councillor in the city, will take on Tory whip Chloe Smith, who was also a Treasury minister under…
