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Two Labour MPs quit the whips office tonight as Jeremy Corbyn announced 21 appointments to the frontbench. Conor McGinn and Holly Lynch stepped down just days after chief whip Rosie Winterton was sacked and replaced by Nick Brown. Lynch, MP…
Momentum has signed-up 20,000 paying members in its first year and now has more than 200,000 supporters, the Corbynite group said today. A senior official disclosed the figures in a LabourList article which he used to try to reassure…
Tom Watson has been appointed shadow Culture Secretary as Jeremy Corbyn put the final touches to his new shadow Cabinet. Watson, who proved the scourge of the Murdochs during his time on the Culture, Media and Sport select committee…
Jon Ashworth has been promoted to shadow Health Secretary. The Leicester South MP, who previously served as shadow Cabinet minister without portfolio, will replace Diane Abbott, who has moved to cover the Home Office. Ashworth, a well-liked…
Tony Blair has suggested he could make a comeback to British politics as he spoke out in frustration at Labour's drift away from the centre ground. The former prime minister told Esquire his future is an "open question" as he dismissed…
Jeremy Corbyn has appointed appointed an opponent of Trident as shadow Defence Secretary as a replacement for Clive Lewis. Nia Griffith takes over from Lewis, who has been moved to shadow Business Secretary as part of Jeremy Corbyn's latest…
Diane Abbott has been promoted to shadow Home Secretary as Jeremy Corbyn continues a shake-up of his shadow Cabinet. Abbott is one of a raft of promotions for allies of Corbyn with Shami Chakrabarti named shadow Attorney-General. Jo Stevens…
Former Cabinet minister Nick Brown has been appointed Labour's chief whip to replace Rosie Winterton. Brown returned to the shadow Cabinet this afternoon as Jeremy Corbyn begun a long-awaited reshuffle. Winterton lost the job she has held…
Jeremy Corbyn and his allies are losing touch with public opinion, Tony Blair's former spin doctor said today as he urged the Labour leadership to define itself against the Tories. Labour risks operating simply with the "political bubble"…
It is the story of the week so we might as well embrace it and see what it means for us. Theresa May's speech at Tory conference, her first as prime minister, contained the standard mix of tough talk and claims for the centre ground to…
Andy Burnham has launched a fresh attack on the "return of the nasty party" under Theresa May after the Government said businesses would be forced to reveal the number of foreign staff they employ. The shadow Home Secretary said Tory…
Jeremy Corbyn saw off a challenge from Owen Smith primarily because Labour members were angry over the "unfair" treatment of the party leader, according to new analysis from a leading elections expert. The veteran left-winger won a second…
