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There is no place for anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. On the day when we commemorate the Battle of Cable Street, in which Jews, Catholics and Communists came together to see off Oswald Mosley's blackshirts, we should not need reminding…
Momentum has axed Jackie Walker as its vice-chair after its officials judged her comments on Holocaust Memorial Day were "offensive and irresponsible". The Corbynite group stripped her of the role last night, saying it had lost confidence…
Leading figures from the labour movement have stepped up the pressure on Theresa May's uncertainty over Brexit after she pledged Britain would trigger the formal negotiation process by the end of March. Emily Thornberry said the commitment…
Tony Blair came to the brink of resigning as prime minister in the hope of being named president of the European Commission, it is revealed today. Blair, who was "ground down" by conflicts with Gordon Brown, had begun to sound out other…
The vice-chair of Momentum is today under increasing pressure to quit after a major trade union backer of the Corbynite group expressed its disgust at her comments about Holocaust Memorial Day. The head of transport union TSSA described…
Thousands of Labour people spent last night trekking home from conference. For a few of them, however, the journey from Liverpool will have weighed especially heavily in their legs. Those centrist MPs who had spent a year waiting for a…
Jeremy Corbyn is considering a peace deal that would allow MPs to elect centrists to fill a set number of posts in the shadow Cabinet, the head of Unite said today. The Labour leader has held talks with Rosie Winterton, chief whip, and John…
One of Momentum's leading organisers has apologised and faces calls to resign after appearing to criticise Holocaust Memorial Day and making a series of inflammatory statements over anti-Semitism. Jackie Walker, vice chair of the Corbynista…
The ghost of Ed Miliband stalked the Labour conference hall today but Jeremy Corbyn is very much the future, whatever your view of him. This Labour leader, elected again, emboldened once more, wanted to make it clear to allies and opponents…
Andy Burnham today confirmed his exit from the shadow Cabinet as he mounted a defence of the last Labour government and pleaded with the party to unite around the re-elected Jeremy Corbyn. Burnham, who will go on to contest the Greater…
A "hard Brexit" delivered by a prime minister in hock to the Tory right will hit the poorest people hardest and deepen division, Andy Burnham will warn today. The shadow Home Secretary will argue that Britain risks "burning its bridges" and…
Jon Ashworth has told Labour members to "leave the sneers and slurs to our opponents" and unite to fight the Tories. The shadow Cabinet minister delivered a passionate speech to conference in which he hailed a series of Tory u-turns over…
