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Jeremy Corbyn said Labour enters 2018 as a "government in waiting" as he published his Christmas card. The Labour leader said he wanted to send a message of hope and peace with the card, the design of which echoes the cover of the general…
A councillor and local housing campaigner has won the selection for a Yorkshire target seat. Fiona Derbyshire has been picked to contest York Outer, where the Tories' majority fell from more than 13,000 to 8,289 at the last election…
Labour has fallen behind the Tories for the first time since the election as Theresa May doubled her advantage over Jeremy Corbyn despite the farce over her botched Brexit deal last week. A YouGov poll carried out after May finally got over…
A trade unionist and LGBT campaigner has been selected for an Essex target seat to take on a Tory former banker. Ashley Dalton was chosen to fight Rochford and Southend East, the seat in which she stood in June, when she slashed the…
An academic and child poverty activist has won the selection to be Labour's candidate in a former Tory stronghold which Jeremy Corbyn now aims to take as part of his route to Downing Street. Jo Pike was selected for Shipley in west…
Robots can "set us free", Tom Watson said today as he joined forces with influential left-leaning economists to launch a heavyweight report designed to dispel fears that technology will lead to millions of job losses. Labour's deputy leader…
Labour has renewed its attack on the Tories over the Grenfell Tower tragedy by describing the failure to rehouse survivors as a "disgrace". Jeremy Corbyn spoke out today as the six month anniversary of the disaster, in which 71 people died…
Figures from across the labour movement have given their take on Theresa May's deal with EU leaders, which was announced this morning. Richard Corbett, Labour's leader in the European parliament: While it is good that progress has been…
A highly experienced parliamentary candidate with backing from unions Unite and GMB has won right to contest Southport for Labour for a third time. Liz Savage, who stood for the party in the Merseyside seat in 2015 and 2017, last night saw…
The Tories' support for Britain's arms industry means it is "complicit" in human rights abuses, Jeremy Corbyn will say today in a landmark speech at the United Nations. The Labour leader will highlight the export of British arms to Saudi…
Labour held one council seat in Greater London last night after a huge increase in its vote. On a day of just two local authority by-elections, Jeremy Corbyn's party raced ahead of the Tories to retain a ward in Enfield in north London. In…
A series of experienced Labour activists will tonight battle it out for the right to take on the Tories in a key marginal in north west England. Labour officials hope Southport can be taken at the next election as Jeremy Corbyn aims to win…
