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Labour has won the City of Chester by-election, retaining the seat with an increased majority of 10,974. The party's candidate Sam Dixon – a local councillor and former council leader – took 61.2% of the vote, Labour's best ever result in…
During today's Prime Minister's Questions, Keir Starmer took advantage of the sudden obsession with Labour's long-standing plans to end the charitable status of private schools. The Labour leader told MPs that Winchester College – an elite…
Rishi Sunak's attempt to present himself as a fresh start for the Tory Party may take another hit today. The Prime Minister looks increasingly likely to bow to pressure from his backbenches over the ban on onshore wind – continuing the…
"Difficult decisions" was a phrase used repeatedly by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in the run-up to the autumn statement last week. During today's Prime Minister's Questions, Keir Starmer analysed the economic choices taken by Rishi Sunak's…
Ian Byrne has won his reselection battle in Liverpool West Derby. The MP reportedly beat challenger Anthony Lavelle, a local councillor, by 210 votes to 198 – a tight margin but notably not as close as Byrne's selection victory in 2019…
The day is finally upon us. Jeremy Hunt will deliver the government's long-awaited autumn statement later this morning. According to the latest guesstimates, the Chancellor is likely to unveil around £30bn in spending cuts and £24bn in tax…
With Rishi Sunak away at the G20 summit in Bali, it was the turn of his deputy Dominic Raab to take on Prime Minister's Questions. As is customary, he faced off against Labour's own deputy leader Angela Rayner. The bullying allegations…
Will Jeremy Corbyn's long stint in parliament be brought to an end at the next election? Senior Labour figures have said that the party’s former leader will never be allowed to stand as a Labour MP again. Corbyn had his membership and the…
“There is no time for delay when it comes to the climate crisis,” Ed Miliband has said. And he’s not wrong – the world is already deep into this emergency. According to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization, the past eight years were…
Immigration has long been a tricky topic for Labour to navigate politically, as the subject is frequently weaponised by the Tories. Keir Starmer began today's Prime Minister's Questions by raising Suella Braverman's frankly absurd admission…
Just a week after Liz Truss uttered the now infamous phrase "I am a fighter and not a quitter", Keir Starmer faced off against a different opponent at Prime Minister's Questions. Rishi Sunak represents a new challenge for the Labour leader…
After apologising for the “mistakes” made by his predecessor Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak pledged to “fix them”. He then set about appointing what has been described as a ‘unity cabinet’. Jeremy Hunt – the veteran minister under David Cameron and…
