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The entirely foreseeable has happened. Alok Sharma felt unwell while giving a statement at the despatch box yesterday, which was evident in the clip widely shared on social media all afternoon. News soon followed that the area had to be…
Checking their inboxes earlier this week, Labour members might have been surprised to find an email from deputy leader Angela Rayner urging them to join a trade union. High-level Labour politicians should have been encouraging this way…
Keir Starmer has appointed his shadow cabinet and junior shadow ministers, completing the new opposition frontbench, and a number of backbenchers have now been appointed as parliamentary private secretaries (PPSs). Labour PPSs act as…
Below is the full text of the email sent from Angela Rayner to Labour members this afternoon. Last night I sat shocked on my sofa as Boris Johnson spoke to our country. Workers who can't work from home were encouraged to go back to work –…
Tim Roache resigned as general secretary of GMB today, the party-affiliated trade union has confirmed. He was first elected in 2015, and re-elected in November 2019 with 61% of votes cast in his favour against challenger Kathleen Walker…
An emergency meeting of Labour's national executive committee (NEC) was held on April 23rd to agree the terms of reference into an investigation about a leaked internal Labour Party report, which contained serious allegations about…
Labour’s new deputy leader Angela Rayner has unveiled a fresh set of appointments that make up her own team. The aim is for Marsha de Cordova, Kim Johnson, Nav Mishra, Tulip Siddiq and Sam Tarry to help Rayner “transform the culture and…
Angela Rayner has unveiled a series of new appointments today with the aim of creating a team that will work to "transform the culture and practices of the Labour Party for the better". In her role as Labour's new deputy leader, Rayner has…
Since we last sent a morning email on Thursday, lots of Labour news has happened. Firstly, new leader Keir Starmer completed his appointments to the opposition frontbench. After announcing a shadow cabinet that rewarded quiet…
Anneliese Dodds has said that an "independent review" is needed to look into the antisemitism report leaked over the weekend to make sure that the behaviour described "never ever happens again". In an interview with Sky News this morning…
Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner are set to commission an "urgent independent investigation" into an antisemitism report conducted by Labour that leaked over the weekend. In response to the internal report on the party's handling of…
New Labour leader Keir Starmer has completed appointments to the main opposition party frontbench this afternoon after announcing his shadow cabinet earlier in the week. Commenting on the new frontbench, Starmer said: “This is a new team…
