Cabinet and frontbench minister appointments: Live updates as government announcements continue
Prime Minister Keir Starmer continues to make appointments to top roles in government, as the new Labour administration’s…
general election 2024
Jon Ashworth says Labour Together will focus on ‘bold ideas’ and next election as ex-MP becomes think tank chief
The former shadow cabinet member Jon Ashworth, who lost his Leicester seat at the election, has been appointed…
Abbott becomes Mother of the House and Hoyle back as Speaker as MPs meet
Diane Abbott has become Mother of the House – the title given to the longest continuously serving female…
Streeting: I’ll end ‘begging bowl’ relations between Health Department and HMT
Wes Streeting has pledged to end what he called the “begging bowl” relationship between the Department of Health…
‘From the squeezed middle to the shires: How Labour broke through in the south’
Thursday’s election results dramatically underlined how far Labour has reversed the ‘Southern Discomfort’ that afflicted the party for…
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ‘Levelling up’ axed from name as Rayner slams ‘gimmicks’
Labour has signalled its break with the Boris Johnson era by ditching the “levelling up” slogan from the…
New LGA and Labour group chairs after Davies and Caliskan become MPs
Leadership vacancies in the Local Government Association (LGA) have now been filled after leading members were elected to…
‘Labour admits first past the post is flawed, and GE24 proves it. We need PR’
Labour has gone directly from opposition to governing with a strong majority for only the second time in…
‘Starmer’s mayor summit is no stunt. Why Labour means it on devolution’
The new Prime Minister met with England’s mayors today, within days of taking office. As a statement of…
A picture is worth 412 MPs: First group photo of Labour class of 2024
Labour has released the first photo of its new intake of MPs following its landslide win over the…
