Yvette Cooper and Hilary Benn win race to chair key Commons committees
Yvette Cooper has edged out Caroline Flint and Chuka Umunna in the battle for the chair’s role on…
Home Affairs Select Committee
Labour big hitters seek to replace Vaz at helm of home affairs committee
A series of former Cabinet ministers and frontbenchers are vying to replace troubled Keith Vaz when the chair…
Labour MPs demand answers from Corbyn over timing of Chakrabarti’s peerage
Jeremy Corbyn has come under pressure from Labour MPs over his angry response to criticism of his handling of…
NEC member Wolfson rallies behind Corbyn after anti-Semitism row escalates
A prominent member of Labour’s ruling body has mounted a staunch defence of Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of anti-Semitism…
Chuka Umunna: Clause IV tells us to live in “solidarity, tolerance and respect” but Labour has failed on anti-Semitism
Labour MP Chuka Umunna has published his own statement as the Home Affairs select committee, on which he serves,…
“I am genuinely sorry”: Keith Vaz’s resignation statement in full
Keith Vaz resigned today as chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee. Here is his full statement: It…
Vaz bows to pressure and steps down as Home Office inquisitor
Keith Vaz has resigned as chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, following lurid allegations about his sex…
Vaz under pressure to step down over sex claims ahead of crunch meeting with colleagues
Keith Vaz faces increasing pressure to stand down as chair of the home affairs select committee when he…
Corbyn condemns Ken Livingstone and defends anti-Semitism inquiry
Jeremy Corbyn has condemned Ken Livingstone and expressed regret for describing Hamas and Hezbollah as “friends”, as he…
