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Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle is set to begin in the coming days following the leader's upbeat welcome as he returned to parliament to lead a larger group of MPs. Corbyn, who won cheers from colleagues on two occasions yesterday, could have a…
Jeremy Corbyn is tipped to carry out a shadow cabinet reshuffle imminently after winning a surprise number of seats in Labour's election defeat. He may choose not to act this week, however, in the hope of keeping up the pressure on Theresa…
Jeremy Corbyn must not break up Labour's "winning team" of frontbenchers, his shadow chancellor said today. John McDonnell, one of the leader's closest allies, insisted the party must "draw upon all the talent" in the parliamentary party…
John McDonnell joined forces with director Ken Loach for Labour's latest party election broadcast. The short film was aired last night to highlight the problems facing people trapped in low pay and insecure work. “Everybody, whatever their…
John McDonnell has said Labour will "in effect" cancel the Tory freeze on benefits as he engaged in a televised spat with a Tory cabinet minister. He told the BBC that Labour reforms would make the freeze "irrelevant" but stopped short of…
John McDonnell has called on the Tories to drop their "all out attack" on pensioners as Labour unveiled a poster highlighting Theresa May's plans for a new wave of curbs on older people's benefits. McDonnell demanded May scrap the plan to…
Labour stepped up its attack on the Tory manifesto today as John McDonnell branded Theresa May's cuts to pensioner benefits as "sick and sneaky" and Jon Trickett accused her of forgetting the parable of the Good Samaritan. McDonnell…
Figures from across the labour movement, including Jeremy Corbyn and trade union leaders, have given their take on the publication of the Tory manifesto, which axed free school lunches, downgraded pension incomes and cleared the way for tax…
Yes, the print media is overwhelmingly against Jeremy Corbyn - but the sums still have to add up. The splashes on the Tory-leaning newspapers this morning were damning of Labour's plans as unveiled at the manifesto launch yesterday. That…
This is the quote and video published by John McDonnell today in which he challenged Philip Hammond, the chancellor, to a televised election debate. The Labour Party published its manifesto and we published the detailed costings of all our…
The Labour Party general election manifesto is agreed at a special session, known as the Clause V meeting. This meeting is attended by representatives from across the labour movement including trade unions, local government, Scotland…
Jeremy Corbyn pulled out of Labour's poster launch this morning as John McDonnell defended the contents of their "transformational" leaked manifesto. The party leader was said by allies to be dealing with "internal matters" as his election…
