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After winter fuel decision, Labour is now at war with itself

Keir Starmer’s partial U-turn on the winter fuel allowance has not resolved his problems. He was right to do it — but it has opened the door to further...

Labour should embrace a bold agenda to counter opposition

Labour should not mimick right-wing populist strategies following disappointing local election results, a new report from The Institute For Public Policy Research (IPPR) has warned. Instead, the influential think...

Local elections were ‘devastating’ for Labour

Labour is being rejected in its heartlands as disappointment among voters about the party’s first 10 months in office has opened the door to Reform, Professor Sir John Curtice...

Starmer is on a journey: He is now ‘more Tory than Blair’

Wes Streeting enjoyed himself in the Commons on Thursday, taunting the Conservatives: “It must be so painful for them to watch a Labour government doing the things that they...

Labour could tighten shotgun ownership rules

Sir Keir Starmer’s government is considering tightening controls around shotgun ownership, in a move likely to further fray Labour’s relationship with farmers. Following a series of murders involving such...

Labour accused of trying to outdo Farage with migrant videos

Sir Keir Starmer’s government has been accused of trying to mimic Nigel Farage’s Reform party by publishing videos of raids on migrants accused of working illegally in Britain. Release...

British health minister sacked by PM over WhatsApp messages

British junior minister was sacked by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and suspended from the governing Labour Party over WhatsApp messages which the minister said were 'badly misjudged.' Andrew Gwynne,...

Labour government announces new grooming gang inquiries

Yvette Cooper has announced a “rapid national audit” into the scale and nature of grooming gangs across the country amid growing calls from MPs for a new inquiry. The...

Republican election claims expose Labour’s blind spot

Donald Trump’s accusation of “blatant foreign interference” in the US presidential election by the Labour Party has proven to be a useful and effective stunt — and the party’s...