Labour has a “moral” duty to get people off sickness benefits and into work, MPs in the party have said.It comes as the Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall is preparing to outline plans this week aimed at slashing billions from Britain’s welfare bill.

If you can work, if you can pay tax, if you can serve in your armed forces, then you ought to be able to vote.” Those were the words of Sir Keir Starmer last May making the case for 16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in UK general elections.

Labour has suffered a surprise by-election defeat in west London amid ongoing anger over council tax increases. Independent Theo Dennison, who previously worked for George Galloway’s parliamentary office, won the Syon and Brentford Lock seat on Hounslow Council by just 12 votes following the poll on Thursday.

Facing declining domestic production, energy security concerns, and industry pushback, the UK government is adjusting its stance.

There's one area in particular in which the Labour Party appears totally unconvincing, because its MPs themselves are unconvinced.

About 10,000 members of the Labour Party, LP, have decamped to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Kaduna State. The state chairman of ADC, Alhaji

MP Dawn Butler has launched a new Parliamentary Black Caucus to tackle racial inequality as she says the UK is in a "scary place" and "difficult conversations" need to be had

The evidence suggests traditional parties that ape the populist radical right’s policies risk boosting their rivals instead of reclaiming voters.

"You might imagine that the hero of a book about how Keir Starmer led the Labour Party from electoral disaster to Downing Street would be, you know, Keir Starmer," said Robert Shrimsley in the Financial Times.

Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins has used his state of the nation speech in Auckland today to announce a reshuffle of his caucus, which he says puts a high focus on the economy.