Labour accused of rank hypocrisy over plans to detain child migrants and ditch slavery protections - Yvette Cooper is pressing ahead with plans her party previously opposed as campaigners warn measure
The Labour mayor for London, Sadiq Khan, immediately came out swinging after Reeves’ announcement. He said: “I remain opposed to a new runway at Heathrow airport because of th
John McDonnell's comments come six months after the Labour MPs had the whip suspended after rebelling against the government over the Tory-era two-child benefit limit
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell told supporters they were in a contest with ... how dare you elect a socialist as the leader of the Labour Party. This is the 1 per cent telling the 99 per cent to get back in their box. “They want to get back to a ...
Labour MPs have written to the Chief Whip raising concerns about the Left-winger after he was interviewed voluntarily by the police
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Energy secretary Ed Miliband, who threatened to resign from Gordon Brown’s government over expansion of the west London airport, did not attend chancellor Rachel Reeves’ speech
When reshuffles happen, MPs, whether they’re already ministers or not, are known to sit by their phone or, in these days of mobile connectivity, regularly check to make sure they have a signal, lest the Prime Minister should call with news of a job or a promotion or a demotion or the sack.
Both Corbyn and McDonnell sit in the House of Commons as independent lawmakers. Corbyn quit Labour after having the whip withdrawn over his response to antisemitism allegations, while McDonnell was suspended after defying the party on a vote on child poverty.
LABOUR is likely to employ divide-and-rule tactics when disciplining dissident MPs, it has emerged. Westminster sources have indicated that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s whips are considering readmitting to the parliamentary party five of the seven MPs who rebelled over the government’s decision to maintain the two-child benefit cap.
The MPs, who were pictured at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest on Saturday, both sit in Parliament as independents.
The PM has been joined by Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband, Sadiq Khan and Yvette Cooper for service for the former deputy prime minister under Tony Blair