Sir Keir Starmer secured a show of support at a meeting of the parliamentary Labour party on Monday evening in a committee room at the House of Commons. The beleaguered prime minister arrived to noisy cheers and applause from Labour MPs who had gathered for the weekly meeting.

Trade unions are threatening to withdraw support from government and unite against prime minister

Anna Turley has suggested Sir Keir Starmer’s former communications chief had not told the truth before being elevated to the House of Lords.

Peter Mandelson, Britain’s former ambassador to the US, resigned from the UK’s ruling Labour Party to avoid causing it “further embarrassment” after the latest revelations about his links to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

All appears set for the official takeover of the National Secretariat of the Labour Party (LP) by Senator Nenadi Usman, arguably the

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Labour has named Manchester city councillor Angeliki Stogia as its candidate for the seat as the party attempts to defend its place and avoid a damaging defeat. Meanwhile, Reform has announced GB News presenter Matt Goodwin as its choice, going against the Green’s Hannah Spencer, a plumber and local councillor.

Keir Starmer has secured a temporary respite after fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files threatened his leadership