All news on the topic: Labour Party

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'I swapped Rwanda for Rochdale to marry ex-Labour and now we're adopting'
Simon Danczuk and his wife Claudine got married in Rwanda over the summer and are having a UK ceremony at the end of October - then, they plan to adopt a baby from her homeland
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Rishi Sunak mocks Johnson, Truss and TikTok fan Hancock in after dinner speech
Rishi Sunak told the Westminster Correspondents Dinner that Liz Truss had been 'quietly reflecting' on what went wrong - and quipped that he was tightening online safety rules to protect the public from Matt Hancock's TikTok antics
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Murder, rape and robbery trials on hold as crumbling RAAC concrete closes courts
The number of serious criminal cases waiting to get to court has reached a record high with the Crown Court backlog hitting 64,709 at the end of June this year
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Keir Starmer says he'll 'have to make it work' with Donald Trump if both elected
Labour leader Keir Starmer said the challenges around the world 'are too great' and that the 'important, special relationship' between the UK and the US must be maintained
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Labour points finger at Rishi Sunak for HS2 costs spiralling on his watch
Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said it was 'concerning' if Rishi Sunak was shocked at the scale of spending when he was responsible for overseeing HS2 as Chancellor
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Links between Labour and US Democrats revived as crunch election year looms
Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership has paved the way for tighter links with US Democrats ahead of next year’s crunch elections in Britain and America
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'Girls must be given chance to play football or we'll wreck Lionesses' legacy'
Labour's Bridget Phillipson vowed to get more girls doing sport as she revealed she was stopped from playing football as a kid - and has taken up hockey as break from her MP life
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Labour promises 'Liz Truss law' to stop repeat of mini-Budget carnage
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged that a Labour government would ensure the budget watchdog cannot be 'gagged' as Liz Truss tried after her mini-Budget a year ago
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David Lammy promises 'fundamental' shake-up of Brexit deal if Labour gets power
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy warned that Britain has been 'missing on the world stage' as he spoke to the Mirror in Washington DC where he will meet White House officials
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UK needs EU security deal after burning bridges says Labour defence chief
Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey spoke exclusively to the Mirror during a trip to Washington DC where he has held a series of meetings with senior White House and Pentagon figures
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Ken Livingstone has Alzheimer's, his family say in heartbreaking diagnosis
The family of the former Labour mayor nicknamed 'Red Ken' said the 78-year-old had withdrawn from public life as they announced he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
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Keir Starmer presents Emmanuel Macron with Arsenal shirt in first meeting
Labour leader Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron swapped gifts at the Elysee Palace in Paris, with Mr Starmer describing talks as 'positive' and 'very political'
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Keir Starmer will rewrite 'thin' Brexit deal to boost economy if he wins power
The Labour leader vowed to get a better trade agreement with the EU as he prepares to meet the French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee in Paris this week
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Starmer vows to treat people smugglers like 'terrorists' and scrap Rwanda deal
The Labour leader is meeting police and prosecutors at Europol - the EU's law enforcement agency - where he wants to reach agreement on ways to stop small boats "before they get in the water"
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Keir Starmer to meet French President in blow to Rishi Sunak's bromance efforts
France's Emmanuel Macon is expected to host the Labour leader at the Elysee Palace - in a blow to Rishi Sunak's efforts to build a bromance with the French President
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Unite chief warns 'too timid' Keir Starmer workers 'can't wait for jam tomorrow'
Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said Labour mustn't be 'too timid to talk of hope, too Conservative to make change' in a fiery speech to the Trades Union Congress
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'Starmer should pay close attention to TUC congress and bold, popular tax plans'
The TUC congress in Liverpool will see bold arguments put forward for solving Britain's economic problems - including a host of progressive tax policies, writes Kevin Maguire
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Five ways Labour should look to help millions after election, says Sharon Graham
Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham has identified five ways Labour can be bolder in their offering to working people if they win power
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Labour vows to beef up ban on blacklisting union workers in major upgrade
As part of the “biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation”, Deputy Leader Angela Rayner is set announce outdated regulations would be updated to cover new, underhanded tactics from rogue bosses
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Wages 'levelled down' under Tories, says Rayner on visit to key battleground
Labour's deputy leader will visit Blackpool on her first official engagement in her new role of Shadow Levelling-Up Secretary, after she replaced Lisa Nandy this week
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Labour secures record donations boost - with £3million from ex-Sainsbury's boss
Between April to June, Labour raked in over £10.4million - one of the party's most lucrative quarters in its history. It includes a staggering £3million gift from former supermarket chairman Lord Sainsbury
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Keir Starmer reshuffles top team to front Labour's election campaign - full list
The Labour leader's pre-election shake-up of the Shadow Cabinet comes as MPs return from the summer recess and just weeks before his major address at party conference
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'Keir Starmer is right to back workers but the richest must still pay more tax'
Higher taxes on the well-off are popular but Starmer has dropped a pledge to raise income tax for the top 5%, while Rachel Reeves ruled out equalising capital gains tax
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Labour's Bridget Phillipson savages Tories over school concrete danger to kids
Shadow Education Secretary says there is no more perfect a 'defining image about the last 13 years of Conservative government' than classrooms that could be deathtraps for pupils
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Keir Starmer vows not to increase income tax for workers
In an exclusive interview with the Mirror as MPs return to Westminster, the Labour leader pledged that working people will not be hit by tax rises if he becomes Prime Minister