The same political concern animates the reluctance of the Corbyn camp and the Sultana camp’s efforts to bounce him into ...

Sir Keir Starmer is braced for a major Labour rebellion as he faces a crunch vote on welfare cuts today. The Prime Minister ...

Hundreds of thousands protested in London on Saturday. Organisers again directed the determination of those attending into ...

Labour's welfare reforms bill has passed, with 335 MPs voting in favour and 260 against. It came after the government watered ...

Sir Keir Starmer's concessions to his backbenchers are estimated to cost £3bn of the £5bn the chancellor hoped to save from welfare reforms. The bigger cost, though, is the political one.

Maggie O’Farrell, Alexander McCall Smith, Julian Clary, Viggo Mortensen, Sam Heughan and Dame Vanessa Redgrave are also included.

The Government's controversial welfare Bill passed by a majority of 75 after shelving key parts just minutes before MPs ...

The programme for the Edinburgh International Book Festival has been revealed, with speakers including former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, author Irvine Welsh and MP Diane Abbott. Authors Maggie ...

Diane Abbott did not clarify the origin of the claim or explain why she referred to the Israeli military as the "Jewish ...

Diane Abbott joined other Left-wing Labour MPs in rebelling against proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. Legislation to proscribe the group under the Terrorism Act 2000 passed ...

Diane Abbott warned Sir Keir Starmer that abandoning his welfare reforms is the "only way". The veteran left-winger was reacting after the Government made a series of concessions in a bid to quell ...