5 d. ago Number of people who have signed up as supporters to Jeremy Corbyn's new political party in Wales revealed

A former Welsh MP is one of those spearheading efforts in Wales

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5 d. ago How Jeremy Corbyn’s new party plans to take on Starmer’s Labour

The ex-Labour leader’s new party could contain a number of familiar faces if his plan to target former colleagues is successful, writes Kate Devlin

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6 d. ago GB News cuts deal to stream on Donald Trump's own app alongside wild conspiracy shows

Among the most watched documentaries on Donald Trump's Truth+ streaming service are ""Illuminati", "Lizard People: Rulers of time and Space". GB News joins the platform from today

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1 week ago The real danger in this permacrisis is not the political drama: it’s the risk that nothing changes | Nesrine Malik

It is said the centre cannot hold, but what if it does? That’s a frightening recipe for more stasis and more rageA new party has launched in the UK, and it didn’t take long for it to become the subject of frantic speculation. Will it split the left? Will it create more of an opening for Reform UK? Should it forge an alliance with the Greens? The stunning speed with which Jeremy Corbyn’s new party amassed supporters, now standing at 600,000 in a week, reasonably makes it feel like a real and viable thing. And the next logical step is to assess its chances in meaningfully challenging the mainstream. But the bigger question is, can the mainstream be meaningfully challenged, or is the future one of increasing fragmentation, with a persistent but tense monopoly on power by the political establishment?The signs that the centre is fraying at the margins became clear at the last general election. There was a historically low turnout by share of the population (resulting in the most dispropo...

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1 week ago KEVIN MAGUIRE: Corbyn’s new Left party will be the ultimate revenge mission

Who will be the first Labour MP to defect to Jeremy Corbyn’s fledgling Lefter-wing rival?

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1 week ago Chancellor: Public will reject Corbyn’s new party like they rejected him before

Rachel Reeves launched an attack on Mr Corbyn’s ‘ego’ as she accused him of ‘trying to destroy my party’.

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3 w. ago Anas Sarwar urges sacked MP Brian Leishman to be team player if readmitted to Labour

The Scottish Labour leader said he welcomed people who were 'committed' to the party after Grangemouth MP Leishman had the whip withdrawn.

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3 w. ago Brian Leishman will still attend Labour conference despite suspension

EXCLUSIVE: The Alloa and Grangemouth MP said he will "still be campaigning for Scottish Labour for Holyrood" after losing the whip at Westminster.

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3 w. ago Councillor's expulsion exposes disquiet over 'toxic' culture in city's Labour group

Many in Cardiff's Labour group feel stronger leadership was needed amid the long suspension and ultimate expulsion of a councillor found to have behaved inappropriately towards a 17-year-old girl

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3 w. ago Diane Abbott’s Labour suspension must be resolved ‘as swiftly as possible’, says minister – UK politics live

Treasury minister James Murray said Abbott’s claim that ‘this Labour leadership wants me out’ was ‘absolutely not the case’Good morning and welcome to our coverage of UK politics. We’re now in recess but we’ll still be bringing you all the news from across the country including continued reaction to the suspension of Diane Abbott.This morning, a minister has denied the veteran MP’s assertion that “it is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out”.That’s absolutely not the case.What’s happened is Diane has made some comments which come on the back of previous comments which she made and for which she apologised some time ago.The details of more than 100 Britons, including spies and special forces personnel, were included in a massive data leak that resulted in thousands of Afghans being secretly relocated to the UK.The voting age will be lowered to 16 across the UK by the next general election in a major change of the democratic system.Labour significantly outspent the Conservatives...

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3 w. ago Diane Abbott hits back at Labour leadership in first comments since second suspension

In a statement after her second suspension from Labour, the veteran MP Diane Abbott said it was obvious 'this Labour leadership wants me out'

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4 w. ago Starmer hits back at ‘rattled’ accusation over Labour MP suspensions

Sir Keir Starmer rejected comparisons to Sir Tony Blair when grilled over the suspension of Labour MPs due to their opposition of welfare cuts.

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4 w. ago Falkirk Labour party gives 'full support' to Grangemouth MP after suspension

Falkirk East CLP has said that Brian Leishman 'belongs in the Labour Party'

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4 w. ago Diane Abbott could face fresh Labour suspension as party takes new comments on racism ‘incredibly seriously’

Abbott under fresh scrutiny as she says she has no regrets over 2023 comments that led to her suspension - and Labour leadership had been 'trying to get me out'

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4 w. ago Brian Leishman rules out joining the SNP or Jeremy Corbyn's new party after Labour suspension

EXCLUSIVE: The Alloa and Grangemouth MP told the Record he is "committed rock solid to the Labour Party" and wants the whip back.

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4 w. ago Labour taking Diane Abbott’s latest comments on racism ‘incredibly seriously’

MP says she does not regret earlier comments that led to year-long suspension from partyThe Labour party has said it is looking “incredibly seriously” at an interview in which Diane Abbott said she had no regrets about comments on racism that led to her year-long suspension from the party.The veteran Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington was disciplined for writing a letter to the Observer in April 2023 arguing that people of colour experienced racism “all their lives” and in a different way to Jewish people, Irish people and Travellers. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Jess Phillips says Labour rebels should not be surprised by the action taken against them – UK politics live

Home Office minister defends Keir Starmer’s decision to remove whip from four MPs and says Labour must ‘act as a team’Good morning. Chief whips tends to be quite secretive, and when four Labour MPs had the whip suspended yesterday, there was no detailed, public explanation as to why they were being punished for rebelling when so many other backbenchers, who have also voted against the party, have not been singled out. As Eleni Courea and Jessica Elgot report in our overnight story, we were just told they were regular rebels.But the best explanation came from the Labour party source who told Geri Scott from the Times that the four MPs – Rachael Maskell, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff – were being punished for “persistent knobheadery”.I don’t think that the discipline that has been meted out over the last 24 hours is linked to [the welfare bill] because many more people voted against the government than these four people.I actually don’t know because I’m not pa...

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4 w. ago Jess Phillips gives brutal verdict on suspended Labour MPs as huge row erupts

Jess Phillips was pressed on a comment made after four MPs - Neil Duncan-Jordan, Chris Hinchliff, Brian Leishman and Rachael Maskell - had the Labour whip withdrawn

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4 w. ago Diane Abbott says she stands by racism comments that led to suspension from Labour

MP says it is ‘silly’ to claim racism over skin colour is the same as other types of racism – but she has spent her life fighting antisemitismDiane Abbott has said she has no regrets about comments on racism that led to her year-long suspension from the Labour party.The veteran Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington was disciplined for writing a letter to the Observer in April 2023 arguing that people of colour experienced racism “all their lives” and in a different way to Jewish people, Irish people and Travellers. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Keir Starmer's suspension of four Labour rebel MPs leaves backbenchers 'in state of shock'

Four Labour MPs have been stripped of the Labour party whip and three others were removed as trade envoys

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