34 h. ago Labour’s powerful ruling body ‘calls for pause in Burnham by

Labour's governing National Executive Committee is embroiled in a furious row over whether to allow the Greater Manchester mayor to stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election

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56 h. ago Labour at war over Andy Burnham as deadline for Commons comeback bid looms

As a mayor Mr Burnham has to apply to Labour’s powerful ruling body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), whose membership includes many Starmer loyalists, for permission to stand in by-election

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3 d. ago 'Stevenage woman' voters who helped power Labour's landside now favour Reform

The Transatlantic relationship between the two men is the main reason voters say they would refuse to vote for Reform in a new poll - with women more likely than men to say it is a problem.

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5 d. ago Brits claiming Universal Credit without need to look for work soars by 1.5million since Labour came to power

The claimant total stood at a provisional 8.40million in December 2025 - up from 7.36million a year earlier, according to new Department for Work and Pensions data.

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6 d. ago Unite or put the 'loony left' in government, warring Tories and Reform are told as poll shows Labour, Lib Dems and Greens could keep them from power

In a sign that voters could be beginning to tire of Reform, the party failed to rebound in a poll by YouGov despite high-profile defections designed to boost its credibility.

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7 d. ago Welsh Labour politician hailed as a 'powerful voice' by Keir Starmer took his own life the day before his birthday

A Welsh Labour politician hailed as a 'powerful voice' by Keir Starmer killed himself by hanging the day before his birthday, a coroner has ruled.

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7 d. ago Welsh Labour politician hailed as a 'powerful voice' by Keir Starmer killed himself by hanging the day before his birthday, coroner rules

A Welsh Labour politician hailed as a 'powerful voice' by Keir Starmer killed himself by hanging the day before his birthday, a coroner has ruled.

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7 d. ago Borders joins Highland and North East communities in calls to pause Scotland's renewable energy rollout

Communities from various corners of Scotland claim to be ignored in the renewable energy planning process

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves wants North to ‘feel the benefits’ of rail scheme by ‘early 2030s’

The Chancellor spoke during a visit to a rail depot in Leeds.

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1 week ago Northern Powerhouse Rail is the worst example of kicking a can down a track I’ve ever seen

Opinion: Rishi Sunak sealed the destruction of sensible transport planning in October 2023 when he gleefully scrapped the HS2 link from Birmingham to Crewe and onwards to Manchester

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1 week ago I got the body of my dreams at 51 by following 9 simple rules, says beauty guru ROSIE GREEN. They're easy, non

Thanks to my frame and height I have always been slim(ish), but two decades ago I was a bit melted candle-like - think lumpen with a flat saggy bottom.

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1 week ago UK to build new rail line between Birmingham and Manchester two years after HS2 scrapped

Plans expected to be set out alongside new Northern Powerhouse Rail proposals as Labour tries to woo voters from Nigel Farage’s Reform

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2 w. ago Fines for parking on the pavement are on the way as Labour gives councils new powers

It comes more than five years after the previous Tory Government launched a consultation into tackling pavement parking at a local and national level.

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2 w. ago Councils will be given powers to enforce pavement parking bans under new rules granted by Labour

It comes more than five years after the previous Tory Government launched a consultation into tackling pavement parking at a local and national level.

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2 w. ago ‘You can’t drink Fanta. You have to smoke marijuana’: Fela Kuti’s artist recalls their wild collaborations

When the Afrobeat sensation first saw Lemi Ghariokwu’s work, he said, ‘Wow!’ Then he plied him with marijuana and asked him to design his album sleeves. The artist recalls their extraordinary partnership – and the day Kuti’s Lagos HQ burned‘There were flames everywhere. Soldiers with bayoneted rifles were dragging people out into the streets, staggering, naked and bleeding. Nobody knew if Fela was still inside the burning building.”Lemi Ghariokwu pauses. For much of our video-call, the 70-year-old artist has joyfully revisited his years as friend and confidant of Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti, the Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer whose legacy has been celebrated recently by both a high-profile podcast produced by the Obamas and a career-spanning box-set, The Best of the Black President, designed by Ghariokwu. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago I got the body of my dreams at 49 by following these six rules: I tried every diet and failed... now I'm as fit as my 20

I stepped on the scales; the doctor said that I was in the obese range for my height, that I'd been gaining weight each year for 15 years, and if I kept going at that pace, I'd be chairbound by age 55.

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3 w. ago Revealed: How Scottish Labour hopes it can turn tables on SNP and snatch power in Holyrood election

Anas Sarwar is set to effectively launch his campaign to become first minister on Monday

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3 w. ago Starmer says UK sheds ‘no tears’ at the end of Maduro regime in Venezuela

Labour prime minister backs transition of power after Donald Trump’s shock announcement the US has captured the country’s President

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3 w. ago ‘We will grind you down’: how rogue peers became Labour’s toughest opponents

As Labour seeks abolition of hereditary peers, Tory-dominated House of Lords has inflicted near-record number of defeats on No 10‘We will grind you down’: how Labour reforms have changed the unwritten rules of play in the LordsDining in the House of Lords canteen just after Labour came to power, one Labour adviser found themselves sitting opposite two Tory peers.In particular, the pair were fuming about the forthcoming abolition of hereditary peers. Both agreed, the adviser said, that there should be a deliberate strategy to undermine the government on all its legislation, to slow down debate, and to push the new Lords leader, Angela Smith, to ask No 10 for concessions. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Channel crossings soared last year as more than 40,000 migrants arrived by small boat

The total number for 2025 was 13% higher than the year before. Nearly 65,000 migrants have now arrived in the country by small boat since Labour came to power in 2024

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