Labour has accused a group of Nottinghamshire councillors, who quit the party in protest at its direction under Sir Keir Starmer, of plunging a council into "political chaos". Twenty councillors, from Broxtowe Borough Council, resigned the Labour whip on 2 January and said they intended to form a new independent party on the authority.

Shehrazade Maria Mamjan, who until her resignation was suspended from the local party, quit to sit as an independent councillor for Aylesham, Eyethorne and Shepherdswell. Mamjan said she did not feel like the "right fit" for the local group.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has declared that Julius Abure remains the National Chairman of the Labour Party. A three-member panel of the appellate court in a judgement delivered by Justice Hamma Barka,

Kemi Badenoch has been accused of wanting to cut the state pension after she revealed she will consider means-testing the triple-lock system.“We don’t have a system that knows who should get what,” said the Tory leader during the LBC phone-in in what would be a major policy shift for the party.

Labour councillors in Leicester have called on the government to prioritise child poverty and abolish the two-child benefit cap. The two-child cap prevents parents from claiming universal credit or child tax credit for a third child, with a few exemptions.

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has told his assault victim he is “sincerely sorry” as he potentially faces jail for punching the man to the floor following a dispute about a bridge closure. Amesbury pleaded guilty to assaulting 45-year-old Paul Fellows in Main Street in Frodsham,

My, how the Labour Party misses Dennis Healey, the originator of that wise old saying, “When you’re in a hole, stop digging.”

Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK is Britain's second most popular political party and sits just one percentage point behind the governing Labour Party, according to an opinion pol

Suspended MP Mike Amesbury has been kicked out the Labour party after pleading guilty to assault by beating after punching a man in Cheshire in October last year

It follows Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch suggesting the triple lock could be targeted by the Tories.

With the class struggle suppressed and Labour in power, opportunity has been given to the far-right to scapegoat migrants for the deep social grievances of the working class.

A WASPI pensioner has voiced her deep disappointment with the Labour Government's refusal to offer compensation to women of her generation, saying she feels utterly betrayed. Colleen Webster, 69, had to wait six years longer than she thought she would to receive her state pension, forcing to rely on benefits as she struggled to find a job.