Labour

Gambling study says £2.7bn bet annually on hidden-market websites

Gamblers in Great Britain are betting £2.7bn a year through hidden-market websites, according to a lobby group that claims stricter regulation of the licensed sector would further fuel illegal...

Sue Gray being paid £170,000 a year – more than Keir Starmer

Sue Gray, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, has been given a salary of £170,000 – more than the...

Starmer’s £100,000 in tickets and gifts more than any other recent party leader

Keir Starmer has declared more free tickets and gifts than other major party leaders in recent times, with...

Keir Starmer alleged to have broken rules over party donor’s gifts to wife

Keir Starmer is alleged to have broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his...

Winter fuel: 780,000 UK pensioners entitled to payment will lose it

About 780,000 pensioners who need the winter fuel payment will lose out on it when Labour begins means-testing...

UK suspends 30 arms export licences to Israel after review

The UK has broken with the Biden administration on a significant part of their tightly coordinated policy towards Israel by announcing it is suspending...

Labour MP pushes for watchdog to assess PFI costs under budgets bill

A senior Labour backbencher is seeking to have liabilities from schools and hospitals built under private finance initiative (PFI) deals scrutinised under a new...

Voters believe Labour on UK’s woes, but not on its proposed fixes

The prime minister is struggling to communicate how his government will address the significant problems facing the UK. While the public readily accepts that...

These were not the choices I wanted to make, but they are the right choices for Britain | Rachel Reeves

During the general election, I made a promise to the British people: to restore economic stability. I did so because I saw the damage...

Can new towns give Keir Starmer the answer to Britain’s housing crisis?

The best way to view Ebbsfleet is from a low hill above the muddy banks of the Thames estuary. Here, between the chalk cliffs,...

Labour MP accused of renting out ant-infested flats with black mould

A newly elected Labour MP has been accused of renting out flats with black mould and ant infestations. Jas Athwal, the MP for Ilford South,...