Labour

Keir Starmer appears to want voters to forget about his ten pledges

Keir Starmer removes leadership election pledges from website

Alistair Darling has died aged 70

Former Labour chancellor and Better Together figurehead Alistair Darling dies aged 70

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Polls showing a lead for Yes cannot be disregarded as eccentric outliers, writes James Kelly

ANALYSIS Two very different polls agree that independence is on the rise

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File photograph of Labour leader Keir Starmer

Labour lead SNP in Westminster poll – just hours after different survey said opposite

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The Ipsos poll shows support for independence remains strong, writes the Wee Ginger Dug

REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS Wee Ginger Dug: Support for independence remains strong despite Unionist doomsayers

Labour have lost majority control of another English council

Labour lose majority control of THIRD English council after more resignations

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Scottish Labour MP Michael Shanks with party leader Keir Starmer

REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS Wee Ginger Dug: Michael Shanks shows the value of obedience in the Labour Party

Blair McDougall will stand to be a Labour MP at the next General Election

Ex-Better Together chief named as Labour candidate for next General Election

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Michael Shanks speaks at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool earlier this year

Michael Shanks joins Labour front bench less than two weeks after maiden speech

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Keir Starmer won't use available solutions to fix Broken Britain

COMMENT Solutions to fix Broken Britain are there but Labour and Tories won't use them

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From left: SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and Labour leader Keir Starmer

New poll predicts result of every Scottish seat at next General Election

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Campaigners are continuing to discuss rejoining the EU

Exclusive ‘We have to fight for the rights we had‘: Inside the campaign to get back in the EU

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The blame game of Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer is missing the point on immigration, writes Ruth Wishart

COMMENT Ruth Wishart: Blame game of Sunak and Starmer ignores truth about immigration

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A trial by social media shouldn't mean the end for McConnell, writes Stuart Cosgrove

COMMENT Stuart Cosgrove: Trial by social media should not mean the end for Labour hopeful

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Four seats held by the SNP are likely to be among the most marginal at the General Election, new research predicts

Four SNP seats in Scotland predicted to be on ‘knife-edge’ in General Election

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Labour have denied reports Keir Starmer was going to 'water down' green initiatives

Labour deny reports Keir Starmer pushing to water down £28 billion green plans

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Prem Sikka drew a 'stark contrast' between key Scottish and English policies

Labour peer draws 'stark contrast' between key Scottish and English policies

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A video of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak using a hammer on its side quickly went viral

Rishi Sunak's viral hammer video sees Labour panned for 'dishonest' attack

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Keir Starmer chose the EU anthem when asked to pick a piece of music that sums up the Labour Party

Keir Starmer names EU anthem as music that 'sums up Labour Party'

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New MP Michael Shanks refuses to support the UN resolution for an immediate ceasefire

Letters Do those who signed recall petition in Rutherglen now have regrets?

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Darren Jones spoke to Good Morning Britain

Labour MP makes bizarre claim after MPs vote against Gaza ceasefire

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Jeremy Hunt will deliver the Autumn Statement later today

Everything you need to know about today's Autumn Statement

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) and Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt learn to lay bricks during a visit to the Enfield Centre, part of the Capital City College Group, in north London. Picture date: Monday November 20, 2023. PA Photo. See PA

COMMENT Gerry Hassan: Thatcherism with a human face is Labour's election pitch

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The Labour MP defines the attacks on Gaza by Israel as self-defence

Letters Lisa Nandy’s interpretation of international law is frankly bizarre

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Zarah Sultana was speaking just two days after the majority of her colleagues voted against a ceasefire in Gaza

Labour are 'institutionally Islamophobic', says Labour MP

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Many gay people fear harassment (Peter Byrne/PA)

comment Steph Paton: Labour under Keir Starmer would not have repealed Section 28

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David Cameron is back at the Cabinet table – setting up a battle of false perceptions between the Tories and the Labour of Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves

LETTERS Rishi Sunak's reshuffle sends us a clear message about the Tories

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting (Peter Byrne/PA)

'Hold the door wide open' to NHS for private sector, says Labour shadow health sec

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File photograph of North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll

EXCLUSIVE Keir Starmer 'watered down key parts of devolution report'

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Naz Shah has left Keir Starmer's frontbench

'It is frightening': MP faces Islamophobic abuse after Gaza ceasefire vote

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File photograph of Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves

EXCLUSIVE 'A Keir Starmer Labour government will be very unpopular very fast'

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Former home secretary Suella Braverman has been compared to dictators like Vladimir Putin by another Tory MP

REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS Wee Ginger Dug: It's not only on Rwanda that Tories want to ignore international law

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Keir Starmer pictured on a visit to a distillery in Scotland

THE JOUKER Keir Starmer's whisky gaffe 'could cost him election in Scotland'

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Michael Shanks abstained on Wednesday night, as did Ian Murray

Letters At least some Labour MPs have principles ... just not Scottish ones

File photograph of shadow overseas development minister Lisa Nandy

Senior Labour MP questions 'how far' international law applies in Gaza

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Prime minister Rishi Sunak walks with Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer through the Central Lobby at the Palace of Westminster

COMMENT Richard Murphy: Labour's mirroring of Tory tactics spells dangerous times

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Home Secretary James Cleverly has been tasked with making the Rwanda plan work, despite it being ruled unlawful

Home Secretary forced to deny labelling Rwanda plan 'batsh**'

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First Minister Humza Yousaf said it was 'unforgivable' not to have called for a ceasefire in Gaza

'Unforgivable': Humza Yousaf slams Scots Labour MPs' refusal to back Gaza ceasefire

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The Labour Westminster group

The Labour MPs that voted for a Gaza ceasefire - see the full list

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Jess Phillips quits Labour frontbench over Gaza ceasefire stance

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Labour frontbenchers are facing the sack if they back the SNP amendment

Multiple Labour frontbench MPs break ranks calling for ceasefire in Gaza

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Ian Murray and Michael Shanks have backed Starmer's 'humanitarian pauses' call

Scottish Labour MPs fall in line with Starmer and won't back SNP Gaza ceasefire call

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Scottish Labour's Anas Sarwar (left) and UK Labour leader Keir Starmer

Party boss's leaked email 'shows Scottish Labour is toothless branch office'

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Katy Loudon and Michael Shanks at the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election count

SNP and Labour spending in Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election revealed

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Scottish Labour deputy Jackie Baillie says the position of her party over calling for a ceasefire in Gaza is

Jackie Baillie accuses SNP of ‘game playing’ over Gaza ceasefire call

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Lord Robertson was confronted about his remarks by SNP MP Alan Brown

Scots 'have strong sense of parochialism', claims Labour peer

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The report lists all the apologies made by MPs on the floor of the House of Commons since 1979

Exclusive Formal apologies from MPs in Commons reaches highest level in four decades

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It’s not simply the parties and politicians, woeful though they are

COMMENT Immoral UK isn’t working – because failure is baked in

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Labour whips are reportedly being told to vote down an amendment calling for a vote on a Gaza ceasefire

Labour whips 'instructing MPs to vote down SNP's Gaza ceasefire motion'

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People walk past a pro-Palestine mural by the artist Emmalene Blake in the Harold's Cross area of Dublin

comment Richard Walker: History shows ignoring public opinion can haunt politicians forever

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Keir Starmer and his party colleagues are terrified of being called antisemitic

Letters Keir Starmer’s Labour refuse to see what is right before their eyes

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Imran Hussain has resigned from the Labour frontbench

Who is Imran Hussain? Labour frontbencher resigns over Gaza stance

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Imran Hussain has resigned over his party's stance on Gaza

Labour frontbencher resigns over party's stance on Gaza

Hundreds of students boycotted an assembly with Wes Streeting

Hundreds of school students boycott assembly with Wes Streeting over Palestine stance

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