The construction of three new towns will begin before the next general election, Labour has pledged.A taskforce has recommended 12 locations in England for development, with three areas - ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said he believes his government can still "pull this round" as the Labour Party heads into its annual conference hoping to revive public support.With opinion ...

Ed Jamesin Solihull andChloe HughesWest MidlandsJason RichardsJason Richards said thousands or tens of thousands of people could be laid off if there was no positive news from JLRA union ...

Helen CattPolitical correspondent andKate WhannelPolitical reporterGetty Images/ ReutersSimon Opher (left) and Peter Prinsley (right) say the Israeli authorities decision is "deeply regrettable"Two Labour MPs who were travelling to the ...

Chris MasonPolitical editorBBCTheir comfortable and now sustained over months lead in the opinion polls, alongside their habit of demonstrating momentum – the defection of Conservative shadow minister Danny Kruger ...

Kate WhannelPolitical reporter andJennifer McKiernanPolitical reporter, BBC NewsShutterstock/Getty ImagesEducation Secretary Bridget Phillipson has emerged as the frontrunner among six Labour MPs vying to be the party's next deputy leader.Those ...

Scottish Labour MSP Colin Smyth has been arrested and charged over possession of indecent images. The 52-year-old, who has represented South Scotland since 2016, was arrested at a property ...

A Labour councillor who called for far-right protesters' throats to be cut acted "completely out of character" and was in the wrong, a court has heard.Ricky Jones, 58, is ...

MP Diane Abbott has been suspended by the Labour Party pending an investigation into comments she made about racism, the BBC understands.The move also means that Abbott will sit ...

Angus CochraneBBC Scotland NewsBBCBrian Leishman is one of nine Scottish Labour MPs who have signed an amendment seeking to block the bill Scottish MP Brian Leishman has said he ...

The leader of the Unite union says Labour is not defending working people and they are turning away from the party "in droves".Sharon Graham said Labour should be "seriously ...

Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurakBBC"There's only one relationship that really matters," a senior figure in government told me in the middle of Labour's dreadful week, where ministers lost ...