Some Labour News Today

Riling, obstructing and barring such figures serves to cloud the message, impairing an electoral effort that may, ironically enough, see the Ming Vase slip out of Starmer’s desperate hands.

Voters in England and Wales will choose local officials on Thursday. The results could demonstrate whether the governing party’s dire poll ratings are reliable, analysts say.

This reader predicts the long Conservative hold of Montgomeryshire is coming to an end.

Its young electoral base offers opportunities to fix a sclerotic economy | Britain

The London mayor fears most voters are unaware of the change to a first past the post system that may boost the Tory candidate

Keir Starmer will not have been surprised by the predictable criticism he has received since he chose to utter some restrained words of praise for Baroness Thatcher in an article for the Telegraph. The Labour leader may also see such carefully sculpted outrage for what it is: performative and unconvincing. And, ultimately, irrelevant.

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has said Parliament must ‘show moral leadership’ and vote in favour of backing an immediate ceasefire.

Labour is battling to contain an internal split on the issue, which the SNP hopes to put to a vote.

Sir Keir Starmer’s party also said it is ‘not going to be engaging’ with an SNP amendment demanding a ceasefire in the Middle East.

Chief Whip Simon Hart told MPs that a by-election will take place in Uxbridge and South Ruislip after the disgraced former PM announced he would stand down over Partygate