Labour has suspended a second parliamentary candidate over comments he allegedly made about Israel. Graham Jones, the former Labour MP for Hyndburn, is also facing an investigation, the BBC understands. It comes after Labour withdrew support for the party’s candidate for the Rochdale by-election, Azhar Ali, for apparently making antisemitic […]
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Labour withdraws support for Rochdale candidate after Israel-Gaza remarks Labour have opted not to send anybody out on the media round this morning to defend their position on Azhar Ali. Labour sources said that campaigners in Rochdale were told to stop leafleting and social media activity on Ali’s behalf at […]
Sir Rod Stewart has been a life-long Tory voter but has now announced that Keir Starmer and the Labour Party “deserve a chance” of taking over. The 79-year-old, whose new album with Jools Holland, Swing Fever, will be released later this month, says he used to see Boris Johnson as […]
By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 08:16 GMT, 10 February 2024 Imagine this scenario. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stands at the dispatch box on March 6, Budget day, and tells the Commons he will be cutting public investment by £140billion – that’s about four HS2s – and […]
Labour’s slashing of proposed spending on home insulation will leave millions of people on low incomes in cold, damp homes and could prevent the UK meeting its legally binding carbon targets, campaigners and housebuilders have warned. The Federation of Master Builders criticised the drastic scaling back of Labour’s low-carbon policies, […]
Labour has spent the past few weeks performing a series of U-turns on previously announced policies as it finalises its manifesto, culminating in Thursday’s announcement of a huge cut to its green spending plans. Beyond the cuts to the £28bn annual spending pledge, party insiders have also let it be […]
In late 2021, Labour party members were still licking their wounds after a byelection defeat in Hartlepool, and Keir Starmer was at something of a crossroads in his leadership. He needed something big and bold that would excite his party and get the attention of voters. He was under pressure […]
Brits are flying to Ukraine for dental treatment because of the ever-worsening NHS crisis. Industry leaders and MPs have warned that patients have been left with no option but to jet out to the war-torn nation after being unable to get help in the UK. The crisis in NHS dentistry has been brewing […]