Tag: Labour Party

• Monday, June 22nd 2026 - 18:08 UTC

  Burnham sworn in as MP and enters Labour leadership race with a clear path to No 10

  

  The former mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, was sworn in on Monday as MP for Makerfield and formally launched his candidacy to lead the Labour Party and, by extension, the British government, hours after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation. The backing of his most likely rival, former Health Secretary Wes Streeting, cleared his path and consolidated him as the favorite to succeed Starmer.

• Friday, May 8th 2026 - 01:51 UTC

  First counts confirm Reform UK's advance in Labour heartlands and open the door to a leadership crisis

  

  The first ballots counted in the local elections held on Thursday across the United Kingdom confirmed the advance of the far-right Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, in territories historically dominated by Labour in the north of England and triggered the first public expressions of discontent within Prime Minister Keir Starmer's own party, in what various analysts already describe as one of the most adverse electoral nights for the ruling party since taking office in July 2024. The vote, in which more than 5,000 municipal seats across 136 local authorities and the devolved parliaments of Scotland and Wales were contested, opened the door to a potential internal crisis over Starmer's leadership.

• Monday, February 9th 2026 - 12:27 UTC

  Starmer loses key aide as McSweeney quits over Mandelson scandal

  

  UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been left politically more exposed after the resignation of his Downing Street chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, a central architect of Starmer’s rise inside Labour and a key operator at the heart of government.

• Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Tory MPs furious with Liz Truss mini-budget: she's playing into the hands of Labour

  

  The shockwaves from the mini-budget presented by Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng are still reverberating in the markets and politically more damaging, among members of the ruling Conservative party.

• Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Corbyn's brother arrested for inciting to burn MPs offices who voted for Covid-19 restrictions

  

  A prominent anti-vaccination protestor and brother of the former leader of the British Labour Party, Piers Corbyn was arrested in London over the weekend for urging people to burn down the offices of members of Parliament offices who supported imposing Covid-19 restrictions.

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 18:09 UTC

  UK: Labour challenges Boris on China, but the PM is “instinctively” against boycotts

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “instinctively” against boycotts after the main opposition Labour Party urged ministers and the royal family to snub the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights claims.

• Thursday, December 31st 2020 - 07:19 UTC

  Labour supported Brexit accord, “a thin deal better than a chaotic no-deal rupture”, Keir Starmer

  

  The House of Commons on Wednesday approved by an ample majority the EU/UK post Brexit deal, but this did not impede some lawmakers complain about being given only five hours in Parliament to scrutinize a deal that will mean profound changes for Britain’s economy and society.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 06:25 UTC

  Following New Zealand norm, next government will include two Green ministers

  

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party on Sunday signed an agreement with the Green Party to form government in the Pacific nation of nearly five million.

• Monday, October 19th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Ardern's landslide victory means New Zealand's next parliament to be the most inclusive ever

  

  New Zealand's next parliament is set to be the most inclusive ever, with several people of color, members from the rainbow communities and a high number of women. The ruling Labour Party was handed a resounding mandate in the election over the weekend, as voters rewarded Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her decisive response to COVID-19.

• Friday, October 16th 2020 - 06:07 UTC

  New Zealand Ardern ready to step down if she loses Saturday general election

  

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that she will step down as leader of the center-left Labour Party if opinion polls prove to be wrong and she loses Saturday's general election.