Tag: Labour Party (UK)

Saturday, October 25th 2025 - 09:47 UTC
Brexit damage to UK’s economy admitted by Labour’s chancellor at IMF Summit

Addressing the International Monetary Fund, UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves admitted the long-term damage done to the UK economy by the 2020 Brexit deal. The chancellor told leading finance ministers and central bankers that, “UK's productivity challenge has been compounded by the way in which the UK left the European Union.”
Monday, September 8th 2025 - 09:31 UTC
Reform UK holds its Conference in Birmingham; polls show it eleven points ahead of Starmer’s Labour

The Reform UK party held its conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, 5/6 September with their four MPs, mayors, councilors and more than 10,000 people attending the event.
Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 10:50 UTC
Farage does it again: Reform UK trashes Labour and Tories, becomes main opposition

Populist Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party surged into the lead in local elections across England and grabbed one of Labour’s safest parliamentary seats, trashing Conservatives and becoming head of Britain´s opposition, underline UK media.
Wednesday, March 26th 2025 - 05:19 UTC
Jessica Toale MP visit to Falklands: Veterans deserve better than empty promises

The following column was written in the Bournemouth Daily Echo by Jessica Toale, Labour MP for Bournemouth West. I recently visited the Falkland Islands with members of the British Armed Forces – part of a program I’m taking part in to gain a better understanding of the UK’s defense capabilities and the experiences of our service personnel.
Thursday, March 13th 2025 - 10:31 UTC
Labour has found out it needs to continue stimulating oil and gas production

An oil industry information site has published a most interesting piece on the UK Labour government turn around in its oil and gas policy. The piece recalls that when the Labour Party of Keir Starmer won the latest UK elections, it vowed to stop new oil and gas exploration. The Starmer cabinet has stayed true to its word on that—but it is looking for ways to boost production through other means.
Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 10:09 UTC
Labour pledges 150 major infrastructure projects and 1.5 million homes, biggest building boom in half century

The new Labour government in Britain is pledging more giga-factories, solar farms, roads, and railway lines are set to be green-lighted in the next five years, adding billions to the economy, as part of stretching new milestones.
Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 08:00 UTC
Labour anticipates a tax increase to fill a £22bn Tory “hole” in UK public finances

UK Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves anticipated that the government of PM Keir Starmer will have to raise some taxes in October's Budget, following the claim on Monday that the previous Tory government left a £22bn “hole” in the public finances.
Saturday, July 6th 2024 - 07:26 UTC
Falklands Legislative Assembly congratulates new UK Government

The elected Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly extends its congratulations to the Labour Party on their victory in the UK General Election. We also extend our congratulations to The Right Honorable Sir Keir Starmer on his election as an MP, and subsequent appointment this as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by His Majesty The King Charles III.
Friday, July 5th 2024 - 18:42 UTC
Starmer goes through “kissing of the hands” and forms new UK gov't

Sir Keir Starmer was sworn in Friday as the UK’s new prime minister in lieu of the Conservative Rishi Sunak who turned in his resignation following Thursday's appalling electoral defeat earning Labour at least 412 of the 650 seats in Parliament.
Thursday, July 4th 2024 - 19:24 UTC
Labour's landslide victory believed imminent

Britain's Labour Party seemed poised to grab a decisive majority of around 270 MP posts in Thursday's snap elections as turnout surpassed even the most optimistic of expectations, it was reported from London.