The Unite union has endorsed Salma Yaqoob to be Labour’s candidate in May’s West Midlands Mayoral election, after the union’s West Midlands regional committee held a hustings in Birmingham. Yaqoob’s […]
The SKWAWKBOX understands that Labour front-bencher Richard Burgon has achieved the required number of nominations to reach the next stage of the deputy leader contest. Burgon now needs support from […]
Front-bencher Dawn Butler has achieved the required nominations among Labour MPs and MEPs to reach the next stage of the party’s deputy leader contest. She now needs support from either […]
Labour front-bencher Barry Gardiner will not now make a bid for election as the party’s next leader. In a statement, Gardiner said: I want to thank all my colleagues as […]
Labour front-bencher Barry Gardiner – the party’s star media performer who has won the hearts of many on the left with his take-no-prisoners interview style and his staunch loyalty to […]
AP reports attack AP has reported in the last few minutes that Iran has claimed to have launched ‘tens’ of missiles at the Ain Assad air base in Iraq, which […]
Labour Party chair Ian Lavery, who had seen a huge groundswell of support for a bid for the party’s leadership, has just announced that he will not be standing in […]
Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has agreed the following timetable for the party’s leadership elections: Tuesday 7 January: nominations open from MPs and MEPsMonday 13 January: nominations from MPs and […]
Right-winger stepped down at general election after Labour’s National Executive withdrew its endorsement over parliamentary censure Former Labour MP Keith Vaz turned up at today’s meeting of Labour’s National Executive […]
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has confirmed he will step down when a new Labour party leader is elected: McDonnell played a key role in the 2017 election surge, but his […]