Sir Keir Starmer, previous PM Gordon Brown and several government ministers were among those at the service at Hull Minister.

A LONG-serving Labour councillor has announced she has left the party and will represent her constituents as an Independent instead.

Labour’s latest attempt to stop small boat migrant Channel crossings will not work, one of the party’s own MPs has said. Graham Stringer, who has been a Labour MP since 1997, said he did not have confidence in Sir Keir Starmer’s plan.

Riddled with jargon, Labour’s Plan will hold Britain back at a critical crossroads in global innovation. Britain deserves a bold, forward-thinking government to secure its position as a tech superpower. In contrast, Labour’s approach is analogue government in the digital age.

Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s business secretary, told the Financial Times, “We have to respond to the agenda the US president has just set out with our own dynamism… Every country has to do it.”

Sir Keir Starmer accused the previous Conservative government of ‘driving a coach and horses’ through protections for victims of trafficking

A South Gloucestershire councillor has been expelled from Labour after 40 years for announcing he will stand as an independent in May’s West of England metro mayor election. As previously reported, Cllr Ian Scott accused the party of age and sex discrimination in November after a panel culled him from the shortlist of nominees for its candidacy.

Workers had to fork out almost US$900 deposit that they could only get back after six months’ work. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Prime minister will listen to business over exact details, as some within Labour push for ‘serious tooth removal’

DURING the 11th Carlisle Skills Fair, the first he has hosted since losing his seat at the last election, we sat down with former Carlisle MP

Hundreds of thousands of people in the United Kingdom could see large reductions in sickness benefits payments under reforms as a massive welfare bill continues to balloon

Britain’s prime minister is seemingly always overseas, and some allies wish he’d delegate more of the diplomatic grind — just as his predecessor did.