The Latest Breaking News from the Labour party

The councillor has been backed by North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll

Mr Sunak skipped his weekly grilling in the Commons for the NHS 75th Anniversary service in Westminster Abbey.

Letters: Lyn A Dade calls for an end to the party system, while Michael Gwilt says Labour is holding our votes hostage against the return of Tory rule. Plus Deborah Wilkinson on the need for a diverse leftwing government

It has been called a 'Mayor-off'

Labour is facing criticism after it was accused of moving to potentially suspend a prominent member over a two-year-old tweet.

Liv Garfield seeks backing from Labour for reforms as government eyes temporary renationalisation of Thames Water

Margaret McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh of Mitcham and Morden, died this week, far too young at 61, from a ferocious brain tumour. You may not be familiar with this Labour grande dame, despite the many obituaries published about her. But if you delighted in Tony Blair winning the election in 1997…

Will people vote the same way at a General Election as they did for their local councillor?

A Labour MP jibed that former the former Chancellor was 'literally the worst person in the world' to deal with rising costs