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Labour accused of 'abandoning' women by departing human rights commission chief - as she says it can no longer claim to be

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Baroness Falkner of Margravine, who stepped down as chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, accused Labour of abandoning founding principles.

Scottish Labour frontbencher quits over links to sex offender

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Pam Duncan-Glancy has resigned as Labour's education spokesperson after reports she maintained links with a disgraced councillor.

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NIGEL FARAGE: Labour and the SNP have failed ...no wonder we're winning over millions

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We now know Scotland's biggest city is housing more asylum seekers than any other local authority in the UK - almost 4,000 by the end of September.

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Scottish Labour education spokeswoman quits over friendship with convicted sex offender

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Pam Duncan-Glancy has resigned from her role as Labour education spokeswoman over her friendship with a convicted sex offender

Labour’s child poverty strategy is a great step forward for social justice

Editorial: Lifting the two-child benefit limit – at a cost of £3bn – will improve the life chances of more than half a million young people. For this government, it is a move in the right direction

Scottish Labour education spokeswoman quits over friendship with convicted sex offender

Pam Duncan-Glancy resigned after the Record approached Scottish Labour about her links to disgraced former councillor Sean Morton. Concerns were raised about her judgement.

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The Guardian view on reducing child poverty: with the two-child limit gone, Labour must go further | Editorial

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The new strategy has gaps. But ministers have shown that they are serious and capable of listening

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Get your house in order, Chancellor! Rachel Reeves 'faces £7,500 bill' to prevent her family home breaching Labour's own energy efficiency rules

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The Chancellor placed her south London property on the rental market last year as she moved into Downing Street following Labour's general election win.

Drivers over 70 face 'mandatory retest' as Labour urged to make change

A parliamentary petition is urging the Government to introduce mandatory driving retests for drivers over 70, including regular assessments of reaction time, hazard tests, manoeuvring ability and comprehensive eyesight examinations.

Labour announces plans to lift 550,000 children out of poverty – as it happened

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Labour loses further London councillors amid wave of defections in capital

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Labour has been haemorrhaging councillors in the capital to the Lib Dems, Greens, Tories and independents for several months

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Nigel Farage explodes on GB News over Labour's election move - 'Outrageous'

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was less than impressed with the decision.

Labour MP explains why ‘Britain is broke’ – using biscuits

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Gordon McKee reached for a favourite cupboard treat to illustrate the nation's debt crisis.

'Frankly, a Very Authoritarian Government': Labour-Led Britain Suspends Elections, Announces Rollout of China-Style Facial Recognition Cameras

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UK gov follows up attacking Magna Carta by announcing it is postponing elections and inroducing a nationwide facial camera recognition system.

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Labour voters want Starmer to ditch Brexit red lines and rejoin EU customs union instead of raising taxes

Exclusive: Some 67 per cent of 2024 Labour voters back rejoining the customs union instead of raising taxes, a new poll shows

Labour has a groundbreaking plan for child poverty. Finally, this government has found its mission | Polly Toynbee

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The new strategy lays out Britain’s social disgrace in painful detail. But it also offers hope and a clear way forward that is worthy of a leftwing party

Millions of 18 to 28 year olds missing out on free £512 from Labour

18-28 year olds could have earned more than £3.1 billion over the past 12 months by adopting one straightforward technique.