"The Labour Party has never been a socialist party," influential left-wing grandee Tony Benn said in 2006, "but it’s always had socialists in it." That sentiment remains nominally true today, even as ...

Changing disability allowances is a particularly contentious move within Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s center-left Labour Party.

If Starmer’s Labour loses here, or even just scrapes through with a narrow win, it’ll be the canary in the coal mine for a much bigger problem. Reform UK is no longer just a protest vote for grumpy ...

Sir Keir Starmer said failure to reform the system would be ‘morally bankrupt’ but his own backbenchers, unions and campaigners hit back.

Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, tried to counter criticism of the policy on Monday by noting that 1,000 new people signed up ...

A spokesperson for the group said the foreign secretary 'was right' to call the blockade on Gaza a breach of international ...

Keir Starmer's Cabinet will meet on Tuesday to sign-off a controversial package of reforms to sickness and disability ...

One Labour MP said the reported benefit cuts have “spread terror” among his constituents. Andy McDonald, a former member of the shadow cabinet, said he was waiting to see the official announcement, ...

Watch Liz Kendall’s House of Commons statement in full as Labour announced plans to slash billions of pounds from the UK’s benefits bill on Tuesday, 18 March, amid backlash from charities and trade ...

In Scotland, disability benefits are devolved, and the Scottish replacement for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has an ...

The number of offenders behind bars soared to a six-month high despite Labour's controversial decision to release thousands of inmates last year to ease overcrowding.