Labour has accused a group of Nottinghamshire councillors, who quit the party in protest at its direction under Sir Keir Starmer, of plunging a council into "political chaos". Twenty councillors, from Broxtowe Borough Council, resigned the Labour whip on 2 January and said they intended to form a new independent party on the authority.

As Labour settles into its first term in government in 14 years, cracks already seem to be appearing at the seams of its policy-making

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has told his assault victim he is “sincerely sorry” as he potentially faces jail for punching the man to the floor following a dispute about a bridge closure. Amesbury pleaded guilty to assaulting 45-year-old Paul Fellows in Main Street in Frodsham,

Shehrazade Maria Mamjan, who until her resignation was suspended from the local party, quit to sit as an independent councillor for Aylesham, Eyethorne and Shepherdswell. Mamjan said she did not feel like the "right fit" for the local group.

Labour councillors in Leicester have called on the government to prioritise child poverty and abolish the two-child benefit cap. The two-child cap prevents parents from claiming universal credit or child tax credit for a third child, with a few exemptions.

It follows Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch suggesting the triple lock could be targeted by the Tories.

My, how the Labour Party misses Dennis Healey, the originator of that wise old saying, “When you’re in a hole, stop digging.”

Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK is Britain's second most popular political party and sits just one percentage point behind the governing Labour Party, according to an opinion pol

A judge has ruled that green tycoon Dale Vince did not give more than £5mn to the UK Labour party to spite his former wife but at the same time has awarded her over £40mn in a high-profile settlement.

Suspended MP Mike Amesbury has been kicked out the Labour party after pleading guilty to assault by beating after punching a man in Cheshire in October last year

With the class struggle suppressed and Labour in power, opportunity has been given to the far-right to scapegoat migrants for the deep social grievances of the working class.

Links with the Bangladeshi former regime accused of ‘corruption and repression’ extend to other senior members, the Telegraph can reveal