Labour Party: Policies, News & What They Stand For

Labour Party: Policies, News & What They Stand For

Britain's democratic socialist party. The party were in power for 13 years under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, before being beaten in the 2010, 2015, and 2019 General Elections.

What They Stand For & Policies
The Labour Party constitution states: "The Labour Party is a democratic socialist party. It believes that by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create for each of us the means to realise our true potential and for all of us a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of the many, not the few."

Leader
Sir Keir Starmer

Latest Labour News

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David Willetts said the triple-lock had outlived its purpose

Tory peer says pension triple-lock has 'outlived its purpose', as Keir Starmer vows to keep it for at least five years

6 hours ago

Labour's Wes Streeting has vowed to back UNRWA

Labour vows to back UN refugee agency whose staff Israel accused of being involved in October 7 Hamas attack

9 hours ago

Keir Starmer has vowed to keep the pensions triple lock if he becomes Prime MInister - in a ploy to secure the 'grey vote'.

Triple-lock stays under Starmer as Labour leader vows to keep pensions guarantee for at least 5 years

18 hours ago

Labour will be 'more pro-business than Tony Blair', shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves vowes

Labour will be 'more pro-business than Tony Blair', shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves vows

3 days ago

Labour will pledge to nationalise the railways if elected into government.

Labour pledges to renationalise railways within five years if elected in 'biggest overhaul in a generation'

3 days ago

Angela Rayner and Oliver Dowden clashed in a heated exhange at PMQs

Angela Rayner brands Rishi Sunak 'pint-sized loser' during feisty exchange during PMQs

4 days ago

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Sadiq Khan has been criticised over his "shocking" policing record

Sadiq Khan challenged over ‘shocking’ record on policing in London as Mayoral rivals say people ‘do not feel safe’

5 days ago

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The pair clashed over free school meals during an LBC Mayoral debate

'No such thing as a free lunch': Susan Hall and Sadiq Khan clash over free school meals at LBC Mayoral debate

5 days ago

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Calls for Sir Mark Rowley to resign are 'nonsense', LBC has been told.

Calls for Met Chief Mark Rowley to resign are ‘nonsense and dangerous’, antisemitism tsar tells LBC after protest row

6 days ago

I’ll be unflinching in holding the police to account and I vow to continue fight against institutional racism in the Met, writes Sadiq Khan

I’ll be unflinching in holding the police to account and fight against institutional racism, writes Sadiq Khan

6 days ago

Met Police Commissioner Speaks At The Institute For Government

Met Chief Mark Rowley must 'rebuild trust' of Jewish community after latest protest row, Rishi Sunak warns

6 days ago

Susan Hall is the Conservative candidate standing for Mayor of London.

Conservative candidate Susan Hall unveils manifesto as she pledges to scrap Ulez expansion on day one as Mayor

6 days ago

Labour has announced a plan to boost sports access for kids to help 'harness the strength of England's national pride'.

Labour announce plans to boost kids' sport access in bid to harness patriotism in England to beat obesity

6 days ago

Labour has slammed the Tory record on crime as the party vows to 'reinstate the rule of law' if it wins power this year.

'We will reinstate the rule of law': Labour attack Tory crime record after Truss jabs on Supreme Court

6 days ago

'If we can't trust the Tories on defence what can we trust them on?': Nick Ferrari puts Grant Shapps on the spot

'If we can't trust the Tories on defence what can we trust them on?': Nick Ferrari puts Grant Shapps on the spot

10 days ago

Starmer and Sunak went head-to-head in the first post-Easter PMQs session

Starmer accuses Sunak of promising £46bn unfunded tax cut as he taunts PM about Liz Truss’ new book at PMQs

11 days ago

Angela Rayner is under investigation for 'multiple allegations'

Angela Rayner under police investigation for 'multiple allegations' connected to council house row

We need a commitment to compassion - I vow to end rough sleeping in London by 2030, writes Sadiq Khan

We need a commitment to compassion - I vow to end rough sleeping in London by 2030, writes Sadiq Khan

Angela Rayner says she'll quit if she is found to have broken the rules

Angela Rayner will 'do the right thing' and quit if police find she broke law over council house row

Greater Manchester Police has reopened a probe into claims about Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner

Police launch investigation into claims Angela Rayner broke electoral law over council house sale

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK's nuclear deterrent is the "bedrock" of his plan to keep Britain safe.

Keir Starmer vows to put in place nuclear deterrent 'triple lock' in 'unshakeable' commitment to keep Britain safe

Harold Wilson repeatedly denied rumours that he had an affair while in office

Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson had ‘secret Downing Street affair with deputy press secretary’

Rachel Reeves MP, Labour Party Shadow Chancellor.

Labour's Rachel Reeves vows to raise extra £5bn for NHS and schools by bolstering efforts to tackle tax avoiders

Labour will digitise children's NHS 'red book' of medical records if they win the general election - vowing to use technology to reform the health service and buck falling MMR vaccination rates.

Labour to tackle falling MMR jab rate with new children's medical record in NHS app

Sadiq Khan has spoken out over the Met Police response over a swastika displayed at a protest at the weekend.

'I'm unclear why it took so long': Sadiq Khan condemns delayed Met Police response over swastika shame

Conservatives face worse election defeat than John Major's 1997 loss with Labour primed for over 400 seats, poll says

Conservatives face worse election defeat than John Major's 1997 loss with Labour primed for over 400 seats, poll says

Labour have accused the Tories of having a "childcare pledge without a plan" after place numbers fell as new entitlements come into effect next month.

'Pledge without a plan': Labour slams Tories on childcare as places fall as new allocations come in

The Conservatives could have fewer than 100 seats according to a damning new MRP poll - which also shows that Rishi Sunak is in danger of losing his seat.

Sunak in danger of losing seat according to damning new MRP poll which predicts fewer than 100 Tory MPs

Sir Keir Starmer is right to reclaim the Union Jack

Labour is right to reclaim the Union Jack - here's why

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Anneliese Dodds said Labour would make sure local people have 'skin in the game' with tackling inequality

'Rebuild has to start from ground up,' Labour's Anneliese Dodds says, and 'local people must have skin in the game'

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