A senior Labour frontbencher has been criticised after she praised a Militant-led council for setting an illegal budget in the 1980s.

A government taskforce designed to help alleged victims of the Windrush scandal is set to begin refusing applications of those deemed ineligible for citizenship. 

John McDonnell has warned that a second referendum on Brexit could give an "opportunity to Ukip or the far right".

Labour would create a separate Cabinet post to focus on women's and equality issues were it to lead the next government, the party has said.

Jeremy Corbyn has called on the Government and EU leaders to end “the political games” on Brexit after Theresa May demanded respect from Brussels.

Theresa May has ramped up the rhetoric on Brexit - but ultimately nothing has changed.

Theresa May made a statement on EU negotiations in Downing Street today after Donald Tusk issued a withering blow to her Brexit plan.

Dominic Raab has branded EU chief Donald Tusk “unstatesmanlike” after he dramatically rejected Theresa May’s latest Brexit offer.

Ukip leader Gerard Batten challenged a heckler during his party conference speech after they shouted that Britain did not need any more immigration.

Theresa May has accused EU leaders of failing to show her "respect" as she demanded they do more to help break the Brexit deadlock.

Just a quarter of Britons think Jeremy Corbyn is doing a good job as Labour leader, according to a new poll released on the eve of his fourth party conference in the top job.

Labour Leave Co-Chair Kate Hoey MP believes this will be the last Labour conference before the UK leaves the EU. She warns against plans by some 'to use the Labour Party to subvert the will of the people'. 

Nearly two-thirds of British voters want an end to austerity and would support tax and spending increases, a new study has revealed.

Jeremy Corbyn has refused to rule out giving the Scottish Parliament the power to hold another independence referendum if he becomes Prime Minister.

Labour could gain an extra 60 seats if it throws its weight behind a second EU referendum, according to a new poll.

Did anyone think Theresa May could end up having a worse Tory conference than last year?

Theresa May has been dealt a huge blow today as EU leaders said her Chequers plan for Brexit "will not work".

Quitting the EU on the basis of the Chequers plan devised by Theresa May will lend a boost to populist parties like Ukip, David Davis said today.

Alastair Campbell has said he would find it "very difficult" to vote Labour at the next election if it does not try to stop Britain leaving the European Union.

As the dust settles from a turbulent few months for Jeremy Corbyn, this year’s conference will be a major test of how far the party has truly come in its efforts to address the problem of anti-Semitism, reports Kevin Schofield

For more than a decade John McDonnell was the standard-bearer for a small group of MPs disaffected with the New Labour project. While Blair, Brown and Mandelson controlled the levers of government, he spent his time on the backbenches, debating left-wing policy programmes and bringing forward alternative budgets. Now, with the Treasury in his sight, a bitter split in the party threatens to derail his plans. Can the Shadow Chancellor keep things together? Sebastian Whale speaks to Labour MPs, old friends and the man himself to find out

The relationship between Labour MPs and the Leader’s office has dominated much of Jeremy Corbyn’s time in charge of the party. With the left-winger securing a stranglehold on the party machinery, and membership soaring to more than half a million, can the PLP stick together? Emilio Casalicchio and Liz Bates report

The Labour party arrives on Merseyside after another difficult summer. The anti-Semitism scandal and rows over possible deselections have overshadowed the leadership’s efforts to project an image of a government-in-waiting. But as the party gears up for a crucial conference, Liverpool metro mayor Steve Rotheram believes Jeremy Corbyn could be on the cusp of reaching Number Ten – if only Labour can “stick together”. He talks to James Millar about party unity and why his administration could provide a model for a transformative government

Tom Watson has branded claims by one of Jeremy Corbyn’s advisers of "deep state" interference “fake news”.