Diane Abbott was the UK's first black MP and is Labour's longest-serving MP The long-serving MP Diane Abbott has been let ...

Ms Abbott was suspended from the party in July last year.

She will work closely with Lucy Powell, having lost out to her in the deputy leadership contest.

Labour Party candidate Bev Craig was elected mayor of Greater Manchester on Friday, after a vote triggered by the departure ...

Andy Burnham was elected leader of Britain's governing Labour Party, the final step before becoming its seventh prime minister in a decade.

The long-serving MP has been readmitted to the Labour Party after a year-long suspension ...

Andy Burnham was officially declared leader of Britain's governing Labour Party, clearing his final hurdle to taking office as prime minister next week.

Parliament’s longest-serving female MP was kicked out of the party after an antisemitism row. Labour MP Joani Reid has also ...

Andy Burnham has won on his third attempt to be Labour’s leader. In a wide-ranging speech to Labour MPs at a special conference in London, a jubilant Burnham pledged to “bring back hope” and promised ...

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