For 40 years the wily operator made himself indispensable to successive Labour leaders - but has also caused them headaches.

It still pays to have working-class credentials in the Labour Party. The father of Sir Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister, was a toolmaker; Sir Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, had a father who drove a bus; and the party’s former deputy leader ...

The UK Labour Party’s National Executive agreed to a timetable for the election of a new deputy leader following Angela Rayner’s resignation last week, a person familiar with the matter said.

Labour MP Andy McDonald has said there is "widespread revulsion" in the party over Lord Mandelson's links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, amid growing calls for him to be sacked.

From Young Communist League member who sold the Morning Star outside Kilburn Tube Station to Tony Blair’s ‘Prince of Darkness’

The Labour Party has been a prominent feature of British politics for a century. But could it now just vanish?

Mr Morgan said he no longer considers himself "aligned" with the party and will now sit as an independent councillor. | ITV News Wales

Norway's minority Labour Party government won a second term in power on Monday while the populist right achieved its best-ever election result, official results showed, in a ballot dominated by concerns over rising living costs and wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Norwegians are heading to the polls in the main day of voting for a new parliament, after a campaign in which the future of a wealth tax that dates to the late 19th century has been a central issue.

Since last year, Reform has tried to refashion itself from a protest vote party to one that could govern. Its ambition was on full display as Nigel Farage wowed followers at the party’s annual conference.