Upon the news of John Prescott's death last year, Prime Minister Keir Starmer led MPs in paying tribute to him as "a true giant of the Labour movement". Today, Prescott's life and legacy are being celebrated in Hull, where he served as an MP for nearly 40 years.

Former prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have paid tribute to Lord John Prescott as they attended his funeral at Hull Minster.Lord Prescott was praised as a “working-class hero” who “kept the show on the road during difficult times” by Mr Brown,

Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s business secretary, told the Financial Times, “We have to respond to the agenda the US president has just set out with our own dynamism… Every country has to do it.”

There are huge clues that Keir Starmer could unwittingly force his party into a situation in which they have to beg Britain to be allowed to stay in power.

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Riddled with jargon, Labour’s Plan will hold Britain back at a critical crossroads in global innovation. Britain deserves a bold, forward-thinking government to secure its position as a tech superpower. In contrast, Labour’s approach is analogue government in the digital age.

Labour’s ambitions for a more pro-growth, pro-business agenda mark a positive shift, at least in tone. But actual, visible, tangible growth depends on execution. This in turn depends on private sector money, overcoming bureaucratic hurdles, and cutting the Brexit red-tape that continues to hamper trade with the EU.

CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labour Party is trailing the opposition coalition despite a summer campaign blitz, according to the latest opinion poll ahead of an election that must be held by mid-May.

Reform UK has started tying green policies to grimly high energy bills — and some government MPs are getting nervous.

Keir Starmer, a centrist who worked to fight antisemitism in his party, has become the United Kingdom’s prime minister following Labour’s landslide victory in British elections Thursday.

A LONG-serving Labour councillor has announced she has left the party and will represent her constituents as an Independent instead.

2XA90Y3 Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn poses outside Islington Town Hall, north London, after handing in his nomination papers for the General Election on July 4. Picture date: Wednesday June 5, 2024.