Making offensive comments about Jewish people does not make someone "inherently anti-Semitic", Ken Livingstone has claimed.

Donald Tusk has taken a swipe at Boris Johnson as he said Britain’s attempt to have a "cake and eat it" approach to Brexit had come to an end.

A future Labour government would spend £500m on reversing cuts to Sure Start centres, Angela Rayner announced today.

Labour must do more to show it is not "a racist party" after it was engulfed by a fresh anti-Semitism row, according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Theresa May lost her Commons majority because of a "divided Cabinet and party", according to her former joint-chief of staff.

Jeremy Corbyn is putting the UK and its allies at risk by refusing to pledge military support for a Nato member attacked by Russia, according to Sir Michael Fallon.

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Jeremy Corbyn has said he does not yet know if a Labour government would unilaterally ditch Britain's nuclear weapons if he were Prime Minister.

Recently resigned Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has attacked Jeremy Corbyn over his "lazy and lacklustre" campaign to keep Britain in the EU.

Diane Abbott has urged Labour supporters not to engage in online abuse of BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

Theresa May is to meet with Donald Tusk for the first time since laying out plans for a two-year post-Brexit transition period later today.

Labour's Northern Ireland spokesman has said the province should remain part of the EU even after the rest of the UK leaves the bloc.

A future Labour government would look at raising a levy on bookmakers to fund treatment for problem gamblers, Labour's deputy leader will say today. 

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell are preparing for political unrest and a financial crisis in case a Labour win at the next election sparks chaos, it has emerged.

Michel Barnier has demanded that the Government provides more “clarity” on its Brexit plans as the deadlock between the EU and the UK continued.

An ally of Jeremy Corbyn today offered a stark warning that the party should not ape the controlling tactics of New Labour, after members were blocked from a conference vote about Brexit.

It is “a disgrace” that BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg needs a bodyguard to work at Labour conference, a prominent MP who used to work for the broadcaster said today.

Sadiq Khan heaped praise on Jeremy Corbyn as he delivered the conference speech the party leader’s team tried to block.

Philip Hammond has repeatedly failed to support Theresa May leading the Conservatives into the next general election.

All Private Finance Initiative contracts will be brought back into the public sector if Labour wins the next election, John McDonnell has declared.

Len McCluskey has hit out at anti-Jeremy Corbyn "traitors" as he insisted the Labour party did with the general election.

A furious Labour member today told fellow activists they had “voted away your chance to stop Brexit” as the row over an obscure voting procedure burst onto the conference hall floor.

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Labour would undertake a "radical" programme of renationalisation if it wins the next election - with the Government setting the price, John McDonnell has declared.

Angela Merkel has won her fourth term in Germany, but the victory has been overshadowed by a surge in support for the right wing AfD party.

The Cabinet rift over Brexit negotiations has deepened after Boris Johnson was branded “simple minded” by allies of Philip Hammond. 

Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer has said keeping the UK in a form of customs union with the EU can be a “possible end destination” for Labour.

The BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg has been assigned a personal security guard for the Labour Party conference, after receiving threats against her. 

A Labour government would tackle spiralling consumer debt by capping credit card interest payments, John McDonnell will announce today.

Ed Miliband last night said he was “clearly wrong” to call for Jeremy Corbyn to resign as Labour leader at the height of its bitter civil war last year. 

Two-thirds of local councils are cutting a total of £43m from their addiction treatment and prevention budgets this year, official figures have revealed.

Momentum activists have managed to head off embarrassment for Jeremy Corbyn by blocking a vote on Brexit at Labour’s annual conference.

Labour MPs who increased their majorities at the snap election in June have Jeremy Corbyn to thank rather than any personal reputation with voters, the boss of Momentum said today.

The UK has seen a "shift" in the terror threat in 2017, with seven attacks thwarted since March, Sadiq Khan has said.

Left-wing campaign group Momentum has been accused of trying to save "Jeremy Corbyn's blushes" by avoiding a Labour conference vote on the party's Brexit stance. 

Jeremy Corbyn has hinted that he would support illegal strike action by public sector workers demanding a decent pay rise.