Labour Party (UK)

Centre-left political party in the United Kingdom

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The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries.

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Sir Keir Starmer: Education secretary has failed Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says Gavin Williamson has failed in his role as Education Secretary. Sir Keir said it was good news that notice of two weeks would be given before schools reopened but.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:27Published 1 day ago

PM challenged on 'open border' during pandemic Sir Keir Starmer has pressed Boris Johnson over the UK's 'open border' during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Labour leader questioned why the Prime Minister overruled the Home Secretary last March when she.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:21Published 2 days ago

PM and Labour leader congratulate Biden on inauguration Prime Minister Boris Johnson and leader of the opposition Sir Keir Starmer have begun Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons by offering congratulations to Joe Biden ahead of his.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:13Published 2 days ago

Labour: Today we can turn the page on dark and divisive era Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy says the inauguration of Joe Biden as US president today is a time for the world to "turn the page on a very dark and divisive era". Report by Etemadil... Credit: ODN Duration: 01:08Published 2 days ago

Thornberry hits out at government over Universal Credit Labour cabinet minister Emily Thornberry has said that a decision not to extend the £20-a-week uplift in Universal Credit during a pandemic would be “outrageous”. It comes after Number 10 told.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:10Published 3 days ago

Starmer calls for Universal Credit uplift to be extended Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for the £20 uplift Universal Credit recipients receive due to the pandemic to be extended beyond 31 March. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:11Published 4 days ago


Keir Starmer attacks Tories over Universal Credit cap Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks on a visit to a foodbank in Streatham asMPs are set to vote on £20 a week cut to Universal Credit. Mr Starmer says theproposed cut is the difference between.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 00:53Published 4 days ago

Sir Keir Starmer pleased travel corridors will close Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed the decision to suspend travelcorridors but criticised the Government for being slow to act. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 01:23Published 1 week ago

Dutch government under pressure after Labour Party leader steps down over welfare benefits scandal Mark Rutte's government is under pressure to respond to a welfare benefits scandal after Labour Party leader Lodewijk Asscher stepped down. Credit: Euronews English Duration: 01:36Published 1 week ago

Sir Keir Starmer: UK border checks a complete mess again Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer visits Stevenage vaccine hub. He critiqued UKCovid-19 border checks, saying: “It’s a complete mess again. Priti Patel hastalked tough about the borders but other.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 00:39Published 1 week ago

Prime Minister and Sir Keir Starmer clash in first PMQs of 2021 Sir Keir Starmer questioned why Boris Johnson was “so slow to act” wheninfection rates began to surge in December. The Labour leader said: “The lastPMQs was on December 16. The Prime Minister.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 02:06Published 1 week ago

Labour shames government over poor free school meals Labour's Shadow Children's and Early years minister Tulip Siddiq says the government has failed to get a grip on the provision of free school meals for families on low incomes during the latest.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:19Published 1 week ago

Sir Keir Starmer on coronavirus restrictions: We may have to get tougher Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the country is “at the most serious stage”of the pandemic “and that calls for the most serious restrictions”. Answeringquestions following a speech setting.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 00:59Published 2 weeks ago

Starmer wants PM to 'ram home' stay at home message Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says the "most important thing" about the current national lockdown is the message to the public to stay at home. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:27Published 2 weeks ago

Nursery schools should close, says Sir Keir Starmer Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer tells Andrew Marr: "I think nurseries probablyshould be closed." On Saturday the number of people who have died in the UKwithin 28 days of a positive coronavirus test.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 00:35Published 2 weeks ago

Starmer: Trump needs to take responsibility for violence Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has condemned the storming of the US Capitol bysupporters of Donald Trump. He said the president should have made it clearlong ago that there would be an orderly.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 01:25Published 2 weeks ago

Labour calls for 'urgent review' over checks on UK arrivals Labour shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds has written to Priti Patel calling for an "urgent review and improvement plan" as he raised concerns over checks on arrivals coming into the UK who are.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:44Published 2 weeks ago

Sir Keir Starmer urges public to follow lockdown and show national unity Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer addresses members of the public ina recorded address following the move into a full national lockdown inEngland. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 02:05Published 2 weeks ago

Starmer: Finding replacement for school exams is now an urgent task Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer tells BBC Breakfast that finding a replacementfor school exams in England will be even more difficult that last year and isan now an "urgent task". Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 00:47Published 2 weeks ago

Starmer urges politicians to 'pull together' over new lockdown Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer reacts to the latest national lockdownannounced for England by Boris Johnson, and says politicians need to 'pulltogether' to make the restrictions work. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 00:57Published 2 weeks ago

Starmer reacts to 'necessary' England national lockdown Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a national lockdown for England, with measures expected to stay in place until mid-February. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says the measures are "necessary".. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:43Published 3 weeks ago

Starmer says national lockdown must include school closures Boris Johnson must order schools in England to close as part of a new national lockdown, Sir Keir Starmer has urged. The Labour leader said it was "tragically inevitable" that pupils would have to.. Credit: ODN Duration: 00:57Published 3 weeks ago

Starmer calls for new national Covid lockdown within 24 hours A new national lockdown should be declared within the next 24 hours, becausecoronavirus is out of control, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer hassaid.Accusing Prime Minister Boris Johnson of presiding over.. Credit: PA - Press Association STUDIO Duration: 00:58Published 3 weeks ago

Labour leader calls for new national restrictions Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called on Boris Johnson to bring in new national lockdown restrictions within the next 24 hours saying that the virus "out of control". Report by Etemadil. Like us.. Credit: ODN Duration: 01:07Published 3 weeks ago

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Universal Credit row erupts as Labour calls vote to extend £20 weekly COVID increase A row over Universal Credit has erupted after Labour called a debate to vote on extending a temporary £20 weekly rise in payments to help families during the coronavirus pandemic. Sky News - Published 4 days ago
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Starmer challenges PM to ensure UK is first country to vaccinate its population Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will challenge the government to ensure the UK is the first country to vaccinate its population against coronavirus. Sky News - Published 2 weeks ago

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UK: Labour MP apologises for extending support to banned Khalistani group Indian origin people in the UK form a substantial part of the British population, and actions of the Labour leadership dented ties. DNA - Published on December 12, 2020
UK govt spokesperson clarifies after Boris Johnson confuses farmers' protest with India-Pak dispute British PM Boris Johnson was asked about the farmers' protest in India by a Labour Party MP and he mixed up two separate issues. DNA - Published on December 10, 2020

36 UK MPs write to British foreign secretary on Indian farmers' agitation In a letter addressed to UK's foreign secretary, Labour Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi claimed, "The introduction of these new laws by the Indian government (Centre) has, despite the Coronavirus,.. IndiaTimes - Published on December 5, 2020
UK Labour leader ‘wants to visit India and meet Narendra Modi’ IndiaTimes - Published on August 17, 2020
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Pak paid Rs 30 lakh to British parliamentary group to visit PoK, spread false narrative about Indian forces in J&K The group who visited the POK was Labour MP Debbie Abrahams. It is to be noted that she was denied into the country due to her expired e-visa. DNA - Published on July 19, 2020
UK's Labour says will hold government to promise of EU deal by year-end Britain's opposition Labour Party will hold Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government to its promise of securing a free trade deal with the European Union by the end of the year, the spokesman for its.. Reuters - Published on June 17, 2020
British opposition leader Starmer takes a knee in support of Black Lives Matter British opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer was photographed taking a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on Tuesday. Reuters - Published on June 9, 2020	UK's Labour Party calls for inquiry into PM adviser's lockdown trip Britain's opposition Labour Party on Saturday called for an urgent inquiry into claims that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior adviser broke lockdown rules with a 400 km journey to ensure childcare.. Reuters - Published on May 23, 2020
UK Labour leader Starmer says PM's statement raises questions British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer said on Sunday Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statement on easing a lockdown to tackle the spread of the novel coronavirus raised more questions than it.. Reuters - Published on May 10, 2020	We will hold PM Johnson to his new testing target: UK's Labour Britain's main opposition Labour Party said on Wednesday it would hold Prime Minister Boris Johnson to his new pledge to increase daily testing for the novel coronavirus to 200,000 a day by the end of.. Reuters - Published on May 6, 2020
Labour opposition will support any lockdown extension, says UK's Starmer Britain's opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer said on Monday he would support any extension of social distancing measures, calling for a "national consensus" on the next phase of the country's.. Reuters - Published on May 4, 2020	UK's Labour party leader Keir Starmer says Kashmir bilateral issue between India and Pakistan United Kingdom's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has pitched a strong relationship with India. DNA - Published on April 30, 2020
UK Labour's Starmer to question PM in coronavirus strategy call British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer will question Prime Minister Boris Johnson over his strategy to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, including on testing and support for social care, in a.. Reuters - Published on April 29, 2020	UK death toll 27,241, opposition Labour leader Starmer says The United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll is probably higher than 27,241 making it one of the worst-hit countries in Europe, opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said on Wednesday as he.. Reuters - Published on April 29, 2020
UK PM Johnson to meet Labour leader, parties to build coronavirus consensus British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with meet the leader of the opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, this week and other party leaders next week, his spokesman said on Monday, part of efforts to.. Reuters - Published on April 27, 2020	First fix mistakes, but government must be held accountable on coronavirus: UK Labour British ministers must be held accountable for the mistakes they have made in fighting the coronavirus outbreak, but the priority must be for them to fix pressing concerns now, a spokesman for Labour.. Reuters - Published on April 22, 2020
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Hoping to defuse rows, Britain's Labour elects new leader Britain's Labour Party will elect a new leader on Saturday, with Brexit policy chief Keir Starmer the frontrunner to take over a deeply divided party that, under veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn,.. Reuters - Published on April 3, 2020	Labour MP, critic of India’s J&K policy, stopped at IGI & deported A British Labour MP, who has been highly critical of India’s decision to scrap Jammu & Kashmir’s special status and who runs a British cross-party parliamentary group on Kashmir, was refused entry.. IndiaTimes - Published on February 17, 2020
British MP who leads Kashmir group denied entry to India Indian officials denied a British lawmaker entry on Monday after she landed at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, according to an accompanying aide. Debbie Abrahams, a Labour Party Member.. IndiaTimes - Published on February 17, 2020	Record number of anti-Semitic incidents logged in Britain, again The number of anti-Semitic incidents logged in Britain last year hit record levels yet again amid accusations the opposition Labour Party had failed to tackle the issue within its ranks, a Jewish.. Reuters - Published on February 6, 2020
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Starmer launches UK Labour leadership bid with call to end factionalism Keir Starmer, the frontrunner in the race to lead Britain's main opposition Labour Party, has pledged to end feuding within its ranks and take the fight to Prime Minister Boris Johnson if he wins the.. Reuters - Published on January 11, 2020	Malta ruling party members vote to elect new leader and PM Members of Malta's ruling Labour Party voted on Saturday to elect a new leader to succeed Prime Minister Joseph Muscat who is stepping down following an investigation into the 2017 murder of journalist.. Reuters - Published on January 11, 2020
UK election result 'blew away' argument for second Brexit vote: Labour's Starmer Britain's December election "blew away" the argument for a second Brexit referendum and the country must move on from its divide over whether or not to leave the European Union, the frontrunner to lead.. Reuters - Published on January 5, 2020	Starmer launches bid for leadership of UK's Labour Party Keir Starmer, a former senior public prosecutor, launched his bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn as the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party on Saturday with a defense of his efforts to stand up for.. Reuters - Published on January 4, 2020
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Labour Party (UK)

Centre-left political party in the United Kingdom

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