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 back into the Labour Party, following a year-long suspension. In a statement,

The mother of the House of Commons lost the whip twice under Keir Starmer.

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

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

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

Last week’s United Kingdom general election delivered a historic result. The Labour Party under Keir Starmer won a landslide majority in the House of Commons, within a few seats of Tony Blair’s epochal 1997 victory. The Conservatives were shattered.

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 to be a leader for all nations of the UK.

Britain is in the grip of a youth unemployment crisis, and the Labour Party is desperate to escape responsibility. The jobless rate among younger people has risen, while the total number of that