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.

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.

It has become impossible to picture Prime Minister Keir Starmer without a Union Flag backdrop. But this week’s Labour conference in Liverpool took the party’s jingoism to a new and repulsive level. Delegates were all provided with small Union Flags ...

Says nationwide NLC, TUC structures give it edge By John Alechenu ABUJA — The Labour Party (LP) has urged opposition groups and political movements to shelve plans for new alliances and instead align with its platform ahead of the 2027 general elections.