Building has slowed in cities, where it is needed most. In London it has almost ground to a halt. In the second quarter of the year, two-thirds of London boroughs started no projects of 20 or more homes, according to Molior, a consultancy. “When Labour came in it was like morning had broken,” says one developer. “That mood has dissipated.”

The left, just like the right, is a broad but unhappy church – will its internal rifts reach breaking point at Labour’s upcoming conference in Liverpool? Asks Helen Thomas This Sunday, Liverpool plays host to the Labour Party conference,

Lucy Powell said that while campaigning in Lewisham she spoke to ‘a lot of traditional Labour voters who are frustrated’ with how the Government has acted since coming to power last July

A new poll shows that the party has dropped to its lowest level of public support since coming to power in July 2024.

A Hull councillor has quit the Labour Party to sit as an independent member. Hull City councillor Peter North, who represents the Bricknell ward, said he believed Prime Minister Kier Starmer's party was "no longer working towards the social change this country desperately needs".

Sir Keir Starmer is facing a leadership nightmare days before the Labour Party conference, after Andy Burnham confirmed Labour MPs want him to challenge the prime minister.

I t still pays to have working-class credentials in the Labour Party. The father of Sir Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister, was a toolmaker; Sir Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, had a father who drove a bus;

More than 100 Labour MPs have backed calls made by Gordon Brown to target tax hikes on highly profitable parts of the gambling industry - such as online casinos and slot machines

Labour has made it “too easy” for people to enter the country illegally, Sir Keir Starmer has admitted, as part of an astonishing attack on his own party’s previous record on immigration.

A union has said it believes the Labour Party needs to "step up" and help workers from supply-chain firms that have been affected by the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) shutdown following a cyber attack.

Labour would overtake Reform if Andy Burnham replaced Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister, damning new polling has revealed. A survey conducted by polling gurus at More in Common suggested that Labour would scoop 30 per cent of the vote if the Greater Manchester Mayor succeeded Sir Keir.