A Labour MP has described animal health as “fundamental” to a wider attempt to rebuild trust with rural communities.  Speaking on the Labour conference fringe, Josh Newbury, the MP for Cannock Chase, ...

Delivering the Robin Cook memorial lecture was one of the greatest privileges of my time in Parliament. But it wasn’t just a ...

Andy Burnham has vowed to continue the debate he has instigated over the direction of the Labour Party under Keir Starmer’s ...

Keir Starmer has been urged to throw his support behind some form of proportional representation (PR) in order to embed ...

The UK has long been a global leader in financial services. Today, we have a unique opportunity to lead again – this time in ...

A senior minister has referred to the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, as a “fat bloke in a wetsuit”. Torsten Bell, who serves jointly as a pensions and Treasury minister, delivered the remarks ...

Immigrants will be required to meet stricter conditions in order to earn the right to stay in the UK permanently, under a new government crackdown. Labour has announced that a government consultation ...

In his October 2021 budget, the then Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a series of reforms to alcohol duties, describing his plans as, the “most radical simplification of alcohol duties for over 140 ...

John Francis Spellar was first elected as the Labour MP for Warley in 1992, being reelected in 2019 with a majority of 11,511. He briefly served as the MP for Birmingham Northfield between a ...