Politics

A Labour MP has told Channel 4 News she was “targeted” by activists for her support of Israel, after a vote of no confidence defeat among local members.

Boring; untrue; a work of fiction; nothing more than falsehoods from disgruntled former employees. That’s what the White House says about veteran journalist Bob Woodward’s latest book.

“Two thirds of Diddly Squat” is what we’ll get from Theresa May’s Chequers Brexit plan, according to Boris Johnson. In reply, her office said that his criticisms were not accompanied by an alternative plan. So began the back-to-school Brexit bickering, which looks like it’s fast developing into a full-scale feud.

Labour MP Wes Streeting discusses Peter Willsman’s re-election to Labour’s National Executive Committee.

“This stain must be removed”. This was the warning from former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who wants Labour to adopt a definition of antisemitism which has caused huge controversy within the party.

Theresa May has been meeting the President of Kenya on the final leg of her Trade and Aid Africa tour.

Today the former SNP leader, Alex Salmond proffered his resignation from the party while he awaits an investigation into complaints about his behaviour when he was Scottish First Minister.

Always a maverick who often failed to side with his party, the veteran MP, Frank Field has resigned the Labour parliamentary whip.

The Prime Minister is on the first leg of a three-country mission to Africa, saying she wants the UK to overtake the US to become the G7’s biggest investor in the continent by 2022.

In typical combative style, Alex Salmond came out fighting against the allegations of sexual harassment made against him. First he launched a legal battle against the investigation into him by the Scottish Government. Then he took to the airways to protest his innocence. The Daily Record newspaper reported that the allegations sprang from his conduct while he…

Republican candidates are having to work out what they say about Donald Trump to win votes – Jineea Butler is running for Congress and has to convince constituents in Harlem, New York. There are more than two months away from America’s midterm elections but minds are already beginning to focus on whether Donald Trump’s tumultuous Presidency could usher in a Democrat majority and his possible impeachment. We…

The British people don’t trust the media and think most newspapers just turn out fake news – Jeremy Corbyn has claimed – as he set out his ideas for a shake-up of the news industry. The Labour leader told the Edinburgh television festival he wanted to reduce the power of “media bosses and owners” –…

It felt like this really could be the beginning of the end, Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe told her family today – as she was allowed out of prison in Tehran for three days. The British Iranian charity worker, who was sentenced to five years on spying charges she vehemently denies, has been reunited with her daughter…

Once again the knives are out down under, Canberra is living up to its reputation as the world’s back stabbing capital and now Australia’s prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has issued an ultimatum – threatening to step down on Friday if his rivals push through another leadership vote. The entire parliament has been suspended while the…