Tom Scotson

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has backed away from challenging Keir Starmer for the leadership herself – but called for Andy Burnham t...

Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step down following disastrous election results for Labour in Thursday's local elections, bu...

Labour MP Catherine West will no longer launch a bid for her leadership on Monday afternoon and will instead canvass support for a timetable for Ke...

Senior members of the influential Tribune group of MPs will push Labour's ruling body to allow for Andy Burnham's inclusion in a leadership race if...

Former minister Josh Simons is stepping down from Parliament to allow Andy Burnham to run as a Labour candidate.

Women Labour MPs are “disappointed” by the prospect of a man replacing Keir Starmer as prime minister, with the Labour Party not having had a perma...

The Iran conflict has drawn attention to gaps in Royal Navy capability but, as Tom Scotson finds, it’s not just its ships that need to get into bet...

Andy Burnham has said he would take a 'much more devolved' approach to getting people into work and bringing down welfare spending.

As Labour now knows to its cost, the Greens have sharpened their campaigning prowess considerably in recent years. Tom Scotson profiles Miles Thorp...

The chair of the Red Wall caucus of Labour MPs has called on ministers to keep British oil and gas in the energy mix as the government's net zero p...