Labour Party

LONDON: Britain’s first female Sikh MP, Preet Kaur Gill, has lost her position on the Labourfront bench in a shadow cabinet reshuffle and been demoted to backbench MP.Gill (50), whose family hail from Jamsher Khera in Jalandhar, Punjab,…

LONDON: Senior British politicians on Sunday called on the BBC to rapidly investigate claims that a leading presenter paid a teenager for explicit photos.The publicly funded national broadcasteris under pressure after The Sun newspaper…

LONDON: Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer emphasised the importance of “modern India” to a Labourgovernment (should the party win the next general election) in a speech on Monday and declared: “This a changed Labour party”.Labour has had…

Last Updated: May 07, 2023, 12:04 ISTBritain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. (File photo/AFP)Labour is now the largest party in local government - overtaking the Conservatives for the first time since 2002In fresh trouble ahead of the General…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday admitted it was a "disappointing" run for the governing Conservative Party, with the Opposition Labour and Liberal Democrat parties making significant gains in the local elections. Voters went to…

LONDON: Britain's ruling Conservatives suffered high-profile losses as results poured in Friday from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's first major electoral test since he took office last year.In the depths of the worst cost-of-living crisis in…

Issued on: 05/05/2023 - 07:23 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives were facing a bleak set of local election results with voters punishing his party over…

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak had two tasks when he entered Downing Street: Stabilise the government after Liz Truss's 49 chaotic days in office and make the Conservative Party competitive at the next general election. Tory strategists…

The British government will publish long-awaited proposals to crack down on problem gambling on Thursday, aiming to bring regulations up to date with the rise in gambling online and on smartphones.British media have reported the measures…

Last Updated: April 24, 2023, 02:05 ISTDiane Abbott is the first black woman to become an MP in the UK. (Image: Diane Abbott/Twitter)Labour immediately announced that Abbott had been suspended from its parliamentary partyThe UK’s main…