The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Corbyn

Having won with Tony Blair in 1997, the Labour frontbencher wants party back in No 10

In the UK’s 2019 general election, regional inequality took centre stage. Conservative candidate Boris Johnson harnessed the widespread pro-Brexit sentiment and capitalised on how the Labour Party had been weakened under Jeremy Corbyn to storm to victory.

Fourteen years ago, when David Cameron defeated Gordon Brown to usher in the new British age of chaotic, wayward Conservatism, I was still in my thirties. Watching first a sequence of divisions sewn into the country, on issues of genuine political consequence, then the factious, petty culture wars that nagged…

With a campaign slogan of “change”, Keir Starmer is on a mission to persuade the electorate that the Labour party of 2024 is different to the one of 2019. Part of this is his unequivocal “triple lock” commitment to Trident, the UK’s nuclear weapon system.

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

Action against five accused, including Jeremy Corbyn’s former chief of staff, estimated to have cost £2.4m

Evening Standard analysis of all the key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

Though the odds clearly favour Keir Starmer’s Labour, two previous elections remind us that polls can shift during campaigns

Until the UK and other nuclear states are brave enough to disarm, the Doomsday Clock will keep ticking towards midnight, says the MP Jeremy Corbyn