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Simon Case criticised attacks on the civil service and disparaged the ‘dehumanising’ language of ‘the blob’.

Before becoming leader of the Labour party in September 2015, Jeremy Corbyn will have anticipated a fractious experience ahead. Labour leaders have almost always presided over party divisions, many of which have spilled over into crisis. For Corbyn, who swept to victory on the back of overwhelming support of the…

Letters: Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s analysis of Labour’s new education policy to break the ‘class ceiling’

A black-and-white picture from the Labour leader’s school days show him holding the woodwind instrument, alongside his fellow musicians.

GORDON Brown previously supported Holyrood being given more power over drugs policy, unearthed comments have revealed.

Opposition parties are supposed to demand general elections, what with them being the only path to forming a government. Indeed, such is the power of this apparent truism that even Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour voted for an election in December 2019, despite the polls suggesting the party faced electoral annihilation.

THE 137th Durham Miners’ Gala on Saturday was loud, proud, spectacular and inspirational. Once again, the Big Meeting attracted around 200,000…

The Institute for Fiscal Studies rejected Conservative Party warnings that removing tax perks would lead to large numbers of pupils moving into the state schools system

No matter how longingly the desperate PM looks into the President’s eyes in search of a friend, Labour and Keir Starmer are far closer in outlook to the pragmatic Democrat

Letters: Readers respond to Labour’s pledge to put oracy – the ability to express yourself confidently – on the curriculum

General secretary of union says party should not treat outcome as ‘blank cheque’ as rift remains with leadership