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Labour is nostalgic for two-party politics. That cosy, simple time is over – let it go | John Harris

Meanwhile, those black-clad quasi-paramilitaries may well be another augury of a frightening immediate future. One more English settlement – the town of Barnham, in Norfolk – is seemingly poised to stage a pretend…

Steve Rotheram welcomes conference to Liverpool – his speech in full

It’s becoming so frequent that we’ve got tens of thousands of delegates, journalists, lobbyists, advisers, politicians wandering around with lanyards on and nobody bats an eyelid. Around here, it’s just another September…

“Why, after 28 years of determinations to block a march down this road, did the Parades Commission think this is the right idea today to bring this mess back on to this community?” But Northern Ireland’s main pro-British…

The prime minister said the new NHS-style social care service would be funded by "everybody" but did not give further details of how his radical long-term plan would be paid for. Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC…

Five men arrested on terrorism offenses near UK airbase used for US strikes on Iran

Local police are now working with Counter-Terrorism Policing to determine the full nature of the situation. A major incident was declared at the scene earlier today. A 400m cordon has been put in place while the British…

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Please don’t blow it Oliver Dean But we mustn’t let that optimism cloud our judgement. If we take the foot off the pedal now, this will have all been for nothing. This is a party that has existed for close to two…

Andy Burnham: ‘We’ll build a new Britain’

People joined us in Makerfield from every corner of the country and every part of our party. Activists in their thousands. MPs and Mayors, members and Ministers came together on the streets. This was a Labour Party that…

I have seen with pride how British overseas aid saves children’s lives. That is why I say cuts should be reversed | David Harewood

Before those discussions begin, I want ministers to picture a hospital ward I visited in Sierra Leone with Unicef (United Nations Children's Fund). Inside the special-care baby unit at Makeni regional hospital were rows…

Burnham announces scheme to help first-time buyers onto housing ladder

The "Your First Home" scheme would be open to first-time buyers in England with a deposit of 2.5%. It would provide them with a loan worth 20% of their new build property's value to help pay for the purchase. On Sunday…

‘Climate change threatens our food security – Labour must act on global supply chains’

And now, forecasters expect one of the most extreme El Niño weather events in recorded history, bringing disruption to India, South America and parts of Africa. Hotter summers here and extreme weather abroad both…