But Neil Duncan-Jordan, the Labour MP for Poole and one of the backbenchers opposed to the change, said the Government was “rushing through” the changes and urged ministers to think again.

Newcastle MP honoured with damehood A Newcastle-based politician has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 for her contributions to public life. Chi Onwurah, Labour MP for Newcastle ...

Labour suffered an embarrassment in Newcastle this week as its vision for the city was rejected by councillors. The city’s ruling party saw its council plan, a key document setting the direction for ...

Labour MP Cat Eccles can remember feeling like she didn’t fit in from a young age. Eccles was an only child. But despite her parents’ attempts to get her to mix with other children by sending ...

Andrew Cushin Andrew Cushin announces huge Newcastle show as he celebrates 'the year of my life' Tickets go on sale this Friday for Heaton singer-songwriter's new Newcastle date at O2 City Hall ...

Labour is privately urging a disgraced MP not to quit for fear of losing another by-election to Nigel Farage 's Reform UK, it was claimed last night. Sources said former health minister Andrew ...

A Labour MP has become the first member of the parliamentary party to break ranks and call for a jailed mother to be released. Mary Glindon, Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne East and ...

The MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend said Connolly “doesn’t pose a threat to the public” and that she “can’t imagine how [the sentence] will impact her young daughter”. Childminder and ...

Labour MP Adam Jogee said the words appeared to reference the mid-19th century tragedy, which resulted in around one million deaths after the potato crop failed in successive years.

A former shadow immigration minister and Black Labour MP has strongly criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's immigration rhetoric, warning it could incite civil unrest and repeat the ...

Andrew Gwynne (pictured) was dismissed as Health Minister hours after the MoS showed Number 10 and the Labour officials vile messages he and others posted on a WhatsApp group.

Veteran broadcaster and journalist Andrew Neil has slammed Labour for telling a “porky pie” after a landmark ruling on the legal definition of a woman. Supreme Court judges unanimously decided ...