Former politicians pay tribute after files show ‘labour’s most successful leader’ was forced to consider selling legacy to pay for his dementia care

The redundancies come as the South London council prepares to make £20 million in cuts

Rachel Reeves may raise some taxes in the autumn due to what labour describes as its ‘shocking inheritance’ from the Tories

 

Education secretary ‘to consider options’ including repeal of controversial powers introduced by last government

Rachel Reeves will next week highlight figures showing a tougher picture than Osborne received in 2010

Experts say the government will need to find more money somewhere - and that could mean tax rises

Paul Waugh, the labour MP for Rochdale, has met the with family and said they have appealed for ‘calm in all the communities’

Exclusive: Tory former defence secretary Gavin Williamson has hailed labour run Liverpool City Council for ‘recognising’ the former UK protectorate of Somaliland as an independent country

labour government says it will not pursue questions on court’s jurisdiction over Netanyahu and Gallant

Tory MPs opposed to this human right have been swept away. On Friday in the Lords, a path towards choice will finally be set, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Exclusive: New labour prime minister is set to hold a series of bilateral meetings when he attends the Paris Olympics to fix Britain’s damaged relations with the European Union for the benefit of ‘generations to come’

Former work and pensions secretary joins James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat and Robert Jenrick in announcing he will stand

Letters: The government can’t be taken seriously on child poverty, writes Alan Sharkey, while Mike Sheaff decries the suspension of rebel MPs. Plus letters from Leah Key and Peter Brooker

 

Martin Lewis has cleared up confusion over the two-child benefit cap as labour defeated an amendment to scrap the controversial measure. The cap prevents parents from claiming universal credit or tax credit for their third child. It came into place u ...

Seven rebel MPs who supported an SNP amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap are suspended for six months

 

Editorial: The new government is right to want to restore trust in politics, but its lobbying curbs on MPs do not go far enough

Sir Keir Starmer ‘understands public concern’ over Manchester arrest video