Labour Party: Policies, News & What They Stand For

Labour Party: Policies, News & What They Stand For

Britain's democratic socialist party. It is the governing party of the United Kingdom under Keir Starmer, having won the 2024 general election. The party was previously in power for 13 years under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown before being beaten in the 2010, 2015, and 2019 General Elections.

What They Stand For & Policies
The Labour Party constitution states: "The Labour Party is a democratic socialist party. It believes that by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create for each of us the means to realise our true potential and for all of us a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of the many, not the few."

Latest Labour News

Reeves has one month to save health and social care

Rachel Reeves has one month to save health and social care from a £16bn jobs tax bombshell

1 day ago

London, UK. Members of the new Labour cabinet in Downing Street London UK Rachel Reeves, chancellor of the Exchequer, Credit: Ian Davidson/Alamy Live News

Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to cut welfare spending by billions in upcoming Spring Budget

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Emily Thornberry speaks to LBC’s Andrew Marr

UK must 'bridge gap' between US and Ukraine, says Emily Thornberry as she praises PM's 'pitch perfect' response

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Cardiff, Wales, UK - 17 February 2025: Ambulances waiting outside the accident and emergency department of The Heath Hospital near Cardiff city centre

Private hospitals threaten to refuse NHS patients as Labour's plan to cut waiting lists hits wall in row over costs

3 days ago

The UK has signed a £1.6 billion deal to supply more than 5,000 air defence missiles to Ukraine using export finance.

UK strikes £1.6bn defence deal to arm Ukraine with missiles as Keir Starmer warns of a ‘crossroads in history’

4 days ago

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, centre, French President Emmanuel Macron, centre left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, centre right, attend a meeting with European leaders

'Once in a generation moment for our security': Starmer welcomes European leaders to London for Ukraine summit

4 days ago

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Sadiq Khan said he wants to take Trump for a curry on Brick Lane

Sadiq Khan wants to take Trump for a 'good curry on Brick Lane' to show 'the joys of London's diversity' on state visit

4 days ago

The PM has had an individual meeting with Giorgia Meloni ahead of the broader European summit in London

PM insists he can 'trust Donald Trump' and that European leaders will work on Ukraine peace plan to present to US

4 days ago

The Gaza documentary has already been pulled from iPlayer

BBC was 'manipulated by terrorists' over Gaza doc, former TV chief claims

4 days ago

Keir Starmer has been urged to boost the size of the army

Starmer urged to boost army as part of military funding hike amid fears UK lacks troops for Ukraine deployment

4 days ago

Rachel Reeves has said the UK won't choose between Ukraine and the US

'We won't choose between Zelenskyy and Trump,' Chancellor tells LBC - as she vows UK is 'fully behind' Ukraine

5 days ago

Ukraine needs Starmer and other European leaders to help 'heal the wound' between Trump and Zelenskyy, the country's former Prime Minister has said

Ukraine relying on Starmer to 'heal wound' between Zelenskyy and Trump, country's ex-PM says after 'catastrophe'

5 days ago

Starmer's efforts to broker peace have been thrown into disarray

Trump and Zelenskyy's row throws Starmer and Europe into disarray ahead of crunch weekend of Ukraine talks

5 days ago

The Gaza documentary has already been pulled from iPlayer

Counter-terror police 'assessing' BBC's controversial Gaza documentary

6 days ago

A pedestrianised Oxford Street at night

Sadiq Khan kicks off process of pedestrianising Oxford Street as he calls for Londoners to have their say

6 days ago

Keir Starmer at a previous meeting with Zelenskyy in October last year

Starmer to host Zelenskyy after Trump meetings - as PM declares UK 'all in' on backing Ukraine

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London, UK. 25th Feb, 2025. Angela Rayner, Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Housing and Communities MP for Ashton-under-Lyne. Ministers attend the government cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, UK Credit: Imageplotter/Alamy Live News

Angela Rayner to pledge 'power shift to the North' as Deputy PM vows to 'break' system that 'hoards power'

Starmer 'concerned' by controversial Gaza documentary as BBC apologises for 'serious flaws' in show

Starmer 'concerned' by controversial Gaza documentary as BBC apologises for 'serious flaws'

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at a joint press conference

Trump says UK and US heading for a 'very good' trade deal - as President labels Starmer a 'tough negotiator'

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, hands an invitation from King Charles III to President Donald Trump at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington. (Carl Court/Pool via AP)

Trump accepts King's invite for 'unprecedented' second state visit - as he tells Starmer he'll back Chagos deal

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, is greeted by President Donald Trump as he arrives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Donald Trump will come to Britain for second state visit as he accepts personal invitation from King Charles

Commuters buy tickets at King's Cross underground station on January 2, 2020 in London, England.

Blow for commuters as Tube and train fares to rise nearly 5% on Sunday

Mike Amesbury MP arrives at Chester Crown Court on February 27

MP Mike Amesbury who punched constituent in street walks free from jail after appeal

Sir Keir Starmer insists he can trust Donald Trump - as PM claims 'there’s no issue between us' on Ukraine.

Starmer to warn Trump that US security 'backstop' is vital to stop Putin attacking Ukraine again

New world order: Starmer juggles looming tariffs, a Western alliance in crisis and Putin during 24 hours in Washington

New world order: Starmer to juggle looming tariffs, a Western alliance in crisis and Putin during 24 hours in Washington

Sir Keir Starmer insists he can trust Donald Trump - as PM claims 'there’s no issue between us' on Ukraine.

Starmer insists he can trust Trump and 'there’s no issue between us' on Ukraine ahead of White House talks

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Geraint Davies speaking at a campaign event in Wales.

Former Labour MP facing multiple sexual harassment claims quits party

The Cotton Gardens Estate housing estate in Lambeth.

Labour-run Lambeth asks for £40 million government bailout to fix 'perilous' housing

Judges Patrick Lipton Robinson (L) from Jamaica, ruled that Britain should give up its ownership of the Chagos Islands.

Judge who ruled Britain should give up Chagos Islands says UK 'obliged' to pay £18 trillion in slavery reparations

The Runcorn and Helsby MP has been sitting as an independent since he was suspended following his arrest in October

MP Mike Amesbury jailed for 10 weeks for punching man in street in 'unprovoked drunken' assault

Speaking via video link to a Kyiv conference, the Prime Minister reaffirmed that Britain is ready to commit British troops on the ground in Ukraine in order to maintain peace.

'Russia doesn't hold all the cards', Starmer says, as he tells Ukraine 'we are with you' three years on from invasion

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Former Supreme Court Judge says Baroness Carr's intervention over PMQs immigration case comments was 'mistake'

Latest Donald Trump News

"The tariffs are going forward on time, on schedule," Trump said.

Trump says 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico 'will go forward' in March after month-long delay
Donald Trump has ordered the release of the last classified files surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy on Thursday, vowing that ‘everything will be revealed’.

'Two shooters' involved in JFK assassination, claims task force head - as FBI reveals thousands of secret files
President Donald Trump presents a ceremonial key to the White House during a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday Sept. 15 2020 in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump to host Netanyahu in Washington marking first foreign leader visit since US inauguration
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with President Nayib Bukele at his residence at Lake Coatepeque in El Salvador, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.

El Salvador offers to accept US deportees and criminals in 'unprecedented' migrant deal

China has announced retaliatory tariffs on the US

China announces retaliatory tariffs on US as Trump's levies take effect - but Canada and Mexico's are paused
Trump pauses 25% tariffs on Canada for 30 days as President says call with Trudeau went 'very well'

Trump pauses 25% tariffs on Canada for 30 days as President says call with Trudeau went 'very well'
Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will not be “choosing between” the European Union and the United States

Britain will not choose between EU and US, says Starmer following Trump's tariff threats

Donald Trump won’t impose tariffs on Mexico for another month after a ‘constructive conversation’ which will see Mexico reinforce its side of the border with the US.

US trade tariffs on Mexico paused for a month after border deal

Donald Trump Watches SpaceX Launch Its Sixth Test Flight Of Starship Spacecraft

Donald Trump axes $40billion US foreign aid agency after taking advice from Elon Musk

President Trump Signs Executive Orders In The Oval Office

Donald Trump says UK is 'out of line' but deal can be worked out as trade tariff war with EU looms

Latest Politics News

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

China continues it will retaliate against 'arbitrary tariffs' from the US and accuses Washington of 'meeting good with evil'
Richard Tice speaking to LBC in Glasgow.

John Swinney branded 'jealous juvenile' by Reform UK

The independent reviewer of terror legislation has backed calls for social media to be banned for under 16s

UK's terror watchdog says calls to ban social media for under-16s 'have merit'

Girl with a smartphone at night

Children under 16 could be banned from social media under new plans

British passport on United States national flag background close up.

Record number of Americans applying for UK citizenship after Donald Trump re-election

The Government announced its plans to ban new leasehold flats and make commonhold the default tenure, in a bid to give homeowners greater control over their properties.

New leasehold flats set to be banned as centuries-old ‘feudal’ system to be abolished, Government says
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking during a statement on Ukraine, in the House of Commons.

'Test of our times': Sir Keir Starmer says US 'vital' in securing peace in Ukraine - days after ugly Oval Office row
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet the King as part of his visit to the UK.

Zelenskyy to meet King Charles as Starmer shows support for Ukrainian leader after White House disaster
Anneliese Dodds

Minister resigns over Keir Starmer’s foreign aid cuts

John Swinney has denounced Nigel Farage as an "accomplice and apologist" for Russia.

'Farage an accomplice to the Russian agenda' claims John Swinney, urges 'mainstream' to fight 'rise of far right'