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Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen 10.29am GMT Q: Which part of the party does the rancour come from most?Nandy says she has friends in every part of the Labour party. It is family to her. There are people in parliament she is good friends with, despite not agreeing with them much on policy. 10.27am GMT Q: Can you get...

Review led by Ed Miliband tasked with suggesting ways the party might find a path to powerGimmicky policies, horrible inefficiency and factional promotions are among the catalogue of errors behind Labour’s dismal performance at the general election, according to party members.The damning comments on Labour’s campaign forms part of an early release of views gathered by a team headed by the former party leader...

Party HQ, under its general secretary, Jenny Formby, has rejected criticism for advertising senior posts in emails to staffAllies of Jeremy Corbyn have been accused of trying to cement their power at the top of the party after they announced plans to appoint new staff to senior posts before the next leader is elected.The party sent an email to staff last week advertising posts...

Labour leadership frontrunner launches campaign pledging to end ‘gentlemen’s club of politics’ Rebecca Long-Bailey has expanded on her aim to replace the House of Lords, saying she would instead have an elected senate, based outside of London, if she were to win the Labour leadership and then a general election.On Friday night, launching her bid for Labour leader, in front of a crowd of...

Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs 9.37am GMT As the BBC reports, the government’s decision to offer a rescue package to the regional airline company Flybe has been criticised by the British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh. In a private letter to Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, Walsh said Flybe did not...

Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn at the first PMQs of 2020 and Johnson’s meeting with the new European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen 9.34am GMT The BBC’s Europe editor, Katya Adler, has posted a helpful thread on Twitter about the talks between Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen in Downing Street...

Lords reform and PR must be part of radical political reform, says leadership contender Labour must embrace radical political reform – including a proportional voting system – and ditch party tribalism to take on the Conservatives, leadership contender Clive Lewis argues.The Norwich South MP is pitching himself as the candidate to tackle what he calls the “crisis of democracy”. Continue reading...

Sorry doesn’t have to be the hardest word, as Pope Francis proved after slapping the hand of a woman who grabbed himOn New Year’s Day, the Pope veered off script during his address to a packed St Peter’s Square to apologise for his behaviour the previous night. Unsurprisingly, this did not involve the traditional end-of-December misdemeanour of drinking excessively and vomiting on a host’s...

Rolling coverage of the day’s political events as they happenWho are the Conservatives’ most controversial new MPs?Vilification of Corbyn in broadcast media ‘fuelled defeat’ – shadow ministerLabour leadership race begins as senior figures back Rebecca Long-BaileyDowning Street lobby briefing - Summary 5.26pm GMT The Press Association photographer Yoi Mok has some more pictures from Frank Dobson’s funeral.A great turnout for former health secretary Frank...

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn stick to core messages in bid to sway wavering votersLatest election news - live updatesBoris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are to embark on a final frantic 24 hours of campaigning as both teams insist the election remains closely fought and that polls giving the Conservatives a lead could be wrong.Both Labour and the Conservatives have branded Thursday’s vote the...

The mood may be one of despair, but this election is critical to the country’s future. The best hope lies with Labour, despite its flawsBritain has not faced a more critical election in decades than the one it faces on Thursday. The country’s future direction, its place in the world and even its territorial integrity are all at stake, primarily because this is a...

Labour will focus on the NHS and voters’ finances in the campaign’s crucial final daysJeremy Corbyn will promise Britain’s jaded voters that a Labour government would put “money in your pocket”, as his party makes a last-ditch push to deprive Boris Johnson of a majority at Thursday’s general election.Amid concerns that Labour has overpromised with a blizzard of announcements during the six-week campaign, Corbyn...

David Merritt says prime minister made political capital out of his son Jack’s deathThe father of a man killed in the London Bridge attack has accused Boris Johnson of lying and making “political capital” from his son’s death during the BBC leaders’ debate.David Merritt – whose son Jack was stabbed to death by convicted terrorist Usman Khan – called the prime minister a fraud...

Parties out in force during final stretch ahead of 12 December vote, after two days of Nato drama 10.06am GMT The defection of four Brexit party MEPs (see 9.47am) still has not been formally announced, but the Brexit party itself has issued a response. It says three of its MEPs are resigning the whip. It says John Longworth already had the whip removed yesterday.In...

Testimonies by current and former party workers have been passed to EHRC, lawyer saysGeneral election latest - live newsScores of serving and former Labour officials have given sworn statements about antisemitism in the party as part of evidence submitted to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s investigation into the issue.James Libson, a lawyer representing the Jewish Labour Movement, confirmed he has prepared 70 testimonies...

Doctors and nurses to march to Buckingham Palace, where US president to dine with Queen and other leadersRead Andrew Sparrow’s briefing: Trump trumps campaigningSign up for Andrew Sparrow’s daily election briefing 7.15pm GMT This is Kevin Rawlinson taking over the liveblog for the evening. My colleague Vikram Dodd has this report on the damning comments of the former head of counter-terrorism at Scotland Yard,...

Labour’s radical programme is what Britain needs, and is a reminder to my country and Europe of what social democracy looks likeThe UK election is probably none of my business. I don’t live here and I can’t vote. And yet I’m so invested in the outcome, I have decided to come over from Sweden to volunteer for the Labour party, handing out flyers and...

Labour leader says documents leave Boris Johnson’s denials on post-Brexit US trade deal ‘in tatters’General election latest - live newsLabour has obtained official documents showing that the US is demanding that the NHS will be “on the table” in talks on a post-Brexit trade deal, Jeremy Corbyn has said.The Labour leader said the uncensored papers gave the lie to Boris Johnson’s claims that the...