Labour blocks McCluskey ally Karie Murphy from becoming MP – again
The selection of a Labour candidate in Halifax looks set to explode into a huge headache for Ed Miliband.
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The selection of a Labour candidate in Halifax looks set to explode into a huge headache for Ed Miliband.
Green party leader Natalie Bennett gives what she describes as a “very difficult” interview to LBC radio on her plans for social housing.
Writer, columnist and girl power advocate Caitlin Moran on why she’s using her fame to campaign against FGM – and why celebrities trying to do the right thing get a harder time.
Conservative Party MP Douglas Carswell resigns as an MP and defects to Ukip, saying principles are more important than political careers. David Cameron describes his departure as “deeply regrettable”.
Nurse William Pooley, the first Briton to contract Ebola in Sierra Leone, is an “extraordinary guy” who was working at the “ground zero” of the outbreak, his colleague tells Channel 4 News.
A Briton infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone is being evacuated to the UK, the African country’s health ministry says.
2014 might have been a sporting “annus horribilis” for this country, but things could be about to get a lot better with the start of the World Lacrosse Championships in the United States.
As the main party leaders lick their wounds after the local elections, should each of them be watching their backs?
Harvey Parry survived meningitis B, but lives with a disability. Now children are to be given a jab to protect against it – provided the government can negotiate a price with manufacturer Novartis.
As US scientists confirm they have new evidence of what happened just after the Big Bang as well as how it has shaped the universe since, what are the other game-changing scientific breakthroughs?
Ed Miliband changes his plans to reform Labour’s leadership contests to make them more “diverse”, ahead of a meeting of the partys National Executive Committee.
Labour leader Ed Miliband unveils his long-awaited changes to union membership of the party, but in doing so may risk destabilising a historic source of funding.
At midnight cricket’s oldest and most intense rivalry, between England and Australia, resumed. Kunal Dutta explains what to watch out for as the series unfolds.
Ed Miliband proposes the most radical shake-up of Labour’s relations with the unions in a generation, with an end to the “machine politics” that has blighted the party’s reputation.
The Conservatives ask the Metropolitan police to investigate Labour’s candidate selection process in two constituencies following events in Falkirk.