Upon the news of John Prescott's death last year, Prime Minister Keir Starmer led MPs in paying tribute to him as "a true giant of the Labour movement". Today, Prescott's life and legacy are being celebrated in Hull, where he served as an MP for nearly 40 years.

Former prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have paid tribute to Lord John Prescott as they attended his funeral at Hull Minster.Lord Prescott was praised as a “working-class hero” who “kept the show on the road during difficult times” by Mr Brown,

Nigel Farage's Reform UK has taken the lead in a recent voting intention poll and Mirror readers are concerned about what that means for the future of Labour and British politics.

Jonathan Reynolds, Labour’s business secretary, told the Financial Times, “We have to respond to the agenda the US president has just set out with our own dynamism… Every country has to do it.”

A LONG-serving Labour councillor has announced she has left the party and will represent her constituents as an Independent instead.

Riddled with jargon, Labour’s Plan will hold Britain back at a critical crossroads in global innovation. Britain deserves a bold, forward-thinking government to secure its position as a tech superpower. In contrast, Labour’s approach is analogue government in the digital age.

Labour’s ambitions for a more pro-growth, pro-business agenda mark a positive shift, at least in tone. But actual, visible, tangible growth depends on execution. This in turn depends on private sector money, overcoming bureaucratic hurdles, and cutting the Brexit red-tape that continues to hamper trade with the EU.

Reform UK has started tying green policies to grimly high energy bills — and some government MPs are getting nervous.

The Chancellor has faced questions about her plans since the start of the year, amid stuttering growth figures and rising borrowing costs

Andrew Lewin, the Labour Party MP for Welwyn Hatfield, is calling for a scheme whereby under-40s who have a decade of National Insurance contributions are handed £11,500 in exchange for delaying retirement by a year.

Labour Party government is mulling over plans to offer cheap or interest free loans on electric vehicles (EV) to drive up sales, as the number of motorists switching from petrol and diesel stalls.

2XA90Y3 Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn poses outside Islington Town Hall, north London, after handing in his nomination papers for the General Election on July 4. Picture date: Wednesday June 5, 2024.