Joan Ryan becomes 8th Labour MP to defect to the Independent Group
Joan Marie Ryan, MP for Enfield North, has left Labour to join the Independent group. Ryan is a notable critic
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Labour warned more MPs could quit over antisemitism abuse
Jeremy Corbyn has been warned that he could face a “mass walkout” of Jewish people from Labour as the party’s Jewish
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Corbyn says Labour MPs wrong to claim they’re not being listened to
Jeremy Corbyn has issued a strong message to the 7 MPs who resigned from his party on Monday, saying that they stood in the 2017 general election representing a Labour manifesto, and that they “were elected to carry out those policies”.
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This Labour Split Will Achieve Nothing
Less than half a year ago, Chuka Umunna described the prospect of a new political party emerging from the People’s
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We might not like them but the Independent group as a national party could be a danger to the progressive cause
The majority of the Labour Membership will be delighted with the loss of some of its most rebellious MPs. Figures
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Legal status of Newly formed Independent Group means they can flout electoral law
The Independent Group, formed out of a Labour Party split earlier today that led to 7 MPs resigning the Whip,
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7 Labour MPs to split from the Labour Party to form a new “independent group”
7 Labour back-bench MPs have just announced their resignations from the Labour Party following rumours of a split over the
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Working Links: Biggest Crisis For Probation Services As Company Collapses
Working Links, one of Britain’s biggest providers of probation services which have managed the rehabilitation of offenders for years have gone
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Tory Civil War breaks out afresh as business minister says ERG guilty of treachery
Internal party fighting has once again broken out in the Conservative Party following the government’s defeat in the House of
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Household disposable income £1500 lower today than if the Brexit referendum had not occurred.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed that disposable household incomes are around £1500 lower today than they were expected to
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