The Electoral Commission has said it will not reopen an investigation into Labour Together, the think tank previously led by the prime minister's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney. In 2021, the commission investigated and fined Labour Together for late and inaccurate reporting of its donations.

As Labour heads into a fractious party conference, the Manchester mayor has made his leadership ambitions clear. But some party insiders believe he might have ‘over-reached’

Britain’s Electoral Commission has dismissed calls to reopen an inquiry into undeclared donations to Labour Together when it was led by Morgan McSweeney, saying it had already conducted a full investigation.

Building has slowed in cities, where it is needed most. In London it has almost ground to a halt. In the second quarter of the year, two-thirds of London boroughs started no projects of 20 or more homes, according to Molior, a consultancy. “When Labour came in it was like morning had broken,” says one developer. “That mood has dissipated.”

Polling by YouGov suggests Nigel Farage's Reform would win 311 seats in a general election, with Labour slumping to just 144 and the Tories slipping into fourth behind the Lib Dems

John McDonnell has had the Labour whip restored, months after calling for a leadership challenge to Sir Keir Starmer. The former shadow chancellor, who was suspended last year for rebelling over the two-child benefit cap, was welcomed back into the party on the eve of Labour’s annual conference.

The assembled pseudo-left groups offered Sultana a hero’s welcome, making clear their loyalty to Your Party despite Corbyn banning them from joining.

A Reform UK spokesman said: "For decades the British people have been betrayed by both Labour and the Conservatives. People have voted election after election for lower taxes and controlled immigration, instead both party's have done the opposite.

Councillor Jordan Ryan will sit as an unaffiliated councillor and critical friend of the current administration

Labour MPs turned on Keir Starmer branding his digital ID plans "authoritarian" and warning the scheme risks creating a dystopian state

Oxfordshire County Council have been accused of "not listening" to local concerns over the city's new congestion charge by senior figures in the county's Labour Party. In a letter to the authority's transport chief Andrew Gant, Oxford East MP Annaliese Dodds said there had been "huge local disquiet" regarding the charge scheme.

The left, just like the right, is a broad but unhappy church – will its internal rifts reach breaking point at Labour’s upcoming conference in Liverpool? Asks Helen Thomas This Sunday, Liverpool plays host to the Labour Party conference,