The only reason Labour is taking any action now is because the shocking scale of the spending has been exposed. Otherwise, ...

National's Chris Bishop and Labour's Chris Hipkins didn't hold back. Labour this week provided the Herald with two lists (one for Labour’s first year and one for National’s first year) that ...

A minister has denied Labour is a "centre right" government following cuts to disability benefits and foreign aid. Luke Pollard told Sky News Breakfast with Wilfred Frost that welfare reforms ...

Ghana and Barbados are set to strengthen bilateral ties in the area of labour as both countries seek solutions to their workforce challenges. This was the focus of discussions when H.E. Juliette ...

Three more councillors have resigned from the Labour Party in Dudley as the fallout over the government's welfare cuts continues. Councillors Peter Drake, Karl Denning and Matt Cook confirmed they ...

He becomes the fourth member of Dudley Council's Labour group to quit the party since the election last May, and the biggest name to date. He has represented Lye and Stourbridge North ward since 2006.

After weeks of speculation about how Labour would approach cuts to benefit spending, she addressed Parliament to clarify the party's stance. She aimed to quash rumours that Labour would emulate ...

Dudley's 'heartbroken ' Labour Group leader has quit the party he has served for more than four decades over the national party's welfare cuts. Pete Lowe said he could no longer attack the ruling ...

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She says: "That is not the sort of society that we want to live in. I can’t understand ... I’m not going to deny that in the history of the Labour party, these issues about welfare and support ...

Watch live as Labour is expected to announce plans to slash billions of pounds from the UK’s benefit bill amid a growing backlash among the party’s backbenchers. Work and pensions secretary Liz ...

Watch Liz Kendall’s House of Commons statement in full as Labour announced plans to slash billions of pounds from the UK’s benefits bill on Tuesday, 18 March, amid backlash from charities and ...