The funeral service for John Prescott will be held at Hull Minster today at 12:00 GMT. The ceremony is invitation-only, with the first guests due to arrive from 10:30. It is expected that senior figures from across the current and previous Labour government will be in attendance.

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 Conservative shadow minister warned the UK could "fall further behind" on growth targets following the Chancellor's "desperate" attempts to save the economy.

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

Norway's eurosceptic Centre Party quit the government on Thursday in a dispute over the adoption of European Union energy policies, leaving the centre-left Labour Party to rule alone eight months before an election.

Sadiq Khan can’t stop the government’s planned Heathrow expansion from going ahead, Rachel Reeves has said.The London mayor has been a vocal opponent of the plan to build a third runway at the London airport.

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.

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.

Despite Labour frontbenchers repeatedly speaking out against the Conservatives’ Illegal Migration Act (IMA), Yvette Cooper is pressing ahead with plans to allow unaccompanied children whose age is dis

The service at Hull Minster was attended by three Labour Prime Ministers, as well as several other current and former MPs

A South Gloucestershire councillor has been expelled from Labour after 40 years for announcing he will stand as an independent in May’s West of England metro mayor election. As previously reported, Cllr Ian Scott accused the party of age and sex discrimination in November after a panel culled him from the shortlist of nominees for its candidacy.

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