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Unite slashes Labour funding by £580k over bin strike row

Britain’s biggest union donor cuts affiliation fees by 40% as its general secretary warns that members are ‘coming to the end of the line’ with the party.

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March 11, 2026

Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place

Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England as vote share for Keir Starmer’s party plummets.

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February 27, 2026

Rayner Says Labour's Gorton And Denton Collapse Must Be "Wake Up Call" For Party

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has said Labour must "really listen" and "reflect" after the party suffered a seismic defeat to the Greens in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

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February 27, 2026

Labour place third in Gorton and Denton by-election as Greens gain seat

Labour have been defeated in the Gorton and Denton by-election, losing to the Green Party who won with a majority of over 4,000 votes, after battling out in what polls had suggested was a knife edge fight across the campaign period.

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February 27, 2026

Andy Burnham-backed Labour group demands 'total overhaul of personnel' in No10 amid Mandelson scandal

Mainstream, which is backed by the Greater Manchester mayor, said its members did not want to watch Labour ‘succumb to the same old sickness’ of ‘elite privilege, spin and toxic factionalism’

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February 5, 2026

Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for appointing Mandelson and 'believing his lies'

Reaction from the BBC's live blog.

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February 5, 2026

Labour MPs and groups react to Mandelson’s US ambassador appointment and Epstein ties

"While working people faced the fallout of a financial crisis he helped manage, he was exchanging power and access with a convicted criminal."

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February 4, 2026

Veteran Labour NEC member Ann Black to stand down

Black endorsed three NEC candidates backed by Mainstream, Cat Arnold, Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and Kerry Postlewhite.

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January 26, 2026

Labour urged to reverse decision to block Andy Burnham from standing in by-election

Mainstream has said the decision should be reversed, while Manchester voters also say that Labour was "wrong" to block Burnham from standing.

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January 26, 2026
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