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Jeremy Corbyn makes a plea to his ‘anointed’ successor Rebecca Long Bailey to make him Shadow Foreign Secretary after he quits as leader Jeremy Corbyn said he would like to stay on as Shadow Foreign Secretary He also took aim at Ms Long Bailey’s leadership rival Sir Keir Starmer More than 500,000 Labour Party members … Read more
Labour deputy leadership hopeful Angela Rayner says Jeremy Corbyn ‘didn’t command country’s respect’ as John McDonnell desperately pleads with members not to ditch his hard-Left policies Angela Rayner has attacked Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party The deputy leadership frontrunner said Mr Corbyn ‘did not command respect’ Meanwhile, John McDonnell urged party members not … Read more
I know what it is like to have a party leader visit your house in a flood. Six years ago this month, I had spent a tidy sum doing up my dad’s modest house in Wraysbury, Berkshire, after he died, and I was about to sell it. Then I switched on the TV one morning and … Read more
Tony Blair mocked his left-wing Labour today, pointing out he is the party’s only living former leader to have won a general election since it was established 120 years ago. The former prime minister used a speech this morning to mark the creation of the Labour Party to criticise the current state of the political vehicle … Read more
Fears of a Corbyn-led coalition worry the markets: Pound and UK-focussed shares wobble on hung parliament concerns The mere whiff of a Jeremy Corbyn-led coalition sent shockwaves around City Trust and student accommodation provider Unite Group among the big fallers Sterling was also under pressure and the FTSE 100 endured a rollercoaster ride By James … Read more
FTSE CLOSE: Pound edges up as May lines up Brexit meetings with Merkel and Macron; Boardroom battle at Barclays; Ashley lashes out at Debenhams bosses By This Is Money Published: 08:24 BST, 8 April 2019 | Updated: 17:07 BST, 8 April 2019 The FTSE 100 closed up 5.02 points at 7451.89 and the pound was … Read more