Prime Minister Keir Starmer giving a speech during an event in the West Midlands, October 28, 2024
LABOUR has lost control of Newcastle city council after six councillors quit the party in protest against Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s policies.
The party now holds just 39 of 78 seats on the council, although it has not had to surrender the political leadership yet.
Among those leaving are former council leader Nick Kemp. There are now 14 independents serving on the council.
Meanwhile, incoming PM Andy Burnham dithers over who should be his Chancellor
The electoral cost of Labour’s stance on Gaza is impossible to ignore – the new leadership must take heed, argues PETER LEARY
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP