It's estimated that the move to allow 16-year-olds the vote will mean there will be around 1.35 million new voters. Labour will benefit from over 200,000 new voters while Reform would secure around 40,000.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party suspended Diane Abbott, the country's longest-serving female lawmaker, on Thursday after she stood by her earlier remarks on racism which had led to a previous suspension.

The leader of the opposition Reform party, Nigel Farage, is calling the plan an ‘attempt to rig the political system.’

The veteran Labour MP has told the BBC she stands by comments that led to a year-long suspension from the party.

Our community was sharply divided on the suspensions. While some defended Keir Starmer’s need for party discipline in government, others felt his approach revealed a weakness

There are parallels between the political conditions which faced Harold Wilson and Sir Keir Starmer’s current challenges.

WHEN polling day dawns at the next general election, some 1.6million new voters will have been added to the electoral rolls. Hundreds of thousands of bright-eyed 16 and 17-year-olds will be

Labour are rumoured to be on the verge of blocking Chinese electric vehicles from a new £650 million grant scheme. In response, Beijing has issued a stern warning to the Labour Party government, with a Chinese embassy spokesman cautioning that the nation would "resolutely safeguard" its electric car industry.