News about Jeremy Corbyn

While the Maria actress, 49, and the political activist and author, 40, have yet to confirm if they are dating, sources have claimed that they are 'seeing each other and hanging out regularly.' Akala has been educating Angelina on Britain's colonial past and the country's prominent Black figures, and has also introduced her to his family.

Britain's fraud watchdog is investigating the Unite trade union's £112million spend on a hotel and conference centre in Birmingham, it has been revealed. The Serious Fraud Office, as reported by the BBC , has launched a probe into the project amid claims of a 'mystery' £14million sum missing from the final accounts. There have been long-standing questions over Unite's spending on the controversial building, which has been independently valued at just £29million. Unite is one of the Uk's largest trade unions with more than 1.2million members and has donated more than £500,000 to mostly left-wing Labour MPs this year. After replacing Len McCluskey - an ally of ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn - as Unite's general secretary in 2021, Sharon Graham ordered an independent inquiry into the Birmingham project.

The standees, which sell for £38.99 a piece, include life-sized cut outs of three of Taylor Swift 's exes, high-profile politicians and even popular animated characters. Cuts outs of The 1975's Matty Healy, actor Jake Gyllenhaal and Marvel actor Tom Hiddleston have drawn the most attention online, likely due to their connection with the songstress, with others pointing to an effigy of Shrek. There are dozens of these standees available on the Tesco website, with customers able to take cut outs of King Henry VIII and Boris Johnson home, as well as Winston Churchill and Hillary Clinton .

Despite facing calls to quit after nearly sinking a £1billion port investment, the Transport ­Secretary Louise Haigh (pictured) has no regrets about her now notorious 'rogue operator' remark about P&O Ferries. The youngest woman to ever serve in a British Cabinet, Haigh, 37, has told friends she has nothing to apologise for. One source said: 'The row over P&O has done wonders for her reputation in the Labour movement and she knows it. She's standing up for what she believes in.'

Morgan McSweeney, newly appointed Chief of Staff to Sir Keir Starmer, isn't really a fan of 'the vision thing'. 'Morgan's attitude is you win elections council estate by council estate,' a Downing Street insider told me. 'As for all that big picture, blue sky stuff, his view is you can keep that for North London dinner parties.' In the wake of the dramatic sacking of previous incumbent Sue Gray, some Labour MPs were worried it cemented the impression Starmer's fledgling government was already falling apart. But the prevailing emotion among senior Cabinet members was one of relief. 'Oh God, it's so much better!' one exclaimed to me. 'It wasn't working with Sue. Now we've got the opportunity to get things back on track.'

When you're very rich there comes a time, for some, when the prospect of making even more money is a bit boring. After all, how many luxury homes, private jets or yachts do you really need? What you really want now is power. Of course, money is power. But not the sort of power that determines or influences public policy, affects the course of world events, gets you into the room where historic decisions are taken - or even stops the traffic for your convoy of cars complete with motorcycle outriders, blue lights flashing. Political power is the ultimate aphrodisiac, much sexier than mere financial power. Almost everything and everyone is at your beck and call.

The Middle East stands on the brink of all-out war. Following Iran's barrage of 180 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday night, the world is holding its breath. How will Israel respond? Will the US and ­Britain be drawn into a confrontation with the mullahs of Tehran? Then there is Lebanon. As a vast exodus of civilians from the south of the country continues, the aerial bombardment on both sides of the border with Israel intensifies. The diplomatic world clamours for a ceasefire, but neither the Iran-backed Islamist terror group nor the Israel Defence Forces show any sign of backing down. One year after Hamas's October 7 attacks on Israel, things feel more volatile than ever.

Sally Rooney's new book Intermezzo has had fans queuing around the block as they wait to snatch up the novel released today. After building up a cult-like following with a string of addictive and relatable novels, it appears self-described Marxist Sally Rooney, 33, from Ireland's County Mayo, has done it again with her latest novel. Fans were pictured lining up outside bookshops across the UK and Ireland on Tuesday 24 September, as they desperately sought to get their hands on the writer's fourth release. Dozens of shops including London 's Book Bar, exclusively opened their doors at 8am earlier today, with a number of live streams to cater to demand.

Labour 's conference in Liverpool this week was supposed to be a celebration of a historic victory.Instead, yesterday morning it turned into an arena for angry dissent against the leadership. Discord and disillusion are swelling within Labour's ranks, fed not only by Sir Keir Starmer 's inept mismanagement of the winter fuel allowance controversy, but also by the desire of Left-wingers to exact revenge for the way he marginalised them in Opposition. The party's Marxist former leader Jeremy Corbyn may not be present at the conference, having been expelled from Labour for claiming the scale of anti-Semitism in the party had been overstated for political reasons, but his spirit looms over the event. Two incidents vividly captured the fractious mood of the party. The first came in the chorus of boos that filled the venue when it was announced that the debate on the withdrawal of the winter fuel allowance for most pensioners - originally scheduled for today - was to be delayed until the final afternoon of proceedings tomorrow.

Lord Waheed Alli has donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to Keir Starmer 's front bench over the past two decades. The millionaire Labour peer has funded at least seven Cabinet ministers with donations totalling £314,147. And he previously backed candidates running against Jeremy Corbyn and those close to Sir Keir. Sir Keir received most from the businessman at £155,122, while Angela Rayner was given £72,450 in donations and gifts. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has received £14,600 from the media entrepreneur since 2021, while Energy Secretary Ed Miliband got £10,000 last year.

Sally Rooney (pictured right), 33, from Ireland's County Mayo, has seemingly exceeded expectations with her latest release Intermezzo (pictured left). Critics have hailed the tale, with the Times commending Rooney's characters (pictured top inset) and the Telegraph claiming it proves Rooney's greatness as a political writer (pictured bottom inset).

Diane Abbott has accused Sir Keir Starmer of trying to 'humiliate' her as part of efforts to 'clear out' the Left from Labour . The veteran MP, a close ally of former party leader Jeremy Corbyn , hit out at the Prime Minister and claimed he treated her as a 'non-person'. In a fresh round of Labour infighting, Ms Abbott, 70, issued a blast at Sir Keir's behaviour during a row over racist comments made about her by a Tory donor. She told the BBC 's Newsnight that Sir Keir 'never reached out to me personally and did treat me as a non-person' following remarks by businessman Frank Hester. Earlier this year, Mr Hester was reported to have said Ms Abbott, the first black woman to be elected to Parliament, made him want to 'hate all black women' and that she 'should be shot'. Ms Abbott said: 'If somebody was threatening to have you shot, you would have felt your party would have offered you more support, giving you advice on safety and security, even kind of commiserated with you. And none of that happened.'

In her new memoir, Diane Abbott presents a grim picture of her famous youthful romance with Jeremy Corbyn . Few would imagine that stepping out with Jeremy Corbyn would have been all champagne and roses, but this was something so dour as to be more like a funeral than a fling. The only time I ever met Diane Abbott, she was merrily flirting across the table with the portly Tory Sir Nicholas Soames. She struck me then as a fun-lover, not naturally suited to undertaking a camping holiday with the earnest, tut-tutting young vegetarian Jeremy Corbyn.

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to 'take on' and defeat health unions that try to block NHS reforms. The Prime Minister said he is ­'determined' to make changes and suggested any medical staff who get in the way will face the same fate as ­ Jeremy Corbyn. Sir Keir yesterday outlined how he will slash waiting lists and improve access to care with the 'biggest reimagining' of the health service since its birth in 1948. It will involve shifting billions of pounds of funding from inefficient hospitals to community care, a greater role for new technology and a new focus on preventing people becoming unwell in the first place.

Nabil Arif, 36, sent Ms Phillips abusive messages relating to the war between Israel and Hamas between October 13 2023 and February 20 this year. In a victim impact statement read out to the court, Ms Phillips expressed fear that Arif's aggression towards her might escalate and potentially lead to her coming to physical harm at his hands. The MP for Birmingham Yardley since 2015 said his actions had changed her life 'immeasurably' and 'limited my freedom and my ability to do my job closely with the public as I used to do'. The final email, which prompted her to report Arif to the police, was sent on February 20 and called her 'pathetic', adding that she would 'burn until her skin is no more'. Arif, from Birmingham, was sentenced on Monday at Birmingham Magistrates' Court to 12 weeks in custody and was also made subject to a restraining order barring him from contacting the MP until further notice.

John McDonnell (right), who served as Shadow Chancellor under Mr Corbyn (inset), said many radical reforms now under way were included in the party's 2017 and 2019 election manifestos. Speaking at the TUC conference in Brighton yesterday, Mr McDonnell praised a series of achievements by Sir Keir Starmer's (left) administration - although he condemned the cuts to Winter Fuel Payments. 'Incoming Labour government, I congratulate them on the programme they've put forward. If you look at the last eight weeks, announcement after announcement has been superb,' Mr McDonnell told a fringe meeting. He listed rail renationalisation, trade union rights, social housing, climate change, renters' reforms and bus policy as ideas he supported.

Last March, Sir Keir Starmer warned the big spenders of local government that there was no 'magic money tree', copying Tory Theresa May 's warning to Jeremy Corbyn. It is now very interesting to revisit his speech, in which he asked: 'Can I stand here and pretend to you that there's a magic money tree that we can waggle the day after the election?' and then gave the crystal-clear answer: 'No.' It is his explanation that is especially striking. Starmer stated that his hands were tied because the Tories had 'broken the economy'. Now, as Prime Minister, he says this all the time - but these days he claims the news is a total surprise, and that Labour had no idea until they walked into the Treasury that things were so bad.

If Sir Keir Starmer thought that his ardent Europhilia would lead to a swift post-election deal with Brussels, he has received a shock. The Prime Minister has vowed to 'reset' relations with the EU without having to make any concessions which would alienate Labour's Brexit-supporting voters. But it turns out that Brussels federalists are not just truculent and obstructive with Conservative governments. EU leaders have made it clear that if Starmer wants a deal, he will have to make concessions, which would dismay the millions of Britons who voted Leave in 2016. Sir Keir, who is in Dublin this weekend, had set himself the target of securing a quick 'win' by January in four areas: a new security pact, easier touring for UK musicians in the EU, greater access to the bloc for UK professionals and fewer border checks on food and drink exports.

The staunch left-wingers met in 1978 years before they became high-flying Labour MPs - starting off their doomed romance when he was volunteering at campaigns for the party as a north London councillor. But in her new autobiography the MP has derided the future Leader of the Opposition for his complete dearth of romance - which seems to have sent her spiraling into complete boredom. The Mother of the House describes the young leftie as '99 per cent absorbed in party politics', with the only interesting thing she remembers the dull youth doing being growing vegetables in his garden.

The British comedian and thinker was once a supporter of British hard-left socialist Jeremy Corbyn - now he is an avowed Trump supporter who on stage in Phoenix asked God to shine a light on 'dark forces' operating the 'deep state'. Mr Brand's prayer as he closed the $100-a-head show at a packed out arena in Arizona came after he was baptised in the River Thames near his home outside London in late April. Right-wing star Tucker Carlson asked him to help kick off his live tour on Wednesday night in the battleground state of Arizona. But he barely mentioned Donald Trump and instead concentrated on his faith in discussion with the Briton. Introducing him to fans, Tucker said Russell was one of the people he 'most admires' and at the end of the show bowed his head as Mr Brand knelt and gave a communal prayer without notes.

Lord Sugar (pictured) was given a dose of his own boardroom medicine after being sworn in at Westminster. Many peers had already made the required pledge of allegiance at the despatch box ahead of the summer break, following the election and return of Parliament. But as Lord Sugar was being sworn in, former Labour minister Lord Foulkes of Cumnock pointed across the floor of the chamber and shouted: 'You're fired!' He later said of Lord Sugar: 'He is one of the peers who treats the House with contempt.

QUENTIN LETTS: The Commons relishes distant disasters. Seven years - seven damn years! - after the Grenfell fire, a 1,694-page inquiry report was finally published. The Prime Minister, darkly suited and tied, made a sombre statement. The Leader of the Opposition replied in similar fashion. Backbenchers pinned sepulchral expressions to their faces. Dress code: black crepe, artful frowns, murmured mutual statesmanship. Over the parliamentary battlefield there hung, like September-dawn mist, an air of studied piety. 'Look at us,' it seemed to say. 'We care. We are good people. We are the governing class.' That very class had just been blamed, along with some of the gorier elements of capitalism, for the avoidable deaths of 72 people. Frontbenchers and lesser pond­life congratulated each other on 'the tone' of their remarks. By convention one should join this circle of admiration and say it was 'the Commons at its best'. Count me out.

STEPHEN POLLARD: If you doubt the existence of evil, I have a question. What other word describes the shooting in cold blood, in the back of the head, of six of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza? Last Thursday, the Israel Defence Forces were on the point of rescuing them. But word reached the ­Islamist terror organisation - and its despicable response was to murder Alexander Lobanov, 32, Almog Sarusi, 27, Carmel Gat, 40, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Hersh ­Goldberg-Polin, 23, and Ori Danino, 25.

The hard-left icon, 75, has joined forces with four other independents elected on July 4 on pro-Gaza platforms, with the aim of providing 'a real alternative to austerity, inequality and war'. He is linking up with Shockat Adam, Ayoub Khan, Adnan Hussain and Iqbal Mohamed in a five-strong grouping called the Independent Alliance - putting it on a par in the Commons with Nigel Farage's Reform UK. In a statement they attacked the Labour government of Mr Corbyn's Labour successor Sir Keir Starmer over issues including arms sales to Israel. 'Millions of people are crying out for a real alternative to austerity, inequality and war - and their voices deserve to be heard,' they said.