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Henry Bell, a writer who was in the carriage at the time, posted a picture of Corbyn addressing the women, who all appeared to be listening attentively before they got off to go to Blackpool.

He added that the new leader’s drive to celebrate the “fizz” of ideas and energy among new members also had great appeal.

The fact that such a senior figure in the Labour movement is willing to speculate so publicly about whether Mr Corbyn can ever become prime minister is likely to alarm and anger his supporters.

During his campaign for the Labour leadership, Jeremy Corbyn had claimed that £120bn could be recovered from tax avoidance and evasion, which he said would be enough to pay off the UK’s deficit without having to make welfare and public spending cuts. “Working...

Labour councillor Anayat Mohammed, who represents Spring Gardens and Utley ward, was among the group present at Westminster earlier this month when Jeremy Corbyn faced David Cameron.

People who eat meat should be treated like smokers, and meat itself should be treated like tobacco, with public campaigns to discourage its consumption, suggests Kerry McCarthy, recently appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by the UK’s...

The new Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale had suggested on Sunday that Labour MSPs could be free to campaign for independence, while insisting that “I cannot accept that there will automatically and inevitably be another referendum on independence”. People clearly...

The chair of the Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) group, Joan Ryan MP, reportedly issued an invitation to Corbyn to address a reception to be held at the party’s annual conference next week, against the backdrop of concern from the Jewish community in the United Kingdom over...

He is correct that many on the right of the Labour Party – and the Blairites in particular – are deeply unhappy, but he may well be wrong in thinking the Lib Dems will be the main beneficiaries.

Jeremy Corbyn, who was elected as new leader of labour party on 12 September, is expected to reveal the plan of renationalising the railways.

Tim Farron declared his door was “wide open” to potential Labour defectors amid warnings Jeremy Corbyn’s party would be “slaughtered” by the Conservatives.

When asked if he would have sung it, former Shadow Welsh Secretary Mr Smith said: “Yes, even as a Welshman I sing it on such occasions”. “As he said in the words issued this morning, the heroism of the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain is something to...

While Labour have said they now want to strip Government support for businesses and the Tories focus on giving tax cuts to giant corporations, we want to focus on entrepreneurs and small business seeking to grow. Labour’s foreign affairs spokesman Hilary Benn said on Sunday...

There is normally standing room only for Prime Minister’s Questions but the chamber will be especially packed today when Jeremy Corbyn makes his debut as Labour leader.

‘Did Jeremy Corbyn do well at Prime Ministers Question Time?