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Jeremy Corbyn has outlined his plans for a new “alternative” political party, pledging he will “serve the people” as he has “always done”.Appearing on Peston on Wednesday (2 July), Mr Corbyn was questioned on whether he would turn The Independent Alliance, a parliamentary faction formed in September 2024, into a formal party.He said that the faction of five MPs “work very well together” and that they will “come together” to form an “alternative group”.Mr Corbyn said the group will “deal with poverty inequality and a foreign policy based on peace rather than war”. More

Watch as Nigel Farage is grilled by his constituent for not being active in Clacton, before then forgetting his name.Appearing on Nick Ferrari at Breakfast on LBC on Thursday (3 July), the Reform UK leader was taking questions from callers when he received a telling-off from listener Jamie.Jamie claimed that many Clacton residents’ queries have gone ignored by Mr Farage, before asking him directly “how much time do you spend per week on constituency matters and how many emails do you answer?”The Reform UK leader began to list off his upcoming plans to be in Clacton before addressing Jamie as “Kevin”, which Mr Ferrari stepped in to correct. More

Sir Keir Starmer has admitted the past few days have been “tough” as he discusses Rachel Reeves crying during parliament on Wednesday (2 July).Speaking to Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4 on Thursday (3 July), the prime minister said: ”I’m not going to pretend the last few days have been easy, they’ve been tough.”The Chancellor was spotted sobbing as she sat behind Sir Keir during Prime Ministers Questions, where Kemi Badenoch commented that she “looks miserable”.Sir Keir refused to speculate on the cause of Ms Reeves’ tears, stressing it was a “personal matter” and dismissing rumours that she was on the chopping block.“That’s absolutely wrong”, reiterating that she has done an “excellent job as Chancellor”. More

Health secretary Wes Streeting has publicly backed his cabinet colleague Rachel Reeves, asserting she is “resilient and will bounce back” amid swirling speculation about her future in government. His full support comes a day after Ms. Reeves was seen wiping away tears in the House of Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (July 2). The emotional moment followed leader of the opposition Kemi Badenoch telling the Commons Ms. Reeves looked “absolutely miserable.” Labour minister Ellie Reeves was seen holding her sister’s hand as she left the chamber. More

Rachel Reeves appeared emotional during Prime Ministers Questions on Wednesday (2 July), with Kemi Badenoch saying she looks “absolutely miserable”.The Chancellor sat next to Sir Keir Starmer whilst he took a grilling from the Commons on his watered-down welfare bill, which was passed yesterday in a crunch vote.Before the 30-minute session Ms Reeves appeared visibly upset, with Ms Badenoch saying that the Chancellor is “toast” and a “human shield” for Sir Keir’s “incompetence”.Ms Badenoch then suggested that the prime minister had failed to confirm whether Ms Reeves would retain her position, saying: “How awful for the Chancellor that he couldn’t confirm that she will stay in place.”A spokesperson for the Chancellor later said that she was dealing with a “personal matter” and Downing Street quickly confirmed she was “going nowhere”. More

Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of having a “brass neck” over his welfare bill, telling the House of Commons that the legislation will “achieve nothing”.Facing off against the prime minister at the despatch box on Wednesday (2 July), the leader of the opposition laughed off the prime minister’s dig that Labour are “clearing up the mess they [the Conservatives] made”. “He’s got some brass neck. Has he read the papers this morning?”, she said, adding: “It is a pointless waste of time and is absolute proof that he doesn’t have a plan.”The bill, which would see changes made to personal independence payment (PIP) and the health-related element of universal credit, passed its second reading during a crunch vote on Tuesday evening. More

Angela Rayner has said Nigel Farage “promised the world the moon on a stick” with Brexit and Britain has not seen any of the benefits.Asked about the prospect of Reform UK winning a general election, she said: “Nigel Farage was the key architect for Brexit, and all these wonderful things we were going to get, and we haven’t had those wonderful things. “Now we can argue this, we were promised a lot, and we haven’t had that. So I think you have to be very skeptical about people that will promise the world the moon on a stick, and then there’s no detail of how they can actually deliver it.” More

Reform UK has released a video mocking Labour ahead of their anniversary of winning the general election on July 4.A parody style music advert called “Now That’s What I Call U-Turns” was shared by Nigel Farage’s party on Tuesday (1 July) with the caption: ”One year of Starmer, one year of u-turns”.The video references several of Labour’s controversial policies, including winter fuel payments with the song “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice playing in the background, whilst their early release of prisoners was referenced with Queen’s “I Want to Break Free”.Former party chairman Zia Yusuf shared the video with the caption: “The Reform digital team really is in a class of its own.” More