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In the United Kingdom, the ruling Labour Party drafts a bill that would remove the right of all hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords.
2024-09-5

Health Secretary Matt Hancock admits and apologizes for breaking COVID-19 social distancing rules in response to a reported affair with his aide Gina Coladangelo that was reported by the "The Sun". The opposition Labour Party calls for Hancock's immediate resignation or termination, calling his position "untenable".
2021-06-25

Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips drops out of the UK Labour Party leadership race.
2020-01-21

Two British Labour Party peers are suspended by their party after allegations they offered to undertake Parliamentary work in exchange for payment. A third peer, from the Ulster Unionist Party resigns the whip following the allegations.
2013-06-2

Labour wins all three by-elections contested in the UK on Thursday, including gaining Corby from the Conservatives. Andy Sawford is elected MP for Corby, Lucy Powell for Manchester Central and Stephen Doughty for Cardiff South and Penarth.
2012-11-16

British Member of Parliament Alan Keen, the Labour Party member for Feltham and Heston, dies at the age of 73.
2011-11-14

13 UK Uncut activists appear in court on charges of aggravated trespass after peacefully occupying the luxury London food retailer Fortnum & Mason during a protest against tax avoidance in March. More than 100 other activists are also expected to be put on trial later, with Labour MP John McDonnell claiming such a trial would be "outrageous" and "fly in the face of public opinion".
2011-07-5

A by-election is held in the UK Parliament constituency of Inverclyde to elect a new MP following the death of the previous incumbent, Labour's David Cairns in May.
2011-06-30

The counting of votes in UK local elections continues with the Labour Party making gains and the Liberal Democrats losing seats.
2011-05-6

Ed Miliband, the new leader of the UK's Labour Party, makes his first major speech at the party's Annual Conference in Manchester telling delegates that his "new generation" will return the party to power.
2010-09-28