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UK Labour Party MP Imran Hussain resigns as shadow minister for the New Deal for Working People over party leader Keir Starmer's position on the war, saying "I believe the party needs to go further and call for a ceasefire".
2023-11-8

The Leader of the UK's Labour Party, Keir Starmer, sacks his Shadow Secretary of State for Education Rebecca Long-Bailey for sharing an article on social media that says American police were trained by Mossad to use the knee-on-neck restraint that killed George Floyd, which Israeli police say is false.
2020-06-25

Shadow Treasury Minister Clive Lewis announces his candidacy to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party. He is the second person to make this announcement, after Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry.
2019-12-19

Labour Party MP Jo Cox dies at Leeds General Infirmary after being shot and stabbed as she prepared to hold a meeting with constituents in Birstall, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. A woman suffered serious injuries; a man was slightly wounded. West Yorkshire police have arrested a 52-year-old male suspect.
2016-06-16

Bradford West MP Naz Shah is suspended from the opposition Labour Party over comments she made on Facebook about Israel.
2016-04-27

The outcome of the election for the next leader of the United Kingdom Labour Party is announced with Jeremy Corbyn winning the contest ahead of Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall while Tom Watson is elected as the new deputy leader.
2015-09-12

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

British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband pays his first visit to Afghanistan.
2011-01-29

Former British Labour MP Phil Woolas loses his appeal to overturn an election court ruling that stripped him of his Parliamentary seat, thus triggering a by-election in his constituency.
2010-12-3

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