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Labour politicians from across Greater Manchester have met with members of the Muslim community as pressure mounts on the party over its stance on the Israel-Gaza war. Mayor Andy Burnham was joined by Gorton MP Afzal Khan and council leaders from across the city-region at the meeting in Whalley Range this afternoon (October 27).

The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has met with the party's Muslim MPs as unrest grows over his position on Israel and Gaza. There is reported to be growing anger among the grassroots and some in the parliamentary party over comments made by Sir Keir on the escalating conflict.

A Manchester councillor has quit the Labour Party over Sir Keir Starmer's stance on Israel. Ardwick councillor Amna Abdullatif has resigned from the party citing comments made by the Labour leader about the conflict in the Middle East as the reason.

Keir Starmer shrugged off a protester who covered him in glitter as he arrived on stage to make his key-note conference speech today.

Sir Keir Starmer's conference speech kicked off with a heckler invading the stage and throwing glitter over the Labour Party leader.

Pete Townshend of The Who has revealed Keir Starmer was the lawyer who challenged him in Townshend’s infamous child pornography case.In 2003, it was discovered that Townshend had paid to view a child pornography site, which prompted a police investigation. The Who star claimed that it was research for a campaign against pedophilia for his memoir, where Townshend believed he may have been sexually abused as a child: “You have to know what’s out there.”Shortly before his memoir was published in 2012, Townshend elaborated on the incident.

Keir Starmer has vowed to scrap plans to forcibly remove asylum seekers to Rwanda even if the policy is deemed legal by the courts and such action reduces the number of unauthorised Channel crossings.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was asked what he admires about his political rival Rishi Sunak ahead of the party's conference in Liverpool. "I admire the fact that on the day he was elected Prime Minister he made a point of phoning me for a one-to-one conversation and in that conversation we agreed that we would challenge each other robustly on the things that we needed to challenge each other on," Sir Keir told the BBC.

Sir Keir Starmer has hailed a “seismic result” for Labour after his party overwhelmingly won Scotland’s first recall by-election.

A senior Labour MSP has accused Keir Starmer of failing to provide “climate leadership” over the Rosebank oil field.

Labour plans to charge VAT on private school fees but won't scrap their charitable status if it wins the general election.

An SNP MP has hit out at Labour's new "Blairite" Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary over the party's welfare policies.

Humza Yousaf has defended a plan to start negotiations on independence if his party wins the most seats in Scotland at the next general election.

Front Row) and Chris Taylor on bass and guitar.Robert Peston on vocals & Ed Balls on drums? Why, it's 'Centrist Dad'. And any suggestion that they chose the name because it was associated with opposing socialism is entirely wrong! #GMB pic.twitter.com/afNrem1HVh— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) September 11, 2023Massive crowd for Centrist Dad’s debut gig in North London.

Schools, hospitals and a theatre in Greater Manchester have been identified as having dangerous crumbling concrete. Councils and social housing providers across the region are checking their estates for signs of the problem.

Seven schools in Greater Manchester have so far been confirmed to be at risk from reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) - as the new term starts today and tomorrow for thousands of children.

Tameside MP and Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has been appointed shadow levelling up secretary as part of a shadow cabinet reshuffle.

An Oldham MP has stepped down from Labour's shadow cabinet as he faces a 'testing' recovery from illness. Jim McMahon, MP for Oldham West and Royton, resigned from the position of shadow environment secretary this morning (September 4).

Humza Yousaf will claim an SNP victory in a crunch by-election will force Labour to rethink its opposition to scrapping the two-child cap on benefits. The First Minister will use a speech in Perth today to accuse Keir Starmer of making a "political choice" over the hated Tory benefits policy.

Nadine Dorries has resigned her parliamentary seat with a scathing attack on Rishi Sunak, accusing him of “demeaning his office by opening the gates to whip up a public frenzy” against her.

The SNP candidate in a crunch by-election has blasted Labour after the full impact of the two-child cap on benefits on the local constituency was revealed.

The UK spends a lower percentage of its GDP on financial support for disabled people and sick workers than any other country in north-west Europe, the SNP has claimed.

GB News presenter Eamon Holmes has been slammed after he made a dig about the Lionesses loss to Spain in the World Cup Final on Sunday. England's Lionesses narrowly lost out to Spain 1-0 in Sydney, Australia, after a sole goal from Olga Carmona was all it took to seal the deal and give Spain their first World Cup win.The match, which was shown live on the BBC, had millions watching it round the country with figures from the channel indicating the audience topped 14 million in the dying moments of the game.

Simply Red wrote: “Congratulations Spain. Best team on this day.”Ahead of the game the band also said: “The England Women’s team represent the country I wanna be part of,” before taking a dig at the Tories and Rishi Sunak for not attending the final.Congratulations Spain.

Millions of England fans will be hoping for victory as the Lionesses take on Spain in today's Women's World Cup final.

Voters in Rutherglen and Hamilton West want to talk about divisions in Labour and not Margaret Ferrier, the SNP candidate in a crunch by-election has claimed.

England are into the Women’s World Cup final for the first time after beating Australia in the semi-final on Wednesday.

The Lionesses are one step closer to a World Cup victory after beating Colombia 2-1 in a nail-biting quarter final match. Despite being 1-0 down 44 minutes into the game, the England women's team managed to pull it back with two goals from Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo. Columbia's Leicy Santos was the first player to score in the game, shooting the ball above England goalkeeper Mary Earps' head.

Scottish families are paying £5,000 more a year on mortgages than they were in late 2021, SNP-commissioned analysis has shown. The figures show that a typical Scottish family on an average two-year fixed mortgage rate would be paying £5,268 more in interest than they were two years ago.

Nearly 60 per cent of families punished by the “cruel” two child benefit cap introduced by the Tories are in work.