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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson, during a visit to a school in Dagenham. PIC: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

What alternative is Sir Keir Starmer actually offering? - David Behrens

Labour Party candidate Keir Mather celebrates winning with 16,456 votes the Selby and Ainsty by-election on July 21, 2023 in Selby (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Keir Mather says he’s ‘heard far worse’ than being ‘Baby of the House’

Labour leader Keir Starmer. Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images.

What is Keir Starmer offering to Yorkshire? It's time he told us - Jayne Dowle

Rory Stewart made string criticisms of Labour's criminal justice policy at an event in Leeds

Rory Stewart condemns Keir Starmer for 'disgusting' prison policy

File photo dated 21/03/19 of Keir Starmer (left) and the then Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn arriving in Brussels ahead of a meeting with Michel Barnier.

Injustice to Corbyn not only reason for Left to rediscover voice: Jon Trickett

Sir Keir Starmer (centre) with Labour's shadow Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, (2nd from right) and Former Education Secretary and Chair of the Council of Skills, Lord Blunkett (2nd from left) and other Council of Skills advisors, in the Houses of Parliament, London, as their 'Learning and skills for economic recovery, social cohesion and a more equal Britain' report is launched. The report, commissioned by the Labour leader last November, will make recommendations on driving up skills across England. Picture date: Wednesday October 26, 2022.

Education "revolution" needed, Labour says

The Labour leader spoke to the Yorkshire Post following his speech at the Labour Regional Conference in Barnsley

Labour leader pledges devolution, industry jobs, and levelling up for Yorkshire

Kit Malthouse is the new Education Secretary. PIC: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images

Change in policy on grammar schools leaves Labour an open goal - Jayne Dowle

Children seem to be low on the political agenda but poverty and the rising cost of living is damaging the life chances of many of them. Picture: Adobe Stock

Silence on child poverty from potential Conservative Party leaders - Jayne Dowle

Boris Johnson.

Labour must prepare while Prime Minister Boris Johnson is weak - David Blunkett

What are Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's chances of winning the next election?

Why Sir Keir Starmer is not guaranteed election success – Rob Potts

Rachel Reeves previously worked for the Bank of England and HBOS before becoming a MP in 2010.

What Rachel Reeves learnt from witnessing the financial crisis unfold in Halifax

John McDonnell oversaw Labour's 2019 General Election campaign - and says he hopes to help the party avoid the mistakes that were made.

John McDonnell: Labour can learn from my mistakes to win next election

A new BBC documentary has looked at the relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown during the New Labour era.

What Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were really like to work with

Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer leaves the stage after delivering his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference in Brighton (PA)

Keir Starmer seems to have won over members, now he must turn to the masses

What should Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer do for towns like Barnsley?

Barnsley’s message to Keir Starmer and Labour – Jayne Dowle

Kim Leadbeater after winning the Batley and Spen seat back in May.
Picture: Getty Images.

"Westminster is a very different world to Yorkshire"

Former MP Helen Jackson has written a new book about her time at Sheffield Council in the 1980s, where she was a central figure in the 'People's Republic of South Yorkshire'. Picture: Tony Johnson.

Battles with Thatcher and sexism in the 'People's Republic of South Yorkshire'

Alastair Campbell

Who is Alastair Campbell? What you need to know about the former spin doctor

Sir Keir Starmer heads to Hartlepool to campaign in the forthcoming by-election.

Hartlepool is by-election on Keir Starmer and Labour – The Yorkshire Post says

Labour leader Keir Starmer pictured last year in Doncaster

Keir Starmer says Brexit was 'yesterday's war' as he backs pro-EU candidate
Sir Keir Starmer said Labour would not fight "yesterday's wars" as he defended the party's pro-EU candidate in the Hartlepool by-election.

How can the Government help areas like Fishlake that have been badly hit by floodinmg? Don Valley MP Nick Fletcher poses the question.

Stop talking down the North; now is the time to talk it up – Nick Fletcher

Alastair Campbell. Picture: Jerome Favre/Bloomberg via Getty Images/PA.

Alastair Campbell opens up about family's mental health struggles

Harold Best

Obituary: Harold Best, former MP

Sir Keir Starmer is the Labour leader.

Immigration: Sir Keir Starmer and Labour still not listening to us – Yorkshire P...

Grace Campbell, stand-up comedian and daughter of Alistair, has been on tour with her show Why I'm Never Going in to Politics

Comedian Grace Campbell: “I gave the Putins some very sound fashion advice”

British Gas has come under fire for raising the minimum top up amount for pre-pay meters to £5.

Why British Gas is under fire for hike in pre-pay meter charges – Tom Hinchcliff...

Should Jeremy Corbyn step down immediately as Labour's leader?

Get rid of Jeremy Corbyn and all Corbynites if Labour is to survive – Richard He...

Boris Johnson will either have to negotiate another extension or take us out of the EU on WTO terms

Blackfriar: In this election people are holding their noses and voting for the l...

Kevin Barron who has stepped down as an MP, pictured at Dinnington. Picture by Simon Hulme.

How bruising Miners’ Strike changed Kevin Barron from Scargillite to Labour mode...

Not voting in the election would be a betrayal of the war generation, says reader Karl Sheridan. Do you agree?

Our duty to vote despite Britain being faced with the worst choice ever at this ...

Will th December 12 election break the Brexit deadlock?

Message to MPs: You don’t need to pay £39bn to EU to deliver Brexit – Yorkshire ...
From: Graham Wood, Station Road, Poppleton, York.

Bradford West MP Naz Shah. Photo: JPI Media

MP Naz Shah to launch legal action against her own party over mayoral shortlist

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has a political discussion with a woman during the campaign trail in Exeter, ahead of today's European elections. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

European elections are a battle for the soul of UK - Jayne Dowle

Are the policies under Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn to blame for voters deserting the two main parties?

Policies to blame for voters deserting Labour and Conservatives - Yorkshire Post...

Theresa May on the local election campaign trail in the North West last week.

Jayne Dowle: Voters like me are let down by Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn having...

Home Secretary Amber Rudd.

Tom Richmond: Violent crime response demands better than criminal political comp...

Theresa May acts as a a marshal at a Good Friday fun run in her constituency.

Tom Richmond: Theresa May finds her stride and a new sense of direction

Gary Oldman has been nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the film Darkest Hour.

YP Letters: Darkest Hour epic shows why Europe should treat us with respect

Jeremy Corbyn - the Labour leader needs to remember, according to columnist Jayne Dowle, that he is supposed to speak for the many and not the few.

Jayne Dowle: Labour need to follow a new path to power

Jon Trickett

Jon Trickett interview: '˜Labour needs to be ready to hit the ground running'

Do Labour MPs complain too much about Tory cuts?

YP Letters: Labour councillors and MPs stuck in a groove

PFI: Value for money or not?

The Yorkshire Post Says: How many doctors and nurses could be hired for the Â£11...

THE YP

Watch reporter Rob Parsons discussing this weekend's exclusive in The Yorkshire ...

Make sure you pick up this weekend's bumper The Yorkshire Post.

Watch reporter Rob Parsons discuss this weekend's exclusive in The Yorkshire Pos...

Kevin McNamara (left) is made a Freeman of Hull, by the Lord Mayor, Coun. Jim Mulgrove.

Kevin McNamara, long-serving Hull MP

Haredale Hospital

The Yorkshire Post Says: Truly staggering scale of PFI debt that YOU are paying ...

Can Theresa May deliver Brexit?

YP Letters: Parties should put aside differences to fight for best Brexit deal

Jeremy Corbyn galvanised the youth vote.

Chris Bond: Why the youth vote now matters and is music to the ears of the jilte...

PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo.

YP Comment: The great economic challenge

Are free tuition fees sustainable?

YP Letters: Are too many students going into higher education?

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn unveils his party's manifesto in Bradford.

YP Comment: Jeremy Corbyn and Labour's uphill struggle

Jeremy Corbyn speaks to the media after Labour's ruling body endorsed the party's leaked election manifesto.

Jayne Dowle: Labour should look beyond Jeremy Corbyn and vote for a positive fut...

Aisha Iqbal: Need to borrow a burka, Mrs May?

Michael Foot was Labour leader in 1983.

Richard Heller: Outlook for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour worse than party's 1983 suici...

The House of Lords finally paved the way this week for the Government to begin the process of Brexit.

Andy Price: Brexit is defining issue for parties '“ to Labour's cost

Prime Minister Theresa May

YP Comment: PM's social mobility challenge

Theresa May at PMQs.

YP Comment: May or Corbyn? It is no contest. PM exposes Labour's disarray

Jeremy Corbyn. Credit: Isabel Infantes/PA Wire

Corbyn calls on socialists to unite against '˜right-wing populism' sweeping Euro...