Speaking on the eve of Labour Party conference, Prime Minister Keir Starmer dismissed Reform UK leader Nigel Farage for relying on 'the politics of the easy answer'

Unite and the Communication Workers Union have put forward proposals calling for the policy to be scrapped at Labour's gathering in Liverpool.

Diane Abbott has warned that a new 'austerity drive' will increase racism faced by ethnic minorities 'bearing the brunt of the Government’s attacks'.

Although Downing Street has employed photographers to record the Prime Minister for some years, Ms Rayner is the first deputy to be awarded her own.

We should not forget than in its first 80 days Labour has ended the junior doctors’ strike, begun taking the railways into public hands, launched Great British Energy, ended no-fault evictions and set up a national wealth fund

The UK faces 'ruin' unless the public finances are stabilised, the Chancellor is set to argue in her conference speech looking ahead to the Government's first Budget.

In the letter to the watchdog yesterday, the Conservatives say the Deputy Prime Minister may have broken the rules by not admitting she was staying with former MP and her ex-boyfriend.

The 59-year-old entrepreneur's attendance was confirmed after he was seen at a conference event on Saturday night

Unite, one of Labour’s biggest union backers, and the CWU are seeking to force a vote at the conference in Liverpool to save the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners

A motion put forward by trade unions urging the Labour Party government to U-turn on the policy to restrict the £300 payments to only the poorest pensioners was due to take place today at the gathering in Liverpool.

Angela Rayner opened the Labour conference

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, less than three months in power, has arrived in Liverpool for the Labour Party conference dogged by controversies the likes of which he has so often blamed on the Conservative Party.

Keir Stamer has been forced to say he won't accept future clothes as gifts

Labour have denied reports Ms Rayner hired a personal photographer

The lighthearted image captured on a visit to Scotland sits alongside more serious shots of her hard at work in the short weeks since Labour won the election taken by Simon Walker.

A row over freebies and hospitality has overshadowed government business

A vote on reversing the cut had been expected to take place on Monday but could now be pushed back to Wednesday.

Boos rung out across the hall at the Labour Party's conference on Monday after a delay to the vote on winter fuel payments was announced.