The Greater Manchester MP was suspended from Labour after reports he sent offensive messages in a WhatsApp Group

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s governing Labour Party slipped behind the main opposition Conservative Party in Bloomberg’s composite poll for the first time since the July 2024 general election.

A Labour-run council has told staff to announce their pronouns at the start of meetings. Bosses at Wandsworth borough council are also encouraging employees to add general neutral pronouns such as “ze/zir/zem” to email signatures and their social media profiles.

Former minister Justin Madders tells the BBC Labour must stick to its pledge to cap ground rents.

More than 60 Labour MPs have called on the prime minister to impose a ban on under-16s access to social media platforms. In a open letter to Sir Keir Starmer on Sunday, the 61 MPs said "successive governments" had done "too little to protect young people from... unregulated, addictive social media platforms".

Runcorn and Helsby also showed us that while Lib Dem and Conservative voters are remarkably easy to squeeze in a Lab vs Ref fight, Green voters are not. In Lab vs Ref fights, of the main parties, Green votes are the most stubborn.

Behind the scenes, Sir Keir had been coming under greater pressure to change his approach to the president.

Keir Starmer faces growing pressure as Andrew Gwynne's resignation opens a by-election route for Andy Burnham, reshaping Labour leadership odds and fuelling talk of an internal mutiny.

ANDY Burnham could now have a route to challenging Sir Keir Starmer amid rumours a nearby MP will resign as soon as TODAY. Andrew Gwynne is understood to have struck a deal with the Manchester