Leader calls for councils to be empowered to remove politicians who commit crimes after resignation of a councillor who ...

A disgraced Redbridge councillor has resigned after pleading guilty to indecent exposure. Sam Gould, one of three Labour ...

Forming part of a fragmented but significant challenge to Labour from the left, they hope to win a council seat next week ...

When Wes Streeting appears on TV, you know he is going to say something completely ill-informed, prompting millions of people to facepalm in despair. In his latest round of television interviews ...

Wes Streeting has denied that Labour is "changing into the Tories" with its welfare reforms, amid speculation disability benefits could be cut. The health secretary told Sky News' Sunday Morning ...

Appearing on Sky News this morning, Streeting was asked by presenter Trevor Phillips: “Is it right that Jim Mackey, the head of NHS England, has written to local health boards demanding that ...

Wes Streeting has said the NHS is “addicted to overspending” as he launched an attack on health bosses. He said those in charge of the healthcare system assume “someone will come along to bail them ...

Wes Streeting was called out on a major U-turn this morning when Laura Kuenssberg revealed a previous speech in which he pledged not to sack NHS managers. The promise contrasts with his ...