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.

Labour's unity has been plunged into open conflict as senior backbenchers turn on the Justice Secretary, David Lammy, over controversial plans to restrict the right to jury trial. Karl Turner, the Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East since 2010, has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of the policy.

A Labour government in Edinburgh would be a “threat to Scottish jobs”, the SNP has claimed. The party’s economy spokesman Dave Doogan pointed to increased unemployment since Labour took office at Westminster in 2024 as a potential risk to jobs north of the border if Anas Sarwar wins May’s election.

Labour Party transport spokesman Ciarán Ahern has made a formal complaint to the Judicial Council about Circuit Court Judge James O’Donohoe over his criticisms of cyclists in a personal injuries case.

The Senator Nenadi Usman-led Labour Party, LP, has issued a sharp rebuke to Barrister Julius Abure for parading himself as the party’s national chairman after the Supreme Court judgement of April 4, 2025,

The government has announced plans for another petrol and diesel ban following the previously confirmed outlaw of car sales in 2030. Now, the Labour Party plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel lorries from 2040 as part of its new zero push. Proposals outline that all heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) must be fully electric.

The Julius Abure-led leadership of the Labour Party has dismissed claims that the Independent National Electoral Commission is opposed to its continued leadership, describing such assertions as deliberate misinterpretations intended to mislead the public.

Monday’s debate comes as Politico’s poll of polls shows Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is tied with the Greens on 16%, behind Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives (18%) and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK (29%).