カテゴリー: Labour
Exclusive: Request to postpone Tsai Ing-wen’s trip came before ‘goodwill visit’ to China by David Lammy next weekThe UK Foreign Office (FCDO) asked for a visit by the former Taiwanese president to be postponed so as not to anger China ahead of a trip b…
Party leader seeks to win back British Indian voters after anger over party’s perceived support for Pakistan in Kashmir disputeKeir Starmer has promised to reset relations between the Labour party and India after years of tension between the two.The La…
Ministers say they have raised New Delhi and Mumbai raids with their Indian counterpartsLabour has condemned raids by Indian tax authorities on BBC offices in Mumbai and New Delhi as “deeply worrying”, as ministers say they have raised the issue with t…
Liza Begum said confusion with Apsana Begum who was acquitted of fraud charges ‘reflects notion all people of colour look the same’The BBC has agreed to pay £30,000 in damages to a British Bangladeshi Labour councillor after it mixed her up with Apsana…
Shadow foreign secretary says UK government ignoring catastrophe as millions of Afghans go hungryThe shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, has flown to Kabul to see at first-hand the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan after the Taliban ta…
Support cuts across party lines, with a majority of both Conservative and Labour voters against the pulloutAlmost half of the public believes that the US decision to end its military involvement in Afghanistan was wrong, according to a new Observer pol…
Labour and Lib Dems say Boris Johnson has serious questions to answer over foreign secretary’s roleLabour has questioned whether Dominic Raab should remain as foreign secretary, describing his behaviour as “utterly shameful” after it emerged he delegat…
Senior Tory and Labour MPs united in their criticism of US president’s approach to Afghan crisisAfghanistan crisis: live updatesSenior British politicians have called on the government to repudiate Joe Biden’s comments on Afghanistan, saying the UK sho…
Tories and Labour MPs call for asylum in UK for refugees amid fears high-profile women will be targetedFollow Afghanistan live newsBoris Johnson is coming under pressure from his own MPs to urgently set up a new resettlement scheme for Afghan refugees,…
Labour says ‘washing hands’ of conflict now will lead to bloodier war and wider Taliban controlBoris Johnson has announced the end of Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan following a hasty and secretive exit of the last remaining troops 20 years a…
Labour MP Debbie Abrahams is denied entry into country, with no reason givenA Labour MP and Kashmiri rights campaigner has said she has been deported from India.Debbie Abrahams, the MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, who is chair of the all-party parl…
Warning over ‘divisive tactics’ after messages claim party is ‘anti-India’ and ‘anti-Hindu’British Hindus are being targeted by WhatsApp messages urging them to vote against Labour in the general election, accusing the party of being “anti-India” and “…