Only one in four voters believe Labour leader Ed Miliband has what it takes to become PM, even though most would vote his party into power. Labour'...

"Divisive" is the word that perhaps most accurately characterises reflections on the recent passing of Baroness Thatcher. But paradoxically, as David Cameron pointed out today, the day of Mrs. Thatcher's funeral, "we are all Thatcherites now".

Ed Miliband has hit back at Tony Blair after the former prime minister criticised his leadership of the Labour Party. In one of his most significa...

The Labour Party has said it has learned "lessons" from the mistakes made by Tony Blair, after the former prime minister criticised the direction the ...

Tony Blair has warned Labour that its fierce resistance to austerity and welfare cuts risked reducing it to a party of protest. In an apparent dig ...

A Labour government will give councils new powers to stop pay day lenders and betting shops swamping high streets, Ed Miliband pledged on Monday. B...

Labour's deputy leader admitted on Sunday it was understandable that workers felt "resentful" about benefits claimants that do not want a job as the p...

Empathy is an absolutely crucial part of the political picture. Take the Coalition's spending cuts. It's easy to see a policy in terms of numbers and strategies. It isn't until you seem the damage they have wrought up close that the human element begins to loom into focus.

Mr Osborne is so busy shouting "you're wrong!" at his naysayers, he can't actually hear what they're saying.

Government plans to freeze or cut the minimum wage have been criticised by anti-poverty campaigners, economists and ministers after Downing Street adm...

Labour has stepped up its protests against housing benefit cuts - claiming there is no alternative local accommodation for 96% of those hit by the so-...

Party leaders should hold cross-party talks on immigration to avoid a dangerous "arms race" towards tougher policies, the chair of the Commons home af...

As Labour and Conservative MPs chewed over the news that David Miliband is to leave politics to take up a new job with a charity in New York, most spe...

Talking tough on immigration is the new craze sweeping Westminster, as fear of Nigel 'The Romanians Are Coming' Farage infects the three main parties....

From the working families who have to wait until 2015 for help with the costs of childcare, to a 2.4% drop in real wages over the lifetime of this parliament, life is getting more expensive and more difficult for most Britons.

Labour are "open" to cheaper alternatives for the Trident nuclear deterrent but have stopped short of committing to ditch their long-standing commitme...

With the budget looming, all the political teams are furiously searching for eye-catching policies that appeal to the key audiences they need to pleas...