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2024 Suspension Of Rebel Labour MPs
On 23 July 2024, the British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party Whip (politics), withdrew the whip from 7 of its Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MPs who had supported an amendment tabled by the Scottish National Party Westminster leader Stephen Flynn to scrap the Benefit cap, two child benefit cap. MPs rejected the SNP amendment by 363 votes to 103. The seven Labour MPs suspended for six months were John McDonnell, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Imran Hussain (British politician), Imran Hussain, Apsana Begum and Zarah Sultana, who subsequently sat as Independent politician, independents but remained members of the Labour Party. In early 2025 Burgon, Byrne, Long-Bailey and Hussain's suspensions were ended and they re-joined the Parliamentary Labour Party. Background The benefit cap is a UK welfare policy that limits the amount in state benefits that an individual household can claim per year. It was introduced by the Cameron–Clegg coalition government in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Portrait Of Stephen Flynn MP Crop 2, 2024
An official is someone who holds an office (function or Mandate (politics), mandate, regardless of whether it carries an actual Office, working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either their own or that of their superior or employer, public or legally private). An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election. Officials may also be appointed ''ex officio'' (by virtue of another office, often in a specified capacity, such as presiding, advisory, secretary). Some official positions may be Inheritance, inherited. A person who currently holds an office is referred to as an incumbent. Something "official" refers to something endowed with governmental or other authoritative recognition or mandate, as in official language, official gazette, or official scorer. Etymology The word ''official'' as a noun has been recorded since the Middle English period, first seen in 1314. It comes from the Old French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron–Clegg Coalition
The Cameron–Clegg coalition was formed by David Cameron and Nick Clegg when Cameron was invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government, following the resignation of Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010, after the general election on 6 May. It was the UK's first coalition government since the Churchill war ministry ended in 1945. The coalition was led by Cameron as prime minister with Clegg as deputy prime minister and composed of members of both Cameron's centre-right Conservative Party and Clegg's centrist Liberal Democrats. The Cabinet was made up of sixteen Conservatives and five Liberal Democrats, with eight other Conservatives and one other Liberal Democrat attending cabinet but not members. The coalition was succeeded by the single-party, second Cameron ministry following the 2015 election. History The previous Parliament had been dissolved on 12 April 2010 in advance of the general election on 6 May. The general election resulted in a hung p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 In British Politics
A list of events relating to politics and government in the United Kingdom during 2024. Events January * 1 January – ** In his New Year address, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby urges politicians to treat their opponents as human beings rather than enemies. ** Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps says that British forces are ready to act against Houthi rebels United States-Houthi conflict (2023–present), targeting cargo ships in the Red Sea. ** Writing on Twitter, X, Doug Barrowman, husband of Michelle, Baroness Mone, said it "suits the agenda" of ministers to "scapegoat" him and his wife as a means of distracting from government "incompetence" at failing to procure personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 pandemic. * 2 January – The Home Office says it has fulfilled a pledge to clear a "legacy" backlog of 92,000 asylum applications lodged before July 2022. But after it subsequently emerges that over 4,000 case ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Alliance (UK)
The Independent Alliance is a parliamentary faction in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom comprising five Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), members of Parliament (MPs) who were elected as Independent politician#United Kingdom, independents. The group is not a political party. The Independent Alliance was formed on 2 September 2024 by Jeremy Corbyn, formerly Leader of the Labour Party (UK), leader of the Labour Party, alongside Shockat Adam, Adnan Hussain, Ayoub Khan and Iqbal Mohamed. All five members were elected as independent MPs in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. The formation was in part to gain more time to speak in parliament. At five MPs, the Independent Alliance is currently the joint fifth-largest grouping in the House of Commons, tied with Reform UK and the Democratic Unionist Party. The group opposes austerity, the two-child benefit cap, the sale of arms to Israel and the abolition of the winter fuel allowance for mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Johnson (politician)
Kim Marie Johnson (born 25 August 1966) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Riverside since 2019. Early life and career Kim Johnson was born in Liverpool on the 25 August 1966, the daughter of Joseph Johnson and Kathleen Johnson. She has a Diploma in Youth and Community Work, a BA in Social Studies, and a Postgraduate Certificate. Since 2015, Johnson has been the Chairperson of Squash Liverpool, a community interest company. In 2020, she became a patron of Mandela8. Prior to becoming an MP, Johnson was a Unison shop steward. She held a role of creative diversity manager in the Capital of Culture bid team, representing the longest established black community in the country. Parliamentary career On 4 November 2019, Johnson was selected as the Labour candidate for Liverpool Riverside by a panel made up of national, regional and local party representatives. At the 2019 general election, Johnson was elected to Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North (UK Parliament constituency), Islington North since 1983. Now an Independent politician, independent, Corbyn had been a member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party from 1965 until his expulsion in 2024, and remains a member of the Socialist Campaign Group parliamentary caucus. He served as Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. Corbyn identifies ideologically as a socialist on the Labour left, political left. Born in Chippenham, Wiltshire, Corbyn joined the Labour Party as a teenager. Moving to London, he became a List of trade unions in the United Kingdom, trade union Union representative, representative. In 1974, he was elected to London Borough of Haringey, Haringey Council and became Secretary of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Your Party (UK)
Independent MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, both of whom had previously been members of the Labour Party, launched a new left-wing party in the UK on 24 July 2025. The party is in the process of being set up and does not yet have a permanent name, which will be decided at a founding conference expected in mid-late 2025. However, an interim name of Your Party is being used for its sign-up website, and has been used by others as an interim name to refer to the party. The party is associated with the Independent Alliance – a group of 6 independent MPs in the House of Commons – with Sultana having joined in July 2025. Background The idea of a new left-wing party had been considered for some time. Jeremy Corbyn was, for many years, a member of the Labour Party and had been its leader. However, having been suspended from the party, he stood in the 2024 general election in Islington North as an independent and was elected. He then formed a parliamentary group, the Inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Reeves
Rachel Jane Reeves (born 13 February 1979) is a British politician who has served as Chancellor of the Exchequer since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West and Pudsey, formerly Leeds West, since 2010. She previously held various shadow ministerial and shadow cabinet portfolios between 2010 and 2015 and from 2020 to 2024. Born in Lewisham, Reeves attended Cator Park School for Girls. She studied PPE at the University of Oxford before obtaining a master's degree in economics from the London School of Economics. She joined the Labour Party at the age of sixteen, and later worked in the Bank of England. After two unsuccessful attempts to be elected to the House of Commons, she was elected as the MP for the seat of Leeds West at the 2010 general election. She endorsed Ed Miliband in the 2010 Labour leadership election and joined his frontbench in October 2010 as Shadow Pensions Minister. She was promoted to the shado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He previously served as Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024. He has been Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015, and was Director of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales), Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013. Born in Southwark and raised in Surrey, Starmer attended Reigate Grammar School. He was active politically as a teenager, and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Leeds in 1985 and received a Master's degree, postgraduate Bachelor of Civil Law degree from the University of Oxford where he was a student at St Edmund Hall in 1986. After being called to the Bar, Starmer practised predominantly i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedroom Tax
The bedroom tax is a United Kingdom welfare policy whereby tenants living in public housing (also called council or social housing) with rooms deemed "spare" experience a reduction in Housing Benefit, resulting in them being obliged to fund this reduction from their incomes, move home, or face rent arrears and potential eviction by their landlord (be that the local authority or a housing association). The policy was introduced as part of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 passed during the Premiership of David Cameron. ''Bedroom tax'' is the most commonly used term for the policy, especially by critics of the changes who argue that they amount to a tax because of the lack of social housing (or in some areas, any rented accommodation) for affected tenants to downsize to (and the refusal to accept the risk of taking in lodgers). The bedroom tax is also referred to as the under-occupancy penalty, under occupation penalty, under-occupancy charge, under-occupation charge or size criteria. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom Government Austerity Programme
The United Kingdom government austerity programme was a fiscal policy that was adopted for a period in the early 21st century following the era of the Great Recession. Coalition and Conservative governments in office from 2010 to 2019 used the term, and it was applied again by many observers to describe Conservative Party policies from 2021 to 2024, during the cost of living crisis. With the exception of the short-lived Truss ministry, the governments in power over the second period did not formally re-adopt the term. The two austerity periods are separated by increased spending during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first period was one of the most extensive deficit reduction programmes seen in any advanced economy since the Second World War, with emphasis placed on shrinking the state, rather than consolidating fiscally as was more common elsewhere in Europe. The Conservative-led government claimed that austerity served as a deficit reduction programme consisting of sustained re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Osborne
George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born 23 May 1971) is a British retired politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the Cameron government. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 2001 to 2017. The son of the Osborne & Little co-founder and baronet Peter Osborne, Osborne was born in Paddington and educated at Norland Place School, Colet Court and St Paul's School, London before studying at the University of Oxford as an undergraduate student of Magdalen College, Oxford. After working briefly as a freelancer for ''The Daily Telegraph'', he joined the Conservative Research Department in 1994 and became head of its political section. He went on to be a special adviser to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Douglas Hogg and work for John Major at 10 Downing Street, including on Major's unsuccessful 1997 general elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
