The leader of the opposition Reform party, Nigel Farage, is calling the plan an ‘attempt to rig the political system.’

One recent poll on support for a hypothetical Corbyn-led party – which we should take with some salt – found that its 10% support comes partly from eating into the Green vote. An electoral arrangement with the Greens, on the other hand, may require shared policy platforms, raising the question of why a separate party is needed.

The suspensions will be seen as an attempt to restore discipline following a number of rebellions that has forced the government into U-turns.

Labour suspended four of its Members of Parliament in Britain for breaking party discipline following a large-scale rebellion over welfare cuts this month. Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Rachael Maskell confirmed their suspensions,

There are parallels between the political conditions which faced Harold Wilson and Sir Keir Starmer’s current challenges.

WHEN polling day dawns at the next general election, some 1.6million new voters will have been added to the electoral rolls. Hundreds of thousands of bright-eyed 16 and 17-year-olds will be

Paul Holmes asked in the Commons why the Government plans to lower the voting age while 16 and 17-year-olds are not allowed to buy lottery tickets or alcohol.

The claim is that the four rebels and three MPs who lost envoy status are persistent rebels, but this is an overreaction. In either case, it is clear the backbenchers felt ignored and undervalued, and that the government failed to take their concerns seriously in the first place.