Alongside the release of Budget documents today, Labour leader Chris Hipkins admitted he had shut down plans for a "tax switch" in this year's Budget, which would have seen a tax-free bracket and a 1.5 percent tax on wealth above $5 million from 2024.

Source: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/hipkins-tax-pledge-could-damage-coalition-talks

A more trenchant reaction came from the Labour leader of Gravesham council, Cllr John Burden, who effectively accused the government of cherry-picking areas where it had more support.

Source: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/opinion/levelling-up-is-political-confetti-thrown-against-backdrop-280915/

Ardern said she believed her New Zealand Labour Party would still win the upcoming election and added that a vote to elect the next Labour leader would be held on Sunday.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9420564/new-zealand-ardern-resigns/

Asked if he was a yimby – a yes in my back yard – the Labour leader said: “I am, yes.”

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-labour-housing-new-towns-b2427737.html

At FMQs, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar asked Mr Yousaf to welcome the proposals, but was immediately reminded of widespread opposition to them.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23608320.humza-yousaf-labour-see-north-east-cash-cow-english-tax-cuts/?ref=rss

At the time, the Labour leader drew himself up to his full height and said that he had never before been called a “paedophile protector”.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/07/keir-starmer-high-horse-politics-labour-rishi-sunak

A WELSH Government deputy minister who some had speculated would run to replace Mark Drakeford as Welsh Labour leader and first minister has ruled herself out of the race.

Source: https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/23994357.hannah-blythyn-rules-welsh-labour-leadership-contest/?ref=rss

Before Sir Keir could start his speech setting out how he would run the country for a decade, an unnamed man screaming 'democracy is in crisis' got to the Labour leader completely unchallenged.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-12615091/Protester-throws-glitter-Keir-Starmer-whilst-shouting.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Birmingham City Council's Labour leader Ian Ward to or be forced out has been condemned.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/attempt-force-out-birmingham-city-26820830

But Labour leader Keir Starmer argued creating a specific offence would "make it easier for people to come forward and report what’s happened and easier to prosecute".

Source: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/woman-21-friends-felt-embarrassed-26804016

"Childcare unlocks not just the potential of children, but also the potential of parents," Labour leader Keir Starmer said last month.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/priced-out-of-work-by-childcare-could-uk-parents-hold-key-to-growth

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has also described the cap in the past as “obscene and inhumane”.

Source: https://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/national/23662269.labour-may-unable-afford-reverse-lots-bad-policies-mp-warns/?ref=rss

Deputy Scottish Labour leader Jackie Baillie is in charge of vetting candidates and chaired the four-person panel which refused to let Cllr Kerr go forward for shortlisting.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23316354.labour-accused-anti-left-wing-stitch-up-candidate-selection/?ref=rss

Describing the episode as an "absolute tragic situation", the deputy Labour leader told Times Radio: "It's right that the look at their processes, and see if their complaints process works properly.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1790561/angela-rayner-bbc-huw-edwards

Glenys Kinnock, a former British cabinet minister, member of the European Parliament and wife of former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, has died.

Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2023-12-03/glenys-kinnock-former-uk-minister-european-parliament-member-and-wife-of-ex-labour-leader-dies

Government figures had lobbied Acoba to impose a waiting period of 12 months after complaints about Ms Gray’s move to join the Labour leader after leading a high-profile investigation into Boris Johnson over lockdown breaches in No 10.

Source: https://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/news/national/23629050.whitehall-probe-finds-sue-gray-broke-civil-service-rules-labour-job-talks/?ref=rss

Head of campaigns Mary Church said: “Saying no to new licences is an important start but the Labour leader needs to go further and stand up to the oil and gas companies that are ripping off householders and profiting as the planet burns.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/first-minister-humza-yousaf-scotland-gb-energy-ed-miliband-b2360223.html

Her contract was extended last June by three years, shortly before Labour leader Sir Keir and his deputy Angela Rayner were cleared of breaching lockdown regulations after being pictured drinking beer and eating a takeaway curry with party colleagues.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23586373.new-police-scotland-chief-constable-announced-in-days/?ref=rss

In 2022, then Glasgow Labour leader Malcolm Cunning said the idea his party were solely to blame for the hefty bill to come from the equal pay dispute was “a false characterisation of what happened”.

Source: https://www.thenational.scot/news/23809935.scale-labours-mess-snp-hit-glasgow-faces-1-5bn-bill/?ref=rss

It comes after Labour leader Keir Starmer refused several times to rule out a pact with the Lib Dems after the next election.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/wolverhampton-mp-gives-direct-answer-26885953