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Michelle FleuryBBC North American business correspondentKeenUS shoemaker Keen has bought part of its production back to the StatesIn a corner of Kentucky just outside of Louisville,…

John Major did not beat about the bush. In a speech this week to an Institute for Government conference marking the 30th anniversary of the Nolan report on…

The Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a whip in protest at the government’s welfare plans, saying she will not be able to vote for…

The leader of the Blue Labour group has said he will vote against the assisted dying bill – one of the most high-profile switchers – as…

Angela Rayner has refused to rule out punishing Labour MPs who vote against the government’s plans to cut disability benefits in the coming weeks, as ministers…

Government officials have admitted they made a mistake by making the financial case for cutting benefits as they steel themselves for as many as 50 Labour…

Louise Casey’s decision to recommend a national inquiry into grooming gangs has forced Keir Starmer’s hand on an issue that has haunted the Labour party for…

Ministers are facing a backlash over planned disability welfare changes, but Rachel Reeves on Thursday resisted calls to abandon the cuts.After ruling out a U-turn, pressure…

Martin Kettle quotes a former Whitehall mandarin saying that “the government has still not made clear what kind of Britain it is trying to create” (Rachel Reeves…

Becky, 47, BrightonOccupation Data product owner at a utilities companyVoting record Green but has voted Labour to keep the Tories outAmuse bouche Becky’s surname, Fuego, comes from…