Who are the main contenders for British Labour Party leadership?

Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, Mary Creagh, Liz Kendall and Jeremy Corbyn all line out

London Letter: Labour soul-searching continues

Party left reeling grapples with conundrum: Was it the messenger or was it the message?

Liz Kendall adds zest to Labour’s leadership race

Leicester MP is scathing of party’s aimlessness under Ed Miliband

Unions may have bigger role in electing next Labour leader

Harriet Harman says party can be rebuilt ‘to take the fight to this Tory government and to stand up for Britain’

Labour announces shadow cabinet following UK election

Acting head Harriet Harman reveals new ministers ahead of leadership contest

Labour figures seek to turn back clock and adopt 1990s playbook

Blairite criticisms and Chuka Umunna attack have illustrated tensions in the party

Miliband says farewell to a journey that started five years ago

As he stood at the lectern the former Labour leader must have been thinking of what might have been

Victory sees Tories take seats they never thought possible

Analysis: Cameron set for Number 10 as recriminations begin in Labour and Lib Dems

UK election: Labour hopes 5m doorstep conversations will win ‘ground war’

‘Content creator’ software stores potential voters’ names and likelihood to vote Labour

British voters 'left in dark' on fiscal plans of main parties

Osborne accepts public scepticism and ‘fatigue’ is growing about all parties

Ed Miliband struggles to woo Scots

Voters urged to put aside thoughts of Scottish independence as poll shows Labour far behind SNP

Opinion polls no encouragement as Labour seeks momentum

Ed Miliband makes right noises in car factory visit but his campaign remains stalled

The long road to the UK’s May 7th general election has begun

The one certain thing seems to be that no single party will be able to win a majority

A chancellor blessed by Labour’s failure to regain reputation on economics

On taking up office, Osborne vowed to have the UK’s current account in the black by 2015

‘Culturally’ Labour voters will decide Scottish referendum

Labour Scotland is not the party it once was, as it struggles to regain credibility

Tories worry about ‘voteless recovery’ as Labour still in front

London Letter: For all Ed Miliband’s awkwardness, the next election is his to lose

Osborne warns British voters amid huge Ukip gains

Ukip gains more than 120 seats on English councils, eating into three main parties

Nothing up with calling opponents ‘muppets’, says Cameron

British PM says term used against opposition chiefs Miliband and Balls not ‘inappropriate’

‘No currency union’ with independent Scotland - Osborne

Coalition moves to dismiss comments from anonymous minister reported by Guardian

UK government attempts to secure the grey vote

Osborne unveils plans for retirees to have greater control over pension pot

British chancellor of the exchequer alters rules to let pensioners take their retirement savings as lump sum

Osborne's budget to focus on securing Britain's recovery

Chancellor expected to provide additional funding for apprenticeships and tax relief for childcare

Co-op listens to members as ‘ugly’ results loom

Some fear venerable British institution has lost its way

Cameron’s high-speed ambitions may be derailed in the shires

London Letter: shire Tories feel their views are being ignored by the prime minister

British chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne claims UK economy ‘turning corner’

Claim backed up by reports from independent financial institutions

EU referendum question poses difficulties for Labour

Voters have been promised poll on exit before end of 2017

Reckless bankers should face jail in event of bailouts, UK report says

George Osborne rules out breaking RBS into a good bank and a bad bank

Reckless bankers ‘should be jailed’, UK report says

Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards calls on government to hold senior officials personally responsible for malpractice

Labour’s gamble

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