The clean-up operation of Glastonbury Festival 2017 has begun as revellers return home from the five-day extravaganza.

MPs have accused social media giants of a "shameful" failure to tackle online terrorist propaganda and hate speech.

Jeremy Corbyn has been re-elected as leader of the Labour Party in the UK.

Jeremy Corbyn has urged Labour MPs in the UK to unite behind him if, as expected, he is returned as party leader with an even bigger mandate from grassroots members.

The divisions in Labour in the UK have been reinforced as members face deadline day in the party's leadership election.

Britain should be prepared to open its doors to refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria, Labour leadership contender Yvette Cooper has said.

Tony Blair has warned Labour supporters to reject the “Alice in Wonderland” appeal of Jeremy Corbyn or risk driving the party into an abyss.

Jeremy Corbyn’s suggestion that women-only train carriages could be introduced at night to guard against sexual attacks has been condemned by rival Labour leadership contenders and anti-sexism campaigners.

Leadership front-runner Jeremy Corbyn has rejected claims the party would split if he is elected to Labour’s top job as he set out plans to take on bankers, media moguls and the corporate world.

Tony Blair has issued a stark warning to Labour not to repeat the mistakes of the 1980s which consigned the party to 18 years in opposition.

An emboldened David Cameron moved to take Britain in a new right-wing direction as the defeated Labour Party turned in on itself for going too far left in the election campaign.

Smashed and shaken by the sheer scale of its surprise election defeat, the British Labour Party now faces into months of soul searching as it chooses a new leader.

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Britain’s approach to tackling child abuse is under fresh scrutiny after a shocking report found 1,400 youngsters in a town suffered sexual exploitation in a 16-year period.

A new British Government Bill on modern-day slavery introduces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for human trafficking, in a bid to clamp down on a problem which is believed to have increased in recent years.

Male managers earned average bonuses twice as big as those of their female counterparts in the past year, according to new research.

Scotland Yard has said that the detention of the partner of a Guardian journalist at the centre of revelations about US and British security services was "legally and procedurally sound".

Twitter plans to include a button for reporting abuse within every tweet, the site said today amid a growing furore over online threats to rape and kill a feminist campaigner.

A man will be questioned in the UK today over a barrage of hostile tweets to a feminist campaigner, including threats to rape and kill her.

The London Marathon runners fell silent on the start line today in memory of those who died in the Boston bomb attacks.

British Culture Secretary Maria Miller today promised no church would ever be forced to conduct a gay wedding as she faced a furious backlash from traditionalist Tories over Government plans for same-sex weddings.

Questions have been raised about the ability of the police watchdog to cope with its own investigation into the Hillsborough disaster.

Labour power couple Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper have not been on a date for a decade, the shadow chancellor has revealed.

David Cameron has been accused of presiding over a “cover-up” regarding Conservative chief whip Andrew Mitchell’s clash with a Downing Street police officer.

Theresa May was accused of giving MPs a “selective account” about when she knew G4S were having problems supplying enough guards to secure the Olympics.

More than 20,000 G4S guards have been accredited to provide security for the Olympics but the firm is unable to get them to turn up at venues, it has emerged.

The first competitors are due to take up residence in the Athlete’s Village for the London Olympics today, after a weekend in which the security of the event was called into question.

Brtain's Home Secretary Theresa May denied that Olympics security was a shambles today after the British military was called in to plug a gap left by the failure of private provider G4S.

Europe’s human rights judges are unlikely ever to reveal whether or not British Home Secretary Theresa May was right to say that Abu Qatada’s appeal was made too late, MPs heard today.

David Cameron will come under renewed pressure today to reverse the British government’s police cuts in the wake of riots sweeping the country.

Britain's Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke faced continued pressure today after sparking uproar by suggesting some rapes are more serious than others.

The British-educated son of Libya’s leader says the country’s foreign minister defected for health reasons and has no new information to offer UK authorities questioning him about the Lockerbie bombing.

Europe’s leaders are expected to change the Lisbon Treaty today – a year after it was hailed as the last EU Treaty for decades to come.

ALAN JOHNSON was appointed to the key role of shadow chancellor in Ed Miliband’s first shadow cabinet yesterday.

In the UK, the new leader of the Labour Party Ed Miliband has appointed his shadow cabinet.

Voting opens in Labour’s shadow cabinet elections today, with 49 MPs battling for a place in Ed Miliband’s top team.

Left-wing Labour MP Diane Abbott announced today she was running for the leadership of the UK part, becoming the first woman to enter the race.

GORDON BROWN’S crown as leader of the British Labour Party may be crumpled and tarnished but it is still highly coveted.

The British Government today warned that further rises in unemployment were expected before the summer as figures showed those claiming jobseeker’s allowance soared to the highest level since Labour came to power in 1997.

Unemployment in Britain has fallen for the first time in 18 months, official figures show.

'Strictly Come Dancing' performer Anton du Beke said tonight he was “mortified” after making a racist remark to dance partner Laila Rouass.

CONSERVATIVES yesterday announced tax breaks worth £250 million (€272m) to new businesses, as the party’s leadership sought to put a lid on internal discontent over Europe at their annual conference in Manchester.

Unions and employers in Britain reacted with "alarm" today after unemployment surged to a 14-year high, prompting fresh calls for the UK government help for the growing army of jobless.