LONDON – Labour Party ex-leader Jeremy Corbyn said Thursday that he's forming a new left-leaning U.K. political party to advocate "mass redistribution of wealth and power” and take on his former colleagues at the ballot box. The new formation has a ...

Britain's ruling Labour Party suffered a heavy electoral defeat on Friday in Wales, a traditional stronghold, in a result that highlights the threat posed by the Reform UK party, as the government struggles to revive the economy and ease fears about immigration.

The consequences for a city of immigrants (see map) could be profound. London is a net exporter of people to the rest of Britain: in the year to June 2024, 128,000 more domestic migrants departed than arrived. Without international migration, which boosted the capital’s population by 163,000, it would have shrunk.

The governing party said it was “deeply concerning” that Nigel Farage’s appearance in the U.S. Congress had been brokered by an organization that helped topple Roe v. Wade.