John Prescott has denied a decade-old claim that he groped the wife of a fellow Labour MP. The former deputy prime minister had been accused of a sexual assault by Linda McDougall, the wife of veteran ...

It's been a bad week for me and my husband, Austin Mitchell, the Labour MP for Grimsby. He’s been bullied and abused by his colleagues in his own party for daring to discuss the future of all-women ...

A Labour MP has been reprimanded over an "unacceptable" remark likening a US pharmaceutical giant to "rapists" over its bid to take over a British rival, as Ed Miliband faced calls to sack him. Austin ...

Keir Starmer leads tributes to colourful figure who represented Lincolnshire port town for 38 years Keir Starmer has led tributes to the former Great Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell, who has died aged 86.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has led tributes to the party’s former MP for Great Grimsby Austin Mitchell following his death at the age of 86. Mr Mitchell was a colourful figure who represented the ...