Former Labour leader David Cunliffe is expected to be absent from the party's front bench when the new caucus line-up is unveiled today.

Political columnist John Armstrong looks at whether Andrew Little can pull Labour out of the mire in which it is stuck so deeply.

A successful leader must be able to resonate with the working class and the left-wing intellectual, writes Dita De Boni. The votes have been cast, and Andrew Little has won.

Andrew Little walked into his new leader's suite in Parliament to be confronted by a wall of cameras, all pointing at a podium bristling with microphones.

After weeks of things moving slowly in Labour, things are now moving very quickly indeed.

New Labour leader Andrew Little says departing Cera boss Roger Sutton should not be given a golden handshake.

New Labour leader Andrew Little will head straight into the minefield of choosing his deputy and finance spokesman and is expected to send a message to the Cunliffe team by ignoring David Cunliffe and Nanaia Mahuta for the roles.

For a week in September Andrew Little's parliamentary survival was in doubt. Two months later he's Leader of the Opposition. It's a remarkable recovery.

Taking the party organisation by the scruff of the neck and giving it a good shake might be a good start to ensuring his longevity, writes Brian Rudman.

Andrew Little's biggest challenge as the voice of Labour is to drown out other Opposition leaders, namely Russel Norman and Winston Peters.

Andrew Little, who was today elected leader of the Labour Party, is a lawyer and high-profile union leader. He also knows how to dance.

Andrew Little has won the Labour leadership battle, saying his job now is to ensure this will be National's final term.

It's been a month-long campaign, but finally the contest for Labour's leadership is drawing to a close, with the new leader to be revealed at 2pm.

The new Labour leader is going to have to be one tough cookie.

If there was a fifth voting option of “None of the above” on the ballot of the current Labour Party leadership, it might well win, writes Bryce Edwards.

When the result of the Labour Party's leaderhsip contest is announced tomorrow there is more at stake than a new face for Labour.

Labour's leadership contest has turned into a showdown on the party's capital gains tax policy, with Andrew Little and David Parker at loggerheads over its future.

The horse that I would back in Labour's leadership race isn't running. Nash is a winner. And Labour needs a winner, more than anything, writes Rodney Hide.

A law which takes away the legal right to a tea break and weakens collective bargaining has taken line honours as the first law change passed in National’s third term.

We are now halfway through the three-week marathon of what Labour likes to call hustings meetings for its leadership contestants but what Brian Edwards describes more colourfully as "cavorting....

The Government's Employment Relations Amendment Bill is best known for its removal of guaranteed rest and meal breaks. What else does it do?

Voting has started in the Labour leadership race - but how much support does each leader actually have? Audrey Young weighs up the contenders.