Latest NewsStay updated with the latest news and updates
The pitch from Andy Burnham is that there needs to be a willingness to say "the things politicians usually avoid", the BBC's political editor writes.
Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representationUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham is expected to announce that h...
PM to tell Labour conference he is prepared to make difficult arguments and have ‘honest conversation’UK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham will signal he is prepared to look at scrapping the...
Analysts believe PM has a ‘golden opportunity’ to offer older people better protection in return for weakening the triple lock guaranteeIt is a brave party leader who is prepared to go into an electio...
A number of the papers preview a speech from Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Tuesday.
Exclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control Andy Burnham will take his first major step to putting Britain’s utility companies int...
Miatta Fahnbulleh says Britain must look at how costs are recovered – and that could mean money off billsBillions of pounds worth of green levies could be taken off bills, the energy secretary has sai...
Speaking to Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, said a mark of her success or failure would be whether she could get bil...
Culture secretary criticises Reform leader after he tried to link suspected bomb plot to small boat crossingsNigel Farage has been described as a “master of the conspiracy theory” by the culture secre...
She says a lack of fairness can make ‘people turn inwards’Healey vows to stick to fiscal rules in budget built on hopeLisa O’Carroll is a senior Guardian correspondent.The head of the SDLP, Claire Han...
Andy Burnham hails nationalisation of much-criticised service between London, Birmingham and GlasgowBritain’s biggest intercity rail operator, Avanti West Coast, will be renationalised in spring, mini...
Anger over Israel’s war in Gaza is mobilising British voters, according to Aimee ShalanPalestine has become a domestic electoral issue in Britain for the first time, according to the incoming head of...
Charities hail new powers as gamechanger ahead of housing secretary’s speech to Labour conferenceHousing associations in England will be told they cannot decline to house homeless families without goo...
Home secretary under pressure over changes that would make it harder for foreign workers to claim permanent residenceShabana Mahmood has signalled she could water down her plans to make it harder for...
Government announcement sparks a rally in FTSE-listed housebuilders, but there are still a lot of unknownsLabour’s modest reheat of help to buy is worth a tryThe government will unveil a fresh scheme...
With the budget a month away, chancellor gives little indication in conference speech of where money will come from to reindustrialise BritainHealey vows to stick to fiscal rules in budgetUK politics...
Chancellor sets out measures to support jobs and growth in conference speech but vows fiscal discipline in budgetAnalysis: Healey offers upbeat vision but little light on how to pay for itAverage pric...
Talks expected on Monday after Sinn Féin leaders join those on streets opposing decision to allow unionist parade for first time since 1998Tensions between unionist and nationalist leaders in Northern...
Former attorney general Dominic Grieve says Israel is not entitled to shut mission in occupied Palestinian territoryUK politics live – latest updatesIsrael does not have a legal right to act on its pl...
Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’Ed Miliband will tell campaigners and party members who raised the plight of Palestinians they...