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Young people ‘expected’ to engage with new work support, says McFadden

Exclusive: Work and pensions secretary echoes Andy Burnham as he announces funds to stop families in England losing benefitsYoung people will be expected to engage with new support to find work, Pat M...

Led By Donkeys wins compensation over seizure of Gaza protest banner

Waste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes It’s A Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyedThe campaign group Led By Donkeys has received £27,000 in compensation after a giant banne...

Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests

Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’A senior judge has accused the Home Office of relying on “AI hallucinated” information to...

Burnham urged to increase tax on banks as Barclays’ profits soar

TUC says lender ‘can easily afford to pay more tax’ as it increases half-year bonus pool by nearly 30%Business live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has been urged to launch a tax raid on UK banks, as Bar...

Reform UK reports Zack Polanski to police over social media post

Can Andy Burnham end rough sleeping? – podcast

In the wake of the new PM’s bold pledge, Helen Pidd heads to a village for homeless people in Greater Manchester, where the former mayor first promised to take actionAndy Burnham made a surprise first...

Burnham to tell schools in England to adapt teaching to local business needs

PM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs marketAndy Burnham will tell schools across England to adapt their curriculums to the needs of local businesses...

Police make inquiries after Farage reports Polanski post for ‘inciting murder’

Green party leader shared picture of man wearing T-shirt with words ‘we’re only making plans for Nigel’ alongside a guillotinePolice are “conducting inquiries” into an image shared by Green party lead...

Can Andy Burnham charm Volodymyr Zelenskyy? | Politics Weekly

Andy Burnham welcomes President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the UK today in his first major international meeting as Prime MinisterThe visit signals his desire to continue the UK’s close relationship with...

Police 'conducting enquiries' after Polanski shared post appearing to threaten Farage

Burnham’s Ukraine gambit is a symbolic start for PM who wants to look inward

New prime minister wants to focus at home, but his first week already suggests the world has other plansIt took just seven days in office for Andy Burnham to meet his first world leader. As he welcome...

Will Andy Burnham charm Volodymyr Zelenskyy? – podcast

Andy Burnham’s first overseas visitor will be the Ukrainian prime minister, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a show of the UK’s ‘unwavering support’ for the country. And, as Burnham sets out his ambitious plan...

Social care in England: how could we pay to fix a ‘broken system’?

Many across the political spectrum agree the system needs fixing – but there is no consensus on how to fund changeThe prime minister, Andy Burnham, has said the adult social care system in England is...

Andy Burnham seeks cross-party agreement on future of social care

PM promises lasting solution for England but Tories rule out backing changes funded by tax rises or borrowingAndy Burnham has pledged to work collaboratively with other parties to find a lasting solut...

Burnham brings members of Socialist Campaign Group into government

Appointment of three ministerial aides is first time members of Labour’s most leftwing faction have held government positionsAndy Burnham has appointed three new ministerial aides from Labour’s most l...

Poll shows Labour ahead of Reform UK for first time since Burnham became PM – as it happened

New PM says he ‘wouldn’t get carried away’ by latest polling but says he is pleased if he has ‘connected with people’I have already posted lines from Andy Burnham’s BBC interview on reforming social c...

Burnham welcomes Ukraine's Zelenskyy as his first foreign visitor as PM – video

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has become Andy Burnham’s first overseas visitor as prime minister, in a meeting that Burnham said underlined Britain’s support for Ukraine. Less than two weeks after Keir Starmer...

GB News pundit Matthew Torbitt pleads guilty to fraud while Labour aide

Torbitt admits to two counts of fraud by false representation in relation to his parliamentary expensesA GB News pundit has admitted fraud in relation to his parliamentary expenses when he was a Labou...

Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support

Scientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilitiesJodrell Bank Observatory, the hub of a world-leading network of radio telescopes, is facing...

Labour overtakes Reform in voter poll for first time since March 2025

Labour up four points to 28% while Reform falls to 24% as Andy Burnham apparently wins favour for cost of living focusLabour has overtaken Reform UK in a voter intention poll for the first time in mor...