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New prime minister says his political and economic model will bring ‘biggest changes in 40 years’ Andy Burnham has said his arrival in power will be a “circuit breaker” moment for Britain, pledging th...
Some protesters demanding education reforms said they were injured in clashes with police who banned the march.
Additional £340m over three years allocated to get people off the streets ‘at the earliest opportunity’ Andy Burnham has promised to end rough sleeping in England in his first pledge as prime minister...
MPs and industry insiders speak out on progress being made, and urgent, vital action still needed on the ticket levy for protecting artists and venues, as well as beating the Brexit touring crisis an...
From ‘circuit breaker for Britain’ to 10-year plan, new prime minister sets out his stall It clocked in at a little more than five minutes, and contained several themes and phrases familiar to Andy B...
The new UK prime minister, Andy Burnham, has given his first speech after accepting the king's invitation to form a government. In his speech, he pledged to bring in a 10-year plan for Britain as well...
"You were born in the USA, weren't you, dude? So act like it" The post Journey’s Jonathan Cain says Bruce Springsteen is “an annoying, bitter old man” who “should shut up” about politics appeared fir...
Keir Starmer gave his final speech from Downing Street before heading to Buckingham Palace to formally resign as prime minister. He wished his successor well and said he was leaving with good grace an...
Runcorn MP Sarah Pochin says parliament mounting ‘vicious and desperate campaign to stop Reform UK’A Reform UK MP has complained that the standards system investigating Nigel Farage over undeclared gi...
Is the machinery of state jammed, or is the reason for the slow pace of change more personal than institutional?Eighteen months into the 24 it turned out he would last in No 10, Keir Starmer was a man...
Chaos of Capita-run scheme has left some people waiting up to a year for payments and in financial hardship Retired civil servants have been failed by the decision to outsource their pension scheme, t...
Labour leader will visit king to accept role on Monday and will start making cabinet appointments that afternoon Andy Burnham will say Britain must be honest about the challenges it faces when he beco...
Tensions between his aims are already there, including disputes over key appointments such as chancellorAndy Burnham’s vision for cleaning up Westminster politics is a utopian one: ending the dominanc...
Incoming prime minister has set out distinctly leftwing vision while also promising to be pro-businessAs an incoming prime minister promising huge change, one of the strongest criticisms Andy Burnham...
A longstanding bromance means the Liverpool regional mayor very much has the ear of the soon-to-be PMWhen a new prime minister enters Downing Street, observers usually look to those around the cabinet...
As Andy Burnham enters No 10, Guardian data analysis reveals the fissures with Labour’s traditional supporters, and the traps the new PM will want to avoidKeir Starmer entered 10 Downing St on a wave...
Reform leader says support from fraudster before last election is ‘totally undeclarable in every single way’Nigel Farage has admitted his close friend the fraudster George Cottrell let him use one of...
Andy Burnham’s recent promise to create a ‘No 10 North’ echoes BBC’s successful Out of London planWhen the BBC first announced its intention to move a significant chunk of its operation to Salford in...
From industrial strategy and defence to housing and living costs, we lay out the challenges facing the new PMAndy Burnham becomes prime minister as Britain contends with a series of global economic sh...
Incoming PM will reallocate unspecified resources from unpopular plan to helping with cost of livingAndy Burnham is expected to scrap Keir Starmer’s plans for digital ID cards in a “reset of prioritie...