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How green is Andy Burnham? Britain’s next PM faces tough climate decisions

Heatwaves, high energy prices, calls for reindustrialisation and North Sea drilling are all high on the to-do listWildfires cast a pall of smoke this week over Greater Manchester, whose former mayor A...

Mahmood v Miliband: who will Burnham choose for chancellor? – podcast

Andy Burnham will become prime minister of the UK on Monday. But he has yet to reveal any cabinet picks, and rumours suggest he still hasn’t chosen a chancellor. What do we actually know about his pla...

Offer teenagers a meningitis B vaccine on NHS, advisers tell UK government

JCVI says children should have one or two doses of menB vaccine at age 15, depending on if they had vaccine as a babyAll teenagers across the UK should be offered a meningitis vaccine on the NHS follo...

UK government drops plan to stop paying coastguard volunteers

Move raises questions over position of the head of the Maritime and Coastguard AgencyUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have U-turned on plans to strip volunteer coastguard officers of their h...

UK economy grew by 0.1% in May despite impact of Iran war

Rise in GDP follows a 0.1% decline in April, figures from the Office for National Statistics showThe UK economy returned to growth in May, despite the impact of the Iran war on energy costs, official...

British Steel is taken into public ownership to save UK supply

Scunthorpe factory expropriated from China’s Jingye and ministers will ask a valuer to assess compensationBritish Steel has formally been taken into public ownership 15 months after the government ste...

British girl, 15, stranded in Rome for six weeks due to new passport rules

The dual national, who missed six weeks of school, is latest of several children affected by recent Home Office policyA British girl was prevented from returning to her school in the UK for six weeks...

From Cambridge ‘impostor’ to New Labour star: Andy Burnham’s winding path to power

In the first of a two-part profile, Daniel Boffey traces the incoming PM’s early forays into politics and his rise to prominence – ultimately leading to him leaving London for ManchesterAndy Burnham h...

Burnham must avoid ‘summer of speculation’ on tax, warns CBI chief

Rain Newton-Smith calls for a new generation of public-private partnerships to fund major projectsAndy Burnham must avoid another “summer of speculation” on tax and spend that would spook British busi...

Shabana Mahmood expected to be named Andy Burnham’s chancellor

The home secretary is the frontrunner for the role ahead of ‘risky’ Ed Miliband, according to senior Labour figuresShabana Mahmood has emerged as the frontrunner to become Andy Burnham’s chancellor af...

Andy Burnham signals a wealth tax is off the agenda for now

Incoming prime minister says he doesn’t want to ‘create new divisions’ as Mahmood is tipped to be chancellorAndy Burnham has signalled that he will not increase wealth taxes immediately after becoming...

French MPs approve assisted dying law with strict rules after years of argument

The bill would allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults who meet strict criteria.

Andy Burnham’s path to No 10: inside the 17 July Guardian Weekly

The challenges facing Britain’s next PM. Plus: Fury amid the rubble in VenezuelaAndy Burnham is to become Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade, having secured the Labour leadership with the la...

Man arrested over social media post threatening to shoot Farage

DUP sets up review on what party knew about sex offender Jeffrey Donaldson – as it happened

Former leader was last month convicted of 18 sex offences, including one count of rapeTell us: what do you want from the next Labour leader and UK prime minister?Labour should ditch the triple-lock pe...

Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift came after saying he needed ‘a million a year’ to stand as MP

Politician spoke to senior figures in Reform in March 2024 about covering lost earnings, sources tell the GuardianNigel Farage told senior figures in Reform UK he would need “a million a year” to cove...

‘What’s the point?’ Teenagers give their verdict on Britain’s social media curfew

All the young people the Guardian spoke to disagreed with aspects of the government’s proposed blockSixteen- and 17-year-olds in Britain are to be encouraged to observe a midnight to 6am social media...

Keir Starmer Says Goodbye

Sir Keir Starmer makes his final PMQs appearance as Prime Minister.

Bristol declared ‘city of harm reduction’ as Greens seek less punitive drug policy

Councillors pass motion that paves way to setting up drugs-consumption facility where users can be helped and treatedUK politics live – latest updatesBristol has been formally declared a “city of harm...

Keir Starmer says farewell to MPs in his final PMQs - video

Keir Starmer faced his final PMQs before he steps down as the UK's prime minister. He offered his 'full support' to his successor as well as sharing tributes to MPs, colleagues and his family who were...