Andy Burnham urged to be radical on economy to help Labour win next election
Burnham is facing a barrage of competing demands from Labour MPs, union leaders, political advisers and business lobbyists. Photograph: Dan…
Andy Burnham says ‘nothing off table’ in case of Rochdale grooming gang leader
Shabir Ahmed’s victims were told in 2012 he would be deported. Photograph: Greater Manchester Police/PAView image in fullscreenShabir Ahmed’s victims…
PMQs: Starmer faces MPs after backlash over his defence investment plan – UK politics live
Badenoch says Lord Dannatt, the former head of the army, said yesterday the plan was inadequate. She says Badenoch. is…
Ministers ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan
Hamish Falconer said he was disappointed by the uncertainty over the A46 upgrade programme which was ‘well advanced, long awaited…
‘Complicated and expensive’: Burnham is right about the risks of nationalisation | Nils Pratley
A dam on Welsh Water’s Elan valley reservoir network. The company converted to not-for-profit status in 2001. Photograph: RooM the…
Burnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment plan
An Andy Burnham ally likened the funding gap to an ‘unexploded bomb’. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenAn…
Burnham’s No 10 North ‘will be based on brownfield site on edge of Manchester’
Andy Burnham gives a speech at the People’s History Museum in Manchester, 29 June 2026. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/ReutersView image in…
Starmer warns Burnham not to borrow to fund defence as he reveals £15bn plan
Keir Starmer gives a speech during a visit to Malloy Aeronautics in Berkshire after the publication of the long-delayed defence…
Starmer to unveil long-delayed defence investment plan amid ‘too little, too late’ criticism – UK politics live
The Ministry of Defence has already given some details of what’s in the defence investment plan (Dip), even though the…
‘Commanding heights of the economy’: the postwar blueprint that inspires Burnham
Clement Attlee’s government in 1945 was committed to taking over the commanding heights of the economy. Illustration: Guardian Design/GettyView image…