Burnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies say
Andy Burnham faces a tough fight in the Makerfield byelection against Reform, which has already called him ‘open-borders Andy’. Photograph:…
Starmer’s top advisers knew about ‘indefensible’ journalists probe, documents reveal
Morgan McSweeney, the former chief of staff to the prime minister. The disclosure raises questions about Starmer’s knowledge about the…
Labour must be bolder or it will lose, Streeting says in resignation speech
Wes Streeting told MPs: ‘I left the government because we are in the fight of our lives against nationalism.’ Photograph:…
‘The flavour crisis’: a satirist’s exposé on the origins of broken Britain
Focusing on the plight of the ‘rudimentary First World’ … Patrick Gathara. Illustration: Joe Plimmer/Guardian pictures/AFP/GettyView image in fullscreenFocusing on…
Starmer to face Commons grilling at PMQs as Streeting plans resignation speech – UK politics live
Good morning. PMQs is back, and there are at least two obvious issues for Kemi Badenoch to raise when she…
Nothing sums up the death of accountability like the prospect of Nigel Farage in No 10 | George Monbiot
Nigel Farage in Havering after it became the first London borough to be controlled by Reform UK, 8 May 2026.…
The balance of global power is shifting fast, but Britain is stuck in the same old Brexit rut | Rafael Behr
A TV repair shop in Taiwan, with screens broadcasting the Beijing meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, 14 May…
Andy Burnham to face Reform’s Robert Kenyon in crucial Makerfield byelection
Robert Kenyon (left) and Andy Burnham. Composite: Reform UK/Getty imagesView image in fullscreenRobert Kenyon (left) and Andy Burnham. Composite: Reform…
Andy Burnham confirmed as Labour candidate for Makerfield byelection
Labour’s NEC rubber-stamped Andy Burnham as the candidate in Makerfield. Photograph: Gary Oakley/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenLabour’s NEC rubber-stamped Andy…
Labour likely to win next election with Burnham as leader, say party members – UK politics live
Good morning. A week ago, at cabinet, Keir Starmer delivered a “put up or shut up” message to his critics.…