Andy Burnham
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Burnham urges officials to come up with more radical options for Thames Water
Exclusive: Utility seen as ‘litmus test’ of PM’s promise to bring ‘essentials of life’ under public control
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‘We are the shame of Europe’: France imposes curfews to stop growing riots
Europe erupted with fresh protests over the unaffordable cost of living over the weekend - and organisers are calling for more
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Minister says Mahmood’s migration policy will ‘prolong integration’
In now-removed post, Miatta Fahnbulleh criticised home secretary’s proposal to extend qualifying period for settlement in UK
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Andy Burnham is looking for a Scottish adviser — they'll have their work cut out
Last week, Andy Burnham made three devolution offers to Scotland at Motherwell but his pitch for contained little detail on funding.
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ITV’s exposé of racism and misogyny in Reform? Just a few (more) bad apples
While the party’s MPs went into hiding, it was left to its failed byelection candidate Matt Goodwin to defend it
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Video report: Could we see France’s chaotic protests spread to the UK?
France has seen its worst unrest in decades, with thousands arrested and buildings set alight. What began in September as a student protest over school conditions has grown into a nationwide backlash over living costs, drawing at least 800,000 onto the streets. Emmanuel Macron says “we feel anger and shame”, while unrest has spread to Belgium and Italy. So could Britain be next? The Independent political editor David Maddox says the Met Police’s experience of mass protests makes similar scenes unlikely, though violence cannot be ruled out.
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Bradford named in top 3 hardest places for children to grow up in England
Landmark report reveals hardest places for children to grow up in England
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Top Yorkshire business group calls for cut in National Insurance for under 25s
A call to cut National Insurance contributions for under-25s has been made ahead of next Wednesday's Budget.
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Labour should heed the warning from voters after dramatic surge in Green support
Triumph or disaster?
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Bus and train passengers face £100 fines for common habit under new crackdown
Passengers who are anti-social on public transport, including buses and trains, could be fined for not using headphones when listening to something.
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‘Headphone dodgers’ face new fines as Burnham launches crackdown
Other nuisance behaviours include littering, vaping and listening to music without headphones
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Bus and train passengers face £100 fines for common habit under new crackdown
Passengers who are anti-social on public transport, including buses and trains, could be fined for not using headphones when listening to something.
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Burnham: UK must end ‘moral failure’ of Neets crisis
The prime minister laid out his plans to end the ‘moral failure’ of youth unemployment
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Greens could fail to win any seats in London at next election, new poll shows
The MRP poll conducted by Electoral Calculus and Find Out Now indicated that Labour could win a record 59 or 60 seats out of 75 in the capital following a surge in support
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French PM blames ‘ultra-left’ for exploiting protests as he seeks partial curfews – Europe live
Sébastien Lecornu says new measures will be put in place from tonight
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No 10: Hegseth ‘wrong’ to say most non-US Nato soldiers didn’t fight in Afghanistan – UK politics live
Downing Street delivered a rare rebuke to a senior member of Donald Trump’s administration
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Bradford district named in top 3 hardest places for children to grow up in England
Landmark report reveals hardest places for children to grow up in England
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How will Burnham’s ban on ‘headphone dodgers’ on public transport work?
Train companies already have the power to issue £1,000 fines for antisocial behaviour
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York mum with brain cancer welcomes government announcement to improve treatment
Emma Ward, a York mum living with brain cancer, has welcomed a government announcement to help more people access potentially life-saving treatment.
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Top Yorkshire business group calls for cut in National Insurance for under 25s
A call to cut National Insurance contributions for under-25s has been made ahead of next Wednesday's Budget.
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Pub closures, whisky taxes and the scramble for Budget support
Scottish pubs are closing at an alarming rate as the hospitality industry calls for tax relief and government support ahead of the UK and Scottish Budgets.
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People playing loud music on buses could face £100 fine
Antisocial behaviour on buses in England could lead to fines while a new campaign is also being launched for trains. A national campaign asking rail passengers "share the carriage, not the noise" is being launched.
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Burnham warns of Neets-fuelled 'economic catastrophe and moral failure'
The UK faces "economic catastrophe" with one million young people not in work or training, the prime minister says.
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York mum with brain cancer welcomes government announcement to improve treatment
Emma Ward, a York mum living with brain cancer, has welcomed a government announcement to help more people access potentially life-saving treatment.
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Electricity costs put UK steelmakers in worst position in three years against EU rivals
Premium paid over French counterparts has risen to almost £30 a megawatt hour, analysis by lobby group finds
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UK must rejoin EU to combat growing threat from Russia and Trump, Burnham warned
IPPR urge Labour leader to ‘stop talking about Brexit’
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Newspaper headlines: 'Neets crisis is moral failure' and 'Credit crunch'
PM brands Neets "crisis" a "moral failure" and cereal prices could rise in healthy food crackdown lead Monday's papers.
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UK profit warnings soar to two year high ahead of autumn Budget
Almost a fifth of list companies, 17 per cent, have issued at least one profit warning over the past 12 months
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UK profit warnings jump to highest since 2024 ahead of Budget
EY’s latest profit warning report showed that 65 UK-listed companies warned over profits in the three months to the end of September.
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Andy Burnham launches campaign against ‘headphone dodgers’ on public transport
Passengers urged to ‘share the carriage, not the noise’ as guidance sets out £100 penalties for nuisance behaviour
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Burnham's war against 'headphone dodgers' as people who play music on buses face fine
Other nuisance behaviours include littering, vaping and listening to music without headphones
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UK should scrap ‘stupid’ ban on petrol cars to close EU trade deal, says Renault boss
The UK government has pledged to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030
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Shabana Mahmood to hold talks with EU over law enforcement cooperation
UK home secretary’s meeting comes after PM said he wanted to rejoin European law enforcement databases
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Stark new report names the ‘hardest places to grow up’ in England
Dame Rachel de Souza will warn of a ‘state of emergency’ in some communities in a major speech
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Manchester City owner’s £55m housing loan while Burnham was mayor investigated
Scrutiny committee looks into financing of Manchester Life project as PM promises ‘full transparency’
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Middlesbrough and Sunderland 'hardest places to grow up' - report finds
Middlesbrough and Sunderland are among the hardest places in England for children to grow up, a report presented to Parliament on Monday will say.
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Polanski’s popularity plummets to record low in wake of ‘Zionism’ motion
Zack Polanski now has the lowest popularity of any national leader, with his overall rating falling to minus 36
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Listen John, taking Andy Burnham's olive branch may actually grant you indyref2
A Labour government in Westminster should always have been a problem for the SNP, especially a deflated, too-long-in-government SNP which had failed to deliver on many of the left-wing policies it had promised. But Keir Starmer was so deeply unpopular north of the border he failed to lay a blow
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Zack Polanski says application of Zionism is racist and no state has right to exist
Green leader in England and Wales calls ‘debates about words’ unhelpful and denies recent motion was controversial
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‘4,000 people minding our own business’: four decades on, Falklands again face a hostile Argentina
Facing a slump in the polls, Argentina’s president is making economic attacks on the islands’ oil industry, and suggesting its key fisheries industry could be next
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Newspaper headlines: 'French protests become violent' and SAS men 'arrested for murder'
The Times reports soldiers accused of murder were sent into war zones while still under police investigation.
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UK should scrap ‘stupid’ ban on petrol cars to close EU trade deal, says Renault boss
The UK government has pledged to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030
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Polanski’s polling hits new low amid ‘Zionism is racism’ row
The Green Party leader’s support among young voters has nosedived, according to Ispos
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Ex-culture secretary blasts ‘retrograde’ plan for ‘YouTube tax’ to fund BBC
Baroness Nicky Morgan said that many BBC programmes should be available for subscription instead of a levy
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Swinney's emotional explanation for his commitment to independence
BBC Scotland's political editor Glenn Campbell reflects on John Swinney's SNP conference speech.
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Why Burnham could be the longest-serving PM since Blair
Andrew Neil asks if the new tenant of No 10 is the latest in a series of leaders unqualified for the role – but he could be the longest-serving prime minister since Tony Blair, writes John Rentoul
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For all of John Swinney's confidence, independence remains stuck
John Swinney says SNP independence campaign has begun at Aberdeen conference, but Scotland remains divided as polls clash over a second referendum debate.
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SNP says campaign for next referendum on independence ‘has already begun’
John Swinney tells party conference SNP will use ‘six-figure war chest’ to renew argument for leaving UK
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Budget a chance for Chancellor to reverse damaging agricultural policies - Harriet Ranson
Growth was the central aspiration of Labour’s election campaign and remains the benchmark against which its economic decisions must be judged. Yet the changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) have now been proven, as predicted, to be having the opposite effect: suppressing investment, weakening confidence and shrinking the productive capacity of family businesses.
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Plan to make firms pay more to train older workers than youth apprentices in England
Exclusive: Ministers considering overhaul of apprenticeship funding scheme to tackle youth jobs crisis
