Labour

Councillor fears election could put cross-party housing work at risk

Private Hire Vehicle

Taxi drivers raise privacy concerns over free in-cab CCTV scheme

An alleged victim of grooming gangs in Glasgow has urged the Scottish Government to launch an inquiry (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Grooming gangs inquiry expanded to Wales and Birmingham

Prime Minister Andy Burnham urged caution in response to the reports (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Andy Burnham announces new scheme to help first-time buyers

Ketley Parish Council by election winner Anna Rothwell. Picture: LDRS

Independent sweeps to victory in Telford parish council by election

Person's licence to sell alcohol in Telford up for review

Cllr Carolyn Healy talks at the meeting.

Calls for deputy leader to resign as spotlight falls on business links

James Dean Harrison

Man jailed after victim forced to live and work from garden shed

Defence Investment Plan row

Andy Burnham should be given Guinness World Record for U-turns, SNP says

Pc Andrew Harper

Grooming gang members and killers including Pc Harper’s to be kept behind bars

Si James Cleverly

Cleverly accuses Burnham of ‘war on London’ in pitch for mayoralty

Pc Andrew Harper

Pc Harper’s killers to be excluded from early release scheme – reports

John Swinney smiling in front of a plaque on a wall

Swinney ‘surprised’ Burnham not coming to Scotland on listening tour

Reform UK press conference

Social tenants should keep gardens tidy or face eviction, Reform chairman says

Sir John Curtice

Farage is ‘midwife’ of Holyrood pro-indy majority, Sir John Curtice says

Kemi Badenoch exiting a large green farm vehicle

Decision on Rosebank and Jackdaw fields needed as soon as possible – Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch visit to Surrey

Ministers should prioritise cheap power not net zero, Tories to say in speech
The shadow energy secretary will insist the UK ‘should focus all our attention on making electricity cheap’.
David Lynch, Press Association Political Correspondent

Andy Burnham

Rayner defends Burnham’s record on tackling rough sleeping in Manchester

Andy Burnham

Burnham given £325,000 worth of donations in months before becoming PM

Reform UK press conference

Long-term benefits claimants to work or face being stripped of cash: Reform UK

Monica Lennon speaking in Holyrood

Monica Lennon not on ballot for Labour leadership with Marra and Fagan running

Angela Rayner in high-vis and a hard hat

Angela Rayner promises action to tackle housing crisis with planning shake-up

An oil platform

Decision on Jackdaw and Rosebank could be ‘life or death’ in North Sea – Tories

Andy Burnham

PM urged to stick to spirit of Labour manifesto and reject Jackdaw and Rosebank

Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan

Khan issues challenge to Burnham not to back away from net-zero goals

Prime Minister Andy Burnham and West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker (right) speaking to West Midlands Fire Service Chief fire officer Simon Tuhill in Stourbridge following a major wildfire near the town

Don’t light fires in ‘tinderbox’ Britain, says Andy Burnham before farms meeting

Nigel Farage wearing sunglasses with his hands held apart

Rivals say Clacton result will not make Farage donation questions stop

Elections for those new councils – to be shadow authorities until vesting day on April 1, 2028 – will take place in May next year.

Four candidates vying for votes in Ketley by election named
Labour, the Greens, and Independent and a Lib Dem are standing in the Beveley ward by election
David Tooley

Stormont

Sinn Fein has no intentions of collapsing Stormont, John O’Dowd says

Burnham must live up to Labour promise and slash energy bills by £300 – SNP

The sun rising behind a redundant oil platform moored at sea

Andy Burnham faces choice on drilling as North Sea consultation closes

Jess Phillips at a gathering

Jess Phillips: Government minister role felt like being in a ‘straitjacket’

Q Manivannan in Holyrood

Rape crisis centres condemn Green MSP’s rape ‘spectrum’ comments

SNP MP Lara Bird

UK Government urged to copy SNP support worth thousands for young people

Ed Miliband and Marco Rubio

Miliband ignores questions about past views on Trump during Washington trip

Kemi Badenoch visit to Surrey

Badenoch defends decision to allow former antisemite to run for council

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to the Border Security Command compound in Dover

Channel crossings by migrants in 2026: What we know so far

Andy Burnham visit to Kent

Burnham pledges to be ‘relentless’ in tackling small boat crossings

Prime Minister Andy Burnham joins newly-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester Bev Craig

Burnham hails mayoral successor as ‘queen of the north’ after Labour win

John Healey

Healey tells ministers to prepare to make cuts to fund Burnham’s new pledges

Fifa president Gianni Infantino

Mark Andrews: TikTok star Burnham and Uefa saves football from greed Mark Andrews

Labour Party candidate Bev Craig

Labour wins Greater Manchester mayoral by-election after marathon vote count

Three men arrested on suspicion of spying for China

SNP demand details of MP probe to be released as she is readmitted to Labour

A view of part of the BP Etap platform in the North Sea

BP puts its North Sea business up for sale after 60 years of production

A man walking into a polling station

Vote counting to begin in Greater Manchester mayoral by-election

A polling station sign

Polls close in Greater Manchester mayoral by-election

Voters at the polling station at St Chrysostom's Church in the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election

Polls open for election to replace Andy Burnham as Greater Manchester mayor

Andy Burnham with vote Labour and vote Bev placards behind him

Andy Burnham urges Greater Manchester voters to back Labour in mayoral election

Prime Minister Andy Burnham looks at the camera

SNP attacks Burnham for leaving party out of talks on English social care

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham sets out desire to fix social care crisis

An elderly person

Casey says dementia is ‘hidden problem’ as PM to hold talks on adult social care

Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham: I will put everything I’ve got into fixing social care

Andy Burnham with apprentices testing his engineering skills

Andy Burnham commits to cutting Neets numbers but declines to set a date

Graveyard

No plans for ‘death tax’ to fund social care reforms, Government says

A ballot box is carried into an election count

Greater Manchester mayor by-election: What you need to know

Andy Burnham

Schools to offer pupils technical subjects from age 14 under Burnham reforms

Andy Burnham

‘PM must legislate for national care service if he’s serious about social care’

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