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Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in Nige Nearly 10 years ago, Nigel Farage told LBC that he would leave the country if Brexit were not…
Andy Burnham’s partner is expected to play a big role in promoting UK and could be the most influential PM’s spouse in years Sarah Brown called Gordon her hero, Samantha Cameron insisted David was “incredibly funny”,…
Reform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’ UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage has claimed that Andy Burnham has given him “the biggest boost in my career” by reviving the…
Agreement expected to end on Thursday after running for 423 days, during which it has been beset by problems UK politics live – latest updates The UK government’s “one in, one out” deal with France, which was supposed…
Brexit was a disastrous act of national self-harm. Britain needs EU membership to bring growth and security in an increasingly volatile world Hope again. That was the prime minister’s message to the country this week. A…
Ministers need to level with the public about what current prison sentences look like – who needs to be locked up and for how long Enver Solomon is chief executive of Nacro, the criminal justice charity Continue…
Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown Andy Burnham does a nice line in nostalgia. His first party conference…
Empty classrooms are a sign of falling fertility and high living costs. But they should also free up more resources to spend on young people School closures are an alarming symptom of Britain’s shrinking birthrate.…
Ministers should introduce a properly targeted social tariff rather than tinker with the warm homes discount Energy bills forecast to jump by £276 a year from January What to do as prices head for £2,000 a year After…
Though proportional representation poses risks for Labour, it’s a change that feels necessary for today’s volatile politics A number of people have admitted to tears during Andy Burnham’s Labour party conference speech,…
Dad’s the word for Andy Burnham, so maybe all party leaders should be seen afresh through a Freudian lens Is this the sketch my father would have wanted? Not something I have previously given much thought to. He died 15…
These visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systems New analysis produced exclusively for the Guardian reveals how different voting systems would…
Rapidly expanding AI use within the government is numbing departments to its profound threats. And try arguing with a faceless digital bureaucrat Another day, another apocalyptic warning about the likelihood that…
Covered by The Guardian – Politics, BBC News – Politics. Andy Burnham will make his first speech at Labour conference as prime minister on Tuesday. Ahead of that, he has been talking to Pippa Crerar about why he is in the job and what changes he wants to make. Pippa and Kiran…
Councils collectively spent record 71.9% of core spending on adult and children’s care last year, analysis shows Sixteen English councils spent more than 80% of their core funding on adult and children’s social care…
Students at Edinburgh, Dundee and Nottingham face a term without any teaching as sector struggles with rising financial uncertainty Welcome classes for students at the University of Edinburgh this year didn’t focus on…
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather Half a million trees will be planted across England in the next three years to protect against extreme…
Covered by BBC News – Politics, The Guardian – Politics. The prime minister tells the BBC the current Brexit settlement has caused "more harm than good".
Nothing was off the table, no coded hints, and by the end no one could be in any doubt about what Burnham believed You’ve got to hand it to Andy Burnham. He left nothing out on the pitch. It would have been so easy to…
District judge orders record fine for region and says incidents of pollution cannot be tolerated A water company has been ordered to pay a record fine of almost £8m for hundreds of sewage spills at popular bathing spots…