1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (813+ words) Britain’s new prime minister has handed key roles to the people who helped oust his predecessor. LONDON — Andy Burnham has spent the first 48 hours of his premiership picking a new top team. Some of the biggest winners? Sharp critics of…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1048+ words) Even some Labour voters think the country deserves a say, Public First survey found. LONDON — A majority of adults in the U.K. believe Andy Burnham should call an election to win his own mandate to govern if he takes over…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (812+ words) The Reform Treasury spokesman talked Labour leadership, the rise of Restore and his position on deportations with POLITICO’s Westminster Insider — and who in Labour he’d like to share a pint with. LONDON — Reform’s Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick describes the likely…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (279+ words) Makerfield has proved to be the making of Andy Burnham’s bid for the top job, but could it also be the moment that Nigel Farage’s ambitions for Number 10 took a knock? While Reform UK continues to lead the national polls,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1145+ words) A decade after the referendum vote ended David Cameron’s career, British MPs haven’t stopped destroying their leaders. LONDON — Everyone says that Britain isn’t supposed to work like this, that the chaos of chewing through six prime ministers in a decade…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (971+ words) For the U.K.’s ambitious energy secretary, Friday was a tale of two by-elections. Britain may — very likely — soon have a new government under Andy Burnham. Amid the swirl of senior Labour figures vying for a place at the top table,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1197+ words) Meeting U.S. mayors inspired the Greater Manchester leader to raise his profile and influence. ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, England — They seem an unlikely duo: The centibillionaire financial data tycoon, and the self-styled man of the people bidding to be Britain’s next prime minister. Yet…...