2+ hour, 37+ min ago   (360+ words) Andy Burnham's No 10 North is turning into a 'fiasco' with the Prime Minister 'struggling' to find the time to leave London to head back to his beloved Manchester, Government sources say. Mr Burnham announced the new department with great fanfare…...

3+ hour, 43+ min ago   (1014+ words) Last week, in his first statement to the House of Commons since becoming Prime Minister, Andy Burnham began by praising Sir Keir Starmer, who had just announced he was stepping away from Parliament. ‘His leadership took our party from one…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago   (692+ words) Andy Burnham does not want to have to worry about the Greens when he fights the next general election. The looming by-election in Sir Keir Starmer’s old seat of Holborn and St Pancras could be a historic moment for the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (191+ words) Jeremy Corbyn is a former Labour leader and the Independent MP for Islington North. Corbyn won the Labour leadership in September 2015 but led the party to one of its worst-ever election defeats in 2019. He stood down following this disastrous defeat…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (993+ words) Friday, 11 September 2026 12:34 By Paul Drury-Bradey, local democracy reporter Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor Luke Campbell has confirmed he will not introduce a new tourist tax in the region, prioritizing the needs of local hospitality and leisure businesses currently facing financial…...

14+ hour, 51+ min ago   (505+ words) LEADING polling expert John Curtice has warned Andy Burnham that calling an early General Election in a bid to extend his time as Prime Minister would be unwise following Labour’s fall in popularity. Although Labour has seen an uptick in…...

16+ hour, 34+ min ago   (800+ words) Sadiq Khan is preparing to ban log burners across London in his latest 'clean air' clampdown. In recent years, log burners have become the latest status symbol for middle-class Brits following the popularity of Aga cookers and Smeg fridges in…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (410+ words) Lord Alli has been welcomed back into the Labour fold under Andy Burnham. The television executive – the donor at the centre of the Sir Keir Starmer freebies scandal – is set to return later this month to help revive Labour’s connections…...

19+ hour, 52+ min ago   (436+ words) The Prime Minister believes that he transformed Manchester when he served as Greater Manchester Mayor for nine years. His commitment to devolution “is backed by a decade of personal experience of turning around one of the UK’s former industrial heartlands…...

19+ hour, 51+ min ago   (402+ words) I was recently teaching my kids how to play the cardgame Pontoon (Blackjack or 21s - take your pick). A simple game where all you need is to be able to count, take a few calculated risks and also get a slice…...