3+ hour, 44+ 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…...

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…...

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, 53+ 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, 52+ 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…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1013+ words) Migrant hotels will be exempt from Andy Burnham's tourist tax on hospitality after the Prime Minister was accused of raiding struggling Brits with an unlimited 'overnight visitor levy'. Earlier this week, the Prime Minister gave his favoured regional mayors the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (571+ words) Planned tourist taxes on overnight stays will be a disaster for hospitality businesses, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch warned. Andy Burnham’s Government has given permission for regional leaders across large parts of England to introduce levies on overnight stays to help…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (935+ words) Holidaymakers across England face a new tax on overnight stays under Government plans to give mayors greater economic power in their regions. Local leaders will set the fee as a percentage of the cost of accommodation, rather than a flat…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (651+ words) Millions of pounds raised from the “tourist tax” being introduced in London could be used to fund public transport, says a Cabinet minister. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said it would be “reasonable” if London Mayor Lord Sadiq Khan decided to…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (251+ words) “Politicians raise the cost of living and dissuade tourism and enterprise through death by a thousand cuts.” Credit: Getty Hospitality bosses were blindsided late on Wednesday by the news that Andy Burnham plans to give English mayors the power to…...