2+ hour, 15+ 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, 22+ 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…...

30+ min ago   (630+ words) The future of a proposed rail-testing centre that has received £70m of taxpayers' money but still has not been built is to be decided by the Welsh government. The Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) has not found the private-sector funding…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (850+ words) Edinburgh council said its tourism tax would raise £50m a year to invest in the city, following its launch in July. But less than two months on, industry groups are sounding the alarm that the tourist tax has helped make Edinburgh…...

8+ hour, 15+ min ago   (309+ words) A MAN has been arrested and charged in connection with disorder following an anti-immigration demonstration and counter-protest at Glasgow Green. Hundreds of people attended a demonstration by Pink Ladies and a counter-protest organised by Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) at…...

8+ hour, 25+ 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…...

6+ hour, 21+ min ago   (36+ words) Visitors to Bath, Bristol and Weston could soon be paying a tourist tax, which Helen Godwin says would raise money for improving transport. Tourist tax plans welcomed by regional mayor Read more on this story here....

8+ hour, 35+ min ago   (364+ words) A former councillor, described as having made an "enormous contribution to public life", has been nominated to receive one of the local authority's highest civic honours. Sunderland City Council's cabinet recommended Harry Trueman be appointed an Honorary Alderman of the…...

1+ day, 19+ 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…...