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…...

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…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (387+ words) 'I think the more that the public see of Nigel Farage, the less they like him,' says TUC boss Paul Nowak(Image: Phil Lewis/SOPA Images/Shutterstock) Andy Burnham is "well capable" of defeating Nigel Farage and securing a majority…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1051+ words) Tonight with Andrew Marr 6pm - 7pm6pm to 7pm Reform are languishing, the Tories show few signs of a big revival, and the Greens are in reverse gear The autumn political season has well and truly begun, with Andy Burnham facing his first parliamentary…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (129+ words) New Statesman It would be an affront to the physics of contemporary politics if he did Politics never stopped, of course, even though Westminster did. But now we are plunged back into the roiling soap opera of parliamentary life. Keir Starmer…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (330+ words) At the peak of summer, as sweating Brits grumbled and moaned about the heat, a message came from on high, stirring the masses: “There is a very high risk of wildfires nationally. Residents, landowners and visitors should not undertake any…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (850+ words) Andy Burnham has enjoyed a honeymoon first month as UK leader, but the hard trade-offs involved in governing are about to get real for the prime minister as parliament returns from its summer break in the coming days. Since succeeding…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (283+ words) A local MP shadowed a Dumbarton-based postie ahead of Royal Mail's new delivery model, which is set to be rolled out this winter. Douglas McAllister visited the Royal Mail Delivery Office in Alexandria, based in the Lomond Industrial Estate, to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (825+ words) John Glover branded the reversal "a complete U-turn" and said the decision was "collateral damage from policy being made in panic". (Source: Breakfast) Queenstown Lakes District Mayor John Glover has accused National of making policy "in panic" after the party…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (353+ words) Warwick’s longest serving councillor retiring; six run for council seats Point Edward’s mayoral race heating up without Hand Forty-three Sarnians vying for nine seats on council Incumbents, newbies and a married couple vie for Petrolia council seats Six running to…...