All news on the topic: Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham will stifle investment unless he sets out his tax plans and names a chancellor, the City has warned.

Given pressures on the public purse, the Makerfield MP may have to look at autumn tax rises to fund his ‘new direction’.

The ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang – who has served 14 years in jail for multiple rapes and sexually abuse against young girls – has been released from prison as a row over his deportation deepens.

Why does the UK have sluggish growth? Why does the British state struggle to deliver the basics? Andy Burnham has a good and persuasive answer to this question.

Andy Burnham will set out plans for a ’No10 in the North’ in a speech outlining his vision to unleash what has been billed as the biggest shift of power away from London in modern history.

Plans for a new destroyer to replace Britain’s ageing warships have been scrapped as part of changes to the long-awaited defence investment plan aimed at prioritising drones and modernising the military.

Andy Burnham should publicly offer to provide a nuclear umbrella over Europe if he becomes the UK’s next leader, a top European diplomat told.

The Home Secretary has pledged to save the asylum system “for generations to come” as she announced the opening of new safe routes for refugees from the autumn.

Labour infighting is raging today as Keir Starmer snubs demands to sack one of his ultra-loyal ministers.

Sir Keir Starmer has signalled he is squarely focused on tackling the cost of living and remaining professional, despite turmoil at the top of Government.

Andy Burnham is considering a tax hike on the sale of shares and second homes as part of a radical new economic agenda, it has emerged.

Donald Trump has branded Andy Burnham “extremely liberal” in his first comments of the PM-in-waiting – and urged him to do one thing Sir Keir Starmer repeatedly refused.

Kemi Badenoch has criticized the outgoing Prime Minister and questioned whether he felt disappointed by his Chancellor, who was "too busy preparing for a selfie" with Andy Burnham.

With Burnham and his team potentially having only weeks before he becomes PM, Starmer has agreed to give him access to civil service.

On February 25 2015, Andy Burnham rang me up out of the blue. In those days, I was the political editor at the Manchester Evening News, covering Greater Manchester’s escalating attempts to wrestle power away from London.

Brits want to see a Labour leadership contest rather than a coronation for Andy Burnham, new polling seen by media reveals.

As political post-mortems on Keir Starmer gather pace, new details are emerging about the network of behind-the-scenes figures who helped shape his rise — and whose internal dynamics may have ultimately contributed to his downfall.

The long-awaited defense investment plan will be published ahead of next month’s NATO summit, Downing Street has said, despite Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation as prime minister.

Andy Burnham is set to become the next Prime Minister within weeks – and will immediately be confronted with a daunting intray of problems facing the country.

Just 11 of 632 constituencies in England, Scotland and Wales would vote to stay out of the EU if a second referendum were to take place, new polling has found.

Despite promising to lead a different kind of government, Keir Starmer’s failure to deliver change has led to his early exit from No.10, writes Hannah White

The UK will have rejoined – or be on the path to rejoining – the European Union by 2036, former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on the tenth anniversary of the referendum.

Investors and business leaders are again navigating the kind of uncertainty that has dominated British politics since the Brexit vote a decade ago, after Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigned on Monday and threw open a leadership contest that will centre on any successor’s ‌plans for the economy.

Andy Burnham is on course for a coronation as prime minister, as opposition to his leadership bid dramatically melted away following Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation.