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

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.

Colleagues of Sir Keir Starmer are sharing their reaction to the news of the prime minister’s resignation.

Cabinet ministers loyal to Keir Starmer have told him he faces being forced out of office by his party if he does not set a timetable for his departure by the end of the weekend.

The UK’s new defence secretary has said he is “absolutely determined” to provide the armed forces with the funding needed.

Sir Keir Starmer continues to have confidence in Darren Jones, according to Downing Street, after the cabinet minister reportedly apologized to Lord Peter Mandelson

The prime minister’s close ally Darren Jones expressed his sympathies to Peter Mandelson after he was dismissed as US ambassador in messages that were not included in the humble address release.

The Government is intensifying its planning to address potential shortages caused by the conflict in Iran

MPs ordered the Government to release thousands of documents related to Lord Mandelson’s appointment in 2024 after questions arose regarding how the peer was vetted and what was known about his connections to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Angela Rayner will receive a substantial severance package of nearly £17,000 after losing her position – just weeks before new rules preventing disgraced MPs from receiving such payments take effect.

Ms Rayner resigned as Deputy Prime Minister, Housing Secretary, and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party on Friday following a misconduct investigation triggered by allegations of tax evasion.

“Millionaires” should not get “subsidy for their energy bills from the Government”, a Treasury minister has suggested.

Chief secretary to the Treasury says security and defence spending are a priority but require ‘trade-offs’

Darren Jones says ‘we’ve all got PTSD’ after Truss’s 2022 mini-budget, amid market jitters after this week’s budget

Ahead of the Budget, figures show that household incomes have risen significantly slower under the Conservatives than when Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were in No10

The UK Statistics Authority's Sir Robert Chote said the public could have been 'misled or at least confused' by Treasury Minister Laura Trott's claims about taxes falling

Laura Trott said she had "different figures" when she was presented with the latest official projections from the fiscal watchdog, which suggest an increase over the next five years

Labour's analysis says by 2024-2025 a family with two adults working full time on the National Living Wage will pay £1,320 more a year due to Tory stealth taxes

Unison General Secretary Christina McAnea expressed alarm over Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick's push to cap NHS and social care visas, and ban foreign care workers from bringing dependents

The Conservatives vowed at the last election that they would not raise national insurance, but Rishi Sunak hiked it as he took the country to its highest tax burden in 70 years

An average of £25billion was wasted by the Tory Government every year since the 2019 election – almost all when Rishi Sunak was Chancellor or Prime Minister, claim campaigners

Bankers were paid more than £13billion in bonuses in 2008, on the eve of the financial crisis, and the bid to further enrich the UK’s bankers was announced by Kwasi Kwarteng

Britain is forecast to record the poorest economic growth across the G7 group of economies next year, according to the International Monetary Fund