Andy Burnham ‘to put Thames Water into special administration regime’

Thames Water’s chief executive Chris Weston has called for urgent clarity from the prime minister-in-waiting over his plans for the sector

The new prime minister has sought a compromise figure over the favourites from the right or left of the party, as political editor David Maddox explains

The 28-year-old has been charged with murdering Ms Widdecombe in her remote Devon home

Joshua Kerry, 28, has been charged after the politician was found dead in her remote Devon home

Shabana Mahmood is set to remain home secretary after reports had tipped her for chancellor

Andy Burnham said his first instruction as prime minister is to end rough sleeping – and insisted he does not want to leave Downing Street before the social care crisis is fixed

Reeves, Lammy and Reed among ministers to have lost their jobs as Burnham brings together new top team

Beryl Barrett fractured her hip in the fall and died from bronchopneumonia at hospital

Reeves, Lammy and Reed among ministers to have lost their roles and Burnham brings together new top team

Joe McBride also raised the possibility of US President Donald Trump intervening in the extradition proceedings

Our community are divided over Andy Burnham’s first speech as Prime Minister – from comparisons to Tony Blair’s opening day in office, to scepticism over a rough sleeping pledge he already missed once in Manchester

Donald Trump previously described the new prime minister as ‘the mayor of a town’

Andy Burnham said his first instruction as prime minister is to end rough sleeping – and insisted he does not want to leave Downing Street before the social care crisis is fixed

Donald Trump described the new prime minister as ‘the mayor of a town’

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David Lammy and Steve Reed announced their departures from the government

The court previously heard that the boy approached her desk to ask her to check his work

Mr Burnham vowed to end rough sleeping in first Downing Street address and said he would bring ‘life’s essentials back under stronger public control’

The personal allowance has been frozen for five years, pulling more people into paying tax

The former MP died after suffering ‘serious injuries’

The new Prime Minister indicated that Volodymyr Zelensky would be one of the first foreign leaders he would call

The Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office has become a beloved fixture of British public life

Mr Burnham vowed to end rough sleeping in first Downing Street address and said he would bring ‘life’s essentials back under stronger public control’

The new prime minister vowed to end rough sleeping in his first address to the nation

The podium has long been a staple of prime ministerial speeches

The new prime minister is to address the nation after meeting King Charles at Buckingham Palace

The new prime minister is expected to address the nation after meeting King Charles at Buckingham Palace

The new prime minister

World's biggest rolling jackpot game could see UK winners take home prizes of potentially more than £1 billion

The pair met in 1989, when they bonded over a shared love of The Smiths