Andy Burnham’s speech in full as he is confirmed as Labour leader

The Makerfield MP has declared that he is ‘ready to lead’ the country

Exclusive: Ed Miliband now widely expected to get the foreign secretary job as Labour sources tell The Independent that Team Burnham have been discussing major reform of the FCDO and a ‘roadmap’ back to spending 0.7 per cent of GDP on overseas aid

Rishi Sunak urged Burnham to ‘soak in every second’ of his arrival in Downing Street

Mr Burnham has promised to be a leader in ‘all places’ as Britain’s next prime minister

Mr Burnham has promised to be a leader in ‘all places’ as Britain’s next prime minister

Political editor David Maddox has been handed a letter Nigel Farage sent to voters in Clacton explaining why he called a by-election - one constituent called it ‘a self pitying diatribe’

Hearing from allies of incoming prime minister Andy Burnham, Dan Haygarth tracks the year that saw the mayor of Greater Manchester set his sights on Number 10

As Andy Burnham prepares to take office, promising radical change and looking to move power out of London, Dan Haygarth and Jemma Robinson ask people in the capital about the incoming prime minister

Micky Steeds was unfairly sacked after he raised concerns over potentially toxic dust across the network, tribunal finds

High ticket prices and reversal of a US player’s suspension among controversies, Sir Ed Davey says

As a small 11-year-old boy, Mardoche Yembi was made to feel like he was something to be feared. Now, he is fighting to stop other children from suffering through the same abuse

‘We will never give up in our campaign for justice for Henry,’ Nowak’s family have said

The number of small boat arrivals to the UK is down 42 per cent from the same period in 2025, at 12,214. Holly Bancroft reports

Downing Street has backed calls for Fifa to investigate the incident

Mr Burnham has promised to be a leader in ‘all places’ as Britain’s next prime minister

A fraudster who was part of a gang that stole £4m through a cryptocurrency scam was arrested as he lay naked in bed.

Veteran Labour Party politician Andy Burnham is set to become Britain’s next prime minister on Monday

Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Restore Britain will not be fielding candidates in this by-election

Demonstrators are expected to demand that Mr Burnham’s government takes meaningful action to address Israel’s actions in Gaza

Mr Burnham promised to be a leader in ‘all places’ as Britain’s next prime minister

The Reform UK leader said ‘nothing will get better’ under Burnham who will become prime minister on Monday

No more than 8 per cent of patients should wait longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment, the government says

The water supplier said it was in discussions with lenders to agree a new loan facility.

Former Downing Street insiders Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson are here to give you a peek behind the curtain on a PM’s first day, reports Maja Anushka

Andy Burnham has finally been crowned Labour Party leader. Attention turns now to his top team, with home secretary Shabana Mahmood hotly tipped to be named chancellor. Meanwhile, Ed Miliband and Wes Streeting continue to cast a shadow over Burnham’s picks. On Monday, after formalities with the King, Burnham will become the UK’s seventh prime minister in ten years.

The frontrunner for the position of chancellor in Andy Burnham’s cabinet widely expected to be Shabana Mahmood. Some commentators have already taken to criticising the potential move, in a way that Helen MacNamara has branded ‘annoying’ and Cleo Watson called ‘misunderstood’.

Exclusive: Sian Astley hit out at ‘aggressive transgender ideology’ and said it would have ‘no place’ in Greater Manchester under her leadership

The MP covered his face with shaking hands as the verdicts were delivered

Andy Burnham was unveiled as leader insisting ‘I have a plan’, but warning that they can no longer try to ‘out-Reform Reform’

Dan Neidle said he ‘would now be surprised if HMRC do not open an enquiry’