The Latest Breaking News from Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham to fight next election with plan for NHS-style care service

PM says he is willing to expend political capital to bring in universal service for England funded by ‘everybody’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27

Andy Burnham Promises NHS-Style Free Social Care but Won't Say How Everyone Will Pay

Andy Burnham has pledged to replace means-tested social care in England with a free NHS-style system, but says voters will not see detailed funding proposals until the next general election.

International Business Times UK · Sep 27

‘Don’t squander it’: Can Labour hang on to the Burnham bounce?

Conference delegates grateful ousting Starmer has paid off, but relief tempered by fiscal headwinds ahead

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27

Burnham warned he cannot wait until next election to start process of rejoining the EU

Stella Creasy, chair of the influential Labour Movement for Europe, has said Mr Burnham only has six months to start taking action ahead of a pro-EU rally at the Labour Party conference

The Independent UK · Sep 27

Burnham dodges questions on Heathrow third runway as project faces four-year delay

Airport chiefs say 2035 deadline unachievable with 2039 more likely as critics say delay makes case for project ‘even more dubious’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27

London Mayor says PM should 'prepare' British voters for return of EU membership

The Mayor of London says Labour needs to start the ‘pitch rolling’ of rejoining the trading bloc

Evening Standard · Sep 27

Burnham refreshes the parts others can’t reach on the Andy and Laura show

The PM oozes confidence and easy-going charm as he tells Laura Kuenssberg the hill he’ll die on is fixing social care

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27

Making social care the defining issue of the next election guarantees Burnham cannot go early

ANALYSIS: Making the reform of social care the centrepiece of the next Labour manifesto changes everything, as political editor David Maddox explains

The Independent UK · Sep 27

Dozens of pro-Palestine Action protesters arrested outside Labour party conference

More than 200 protesters sat outside the conference in Liverpool in support of the banned group

Evening Standard · Sep 27

Multiple arrests as hundreds of pro-Palestine Action demonstrators gather outside Labour conference

The protest coincided with the start of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool

The Independent UK · Sep 27