The Latest Breaking News from Andy Burnham

Burnham says thank-you for messages of support after death of father

Roy Burnham had been suffering from Alzheimer’s.

Evening Standard · Sep 16

Don’t back down on pledge to put water firms under public control, Burnham told

Key allies of PM issue warning as details emerge of his plan to give mayors powers to oversee water companies

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16

UK politics: Burnham says budget will be ‘challenging’ and denies he is just ‘tax and spend socialist’ – as it happened

PM responds to criticism from former Bank of England chief economist

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16

Why £72 million doesn’t come for free – the risks to Reform UK of taking cash from mega-donors

British politics looks set to be dominated in the coming weeks and months by the £72 million donated to Reform UK. This is because, and there’s really no other way to cut the cake here, this is an astonishing amount of money.

The Conversation · Sep 15

Andy Burnham wants to run a ‘cost of living government’ – here’s what he can learn from families living through the crisis

Parliament is back in session, and Andy Burnham is set to put his promise of becoming a “cost-of-living government” into practice. Since 2021, economic and geopolitical instability has led UK households to struggle with a fall in real disposable income and inflation, particularly around food and energy prices.

The Conversation · Sep 15

Why you could pay income tax on your state pension even if the triple lock ends

Some pensioners will be dragged into paying income tax – but there are exemptions

The Independent UK · Sep 15

Make NHS and military uniforms in UK, fashion firms urge Burnham

More than 1,200 people, including Ben Fogle, sign letter saying domestic contracts will help preserve UK manufacturing

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15

Reform UK ‘has no interest in Wales’, says Senedd member who defected to Plaid Cymru – as it happened

Sarah Cooper-Lesadd says party is ‘far more interested in division, opposition and headlines than finding solutions’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15

Thank goodness Labour’s ‘shambolic’ plan to reorganise local councils has been paused. What was it thinking?

This misconceived Treasury pet project may have been foisted on the government, but it would have added to voters’ mistrust in politics, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15

Louise Haigh: UK must heed warnings from AI experts

First secretary warns of ‘huge risks’ of technology as PM is urged to use next year’s G20 to drive global regulation

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15