Badenoch torpedoes Starmer at PMQs: 'Generals can count, the Kremlin can count, his defence plan doesn't add up' Sketch: Deserted by Labour troops, the Prime Minister was like a tank with depleted armour and wonky tracks as he came under fire from Mrs Badenoch Evening Standard · Jul 1
Keir Starmer suggests Andy Burnham borrow billions for defence Prime minister has said his successor in No 10 should use fiscal headroom to fund a £4.7bn gap in defence spending The Guardian - UK · Jul 1
Badenoch accuses Starmer of leaving defence spending ‘mess to his successor’ amid concern over £5bn black hole Tory leader accuses Starmer of ‘leaving this mess to his successor’ The Independent UK · Jul 1
Andy Burnham says he will end culture of briefing against female ministers PM hopeful tells meeting of women’s parliamentary Labour party that any staff who undermine female members of his team will be sacked The Guardian - UK · Jun 30
White working-class children have to be exceptional or exceptionally lucky to succeed, Phillipson says Ms Phillipson said the group had been failed by the ‘distant dream’ of social mobility that had lifted only a ‘lucky few’ – including herself – out of poverty The Independent UK · Jun 29
Burnham promises ‘hope’ as he unveils ‘new direction’ for Britain The MP almost certain to be the next prime minister chose the People’s History Museum in Manchester, a homage to Britain’s left-wing history, to unveil his pitch for power The Independent UK · Jun 29
At the People’s History Museum, Burnham gives Labour people hope they might just have a future The home crowd swooned to Andy’s mood music, even if some of it could have been a Keir cover version The Guardian - UK · Jun 29
The questions Andy Burnham urgently needs to answer LABOUR LEADERSHIP : The prime minister-in-waiting made Labour MPs feel good about themselves – and the future of the party – with his speech in Manchester. But he ducked questions from journalists – and thereby avoided any scrutiny of the details of his policies. David Maddox looks at the pieces… The Independent UK · Jun 29
Why Bridget Phillipson has accused the Tories of a ‘manufactured smear’ IN FULL The Independent UK · Jun 29
Badenoch claims UK will face ‘summer of chaos’ if Burnham becomes PM IN FULL The Independent UK · Jun 29
Bridget Phillipson accuses Tories of ‘manufactured smear’ over sale of mother’s council house Education secretary accused Kemi Badenoch’s party of ‘losing the argument’ days after ‘spiteful class warrior’ jibe The Independent UK · Jun 29
Badenoch says Burnham is making same mistakes as last Tory government Kemi Badenoch says Andy Burnham will make the same mistakes as former Conservative governments by “making announcements before having a plan ready”. The Independent UK · Jun 29
Badenoch warns UK faces ‘summer of chaos’ as Burnham prepares for No 10 The Tory leader said Mr Burnham should sack Energy Secretary Ed Miliband The Independent UK · Jun 29
The Guardian - UK · Jun 26 Senior Trump official’s claims about UK free speech arrests rejected by No 10 Sarah B Rogers speech at conference in London included far-right memes and conspiracy theories about ‘Da Yookay’
The Independent UK · Jun 26 Running buses in Manchester is no preparation for the international stage, Major warns Burnham Exclusive: In an interview for Independent TV with editor-in-chief Geordie Greig, former prime minister John Major warned that being mayor of Manchester will not prepare Andy Burnham for challenges on the global stage
The Guardian - UK · Jun 25 Andy Thingy with the eyelashes who was once ‘mayor of a town’ hits Westminster Trump gets to grips with ‘extremely liberal’ new kid who’s already roasting Kemi Badenoch on X
The Times of India · Jun 25 ‘They abandoned Starmer for a pair of eyelashes’: Kemi Badenoch takes swipe at Andy Burnham; here's his response In a light-hearted response to remarks made during Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), Andy Burnham hit back at Kemi Badenoch after she dismissed him as "a pair of eyelashes and a black T-shirt" while hitting out at Labour's leadership turmoil.
The Independent UK · Jun 24 Andy Burnham responds to Kemi Badenoch’s ‘eyelashes and black T-shirt’ jab Andy Burnham has responded to Kemi Badenoch after she described him as a “pair of eyelashes and a black T-shirt”.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 24 Labour MPs criticise language used by Kemi Badenoch in fractious PMQs Tory leader reprimanded by speaker for invective against minister and saying Starmer had ‘400 knives in his back’
The Guardian - UK · Jun 24 Graceless Kemi concedes not a croak of kindness for newly liberated Keir It is customary to say something complimentary about a departing PM but the Tory leader couldn’t meet the moment
The Independent UK · Jun 24 Bridget Phillipson accuses Kemi Badenoch of ‘losing her head’ after fiery PMQs IN FULL
The Independent UK · Jun 24 Senior minister claims Badenoch compared her to a Gestapo officer in heated clash after PMQs Kemi Badenoch singled out the education secretary for criticism during Prime Minister’s Questions
Evening Standard · Jun 24 Keir Starmer bats away criticism of front and backbenchers in PMQs bout Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle interrupted the leaders’ Wednesday session and urged them to choose their words carefully.
Evening Standard · Jun 24 Burnham looms large at PMQs: Badenoch mocks Starmer for Labour axing him for 'pair of eyelashes and a T-shirt' SKETCH: Tory leader Mrs Badenoch tears into Sir Keir’s Cabinet ministers after his resignation