What’s the plan? Burnham vows to ‘be better’ than Starmer as he hints at Leftward lurch in first speech as PM – but again gives no detail – as Cabinet battle looms

Andy Burnham admitted the Labour Government ‘needs to be better’ today after he officially replaced Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. The new premier delivered his latest hint at a lurch to the Left in a speech in Downing Street, watched by … Read More

Reform UK breaks into ‘red wall’ strongholds as Labour suffers heavy local losses

The Labour Party has lost control of important councils in the UK local elections, with Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK making sweeping gains and breaking into traditional Labour heartlands. Voters in 136 local authorities went to the polls on May … Read More