As Andy Burnham moves part of Downing Street to Manchester, Scotland and Wales are asking what it means for devolution.
At his first cabinet meeting as UK prime minister, Burnham told ministers they must be a "cost-of-living government".
The man accused of murdering former government minister Ann Widdecombe struck her 21 times on the top of her head with a hammer during the attack at her home earlier this month, prosecutors told a London court on Tuesday. Widdecombe, 78, who was a prominent figure in Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK but no longer a member of parliament, was found dead at her home in rural southwest England on July 9 after being attacked the day before. Joshua Kerry, a 28-year-old white British national...
Dubbed the ‘King of the North’ for his work as the mayor of Greater Manchester in northwestern England, Burnham will replace Keir Starmer as Prime Minister on July 20, when he says he will also unveil his cabinet team of top Ministers
Andy Burnham will become Britain's next prime minister on Monday, with huge challenges and opportunities.
Incoming PM Andy Burnham will immediately face foreign policy challenges, including the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran.
Andy Burnham set to become UK prime minister but faces challenges including the cost of living crisis and two wars.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he was leaving the United Kingdom “in better shape than I found it” as he fielded questions, criticism and even a bit of praise from lawmakers in the House of Commons for the last time on Wednesday. Starmer, who leaves office next week, bid farewell to the boisterous weekly Prime Minister’s Questions sessions where he has traded barbs with opposition politicians and defended his government’s record. On Monday, he will step down as prime minister after losing...
British counterterrorism police said on Tuesday that former government minister Ann Widdecombe, who was found murdered at her home last week, was clearly targeted, adding that officers were still working to establish the motive. “It is clear that this was a targeted attack. We are still working to understand the extent of any planning or preparation and the motivation that sits behind that attack,” Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, head of Britain’s counterterrorism policing, told...
British counterterrorism police officers are now leading the investigation into the suspected murder of former British government minister Ann Widdecombe, interior minister Shabana Mahmood said on Monday. Widdecombe, 78, was found dead at her home in rural southwest England on Thursday with what police described as “serious injuries”. Officers arrested a white British man in Rotherham, northern England, late on Saturday. “Following new information and evidence, they (counterterrorism police)...
British anti-immigrant politician Nigel Farage faces the embarrassing prospect of going head-to-head with perennial joke candidate Count Binface in a by-election after he decided to quit parliament. His surprise move threatened to backfire on Wednesday after other heavyweight parties confirmed they would not contest the vote for Farage’s seat in southeast England. Count Binface, a self-described “intergalactic space warrior”, is the only other person to have said so far that they would run. In a...
As another far-right party gains ground, scrutiny of Farage's outside earnings challenges his anti-establishment image.
US Vice-President J.D. Vance said Britain had been “failed by its leadership for a long time”, adding that he hoped the country’s next prime minister could deliver the structural change voters were seeking after years of political turmoil. In an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper, Vance said frequent changes of government pointed to deeper problems in British politics. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced last month he would step down after two years in office, paving the way for...
Andy Burnham says the UK must take the defence investment plan 'very seriously' despite 4.7bn-pound funding hole.
Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis is facing questions over the funding gap and whether Burnham was blindsided.