There is no situation room, no wall of flatscreens or a hotline to the White House, just a few chairs patrolled by ‘quite a mad dog’. But a garden in Golborne, on the outskirts of Wigan, is now ground zero in three different operations which will decide the future of Britain. The first is Op

LONDON: Labour mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has emerged in the past decade as one of Britain’s most recognizable regional leaders, and a persistent thorn in…

There is no situation room, no wall of flatscreens or a hotline to the White House, just a few chairs patrolled by ‘quite a mad dog’. But a garden in Golborne, on the outskirts of…

Who would have thought that this man, who was once a plain and rather uninspiring New Labour minister, would one day become the great hope against the darkness?

Editorial: By offering Labour’s Makerfield candidate a role in government if he wins, the prime minister has shown how a faltering administration could yet be rebuilt. It would…

Data shows the Greater Manchester mayor picked the hardest constituency to win, and maybe that’s the point.

The scale of his by-election victory is the only card Andy Burnham has to play. Is a snap election on the cards?

From public ownership to devolution and the cost of living, the policies of the potential Labour leadership challenger will face intense scrutiny

Andy Burnham could implement radical policies if he is made Prime Minister though he still faces hurdles ahead.

Editorial: We congratulate the former Manchester mayor on a historic by-election victory that has re-energised Labour and reminded it to take the fight to Reform – but the keys to…

Newly-elected Makerfield MP praises team as he joins them at campaign HQ, celebrating victory ‘beyond our wildest dreams’

With by-election victory setting him on path to Downing Street, Burnham assembles unit to deliver in government

Having literally campaigned in poetry, the new Makerfield MP needs a summer of knuckling down to the small print, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

OPINION: As Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election, the big question is whether he could bring about that change and in truth. Of that, nobody knows. But what I do know…

'Despite the goalposts being constantly moved, team Burnham smashed it with a decisive win and they should bask in that', broadcaster and peer Ayesha Hazarika writes