In his first broadcast interview since winning the Makerfield by-election, the prime minister-in-waiting ruled out 'crude cuts' to welfare.

‘I couldn’t tell you what his political ideology is,’ says Manchester campaigner Shabaaz Mohammed on the ‘charismatic’ PM-in-waiting

Andy Burnham is facing an early threat from his own benches as he prepares to take over from Keir Starmer in a little over a fortnight.