Andy Burnham delivered his first speech as Labour leader at an event in the basement of Congress House - the headquarters of the Trades Union Congress - surrounded by the great and good of the party

Andy Burnham thinks his critics need a new joke about him. The old one about a Blairite, a Brownite and a Corbynite walking into a bar (‘Hello, Mr Burnham,’ says the barman) is…

In the first of a two-part profile, Daniel Boffey traces the incoming PM’s early forays into politics and his rise to prominence – ultimately leading to him leaving London for…