'We need a Labour government of all the talents, representing our broad church movement, all parts of the UK and that looks like our diverse country', the Labour Deputy Leader Lucy Powell writes

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Mr Burnham is set to take over as Labour leader on Friday but will have to wait until after the weekend to formally become prime minister

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Burnham is expected to deliver a speech on Friday where he will reportedly pledge to be "unashamedly Labour" and vow that his government will have the "courage to fix the big…

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The former Greater Manchester mayor has been appointed leader of the governing Labour Party.

All the speeches were hopey-changey on steroids

Andy Burnham vowed on July 17 to "give hope" back to the British people as he was confirmed as the ruling Labour party's new leader, set to be the next UK prime minister. 'The…

Political editor David Maddox was in the room at the TUC headquarters in London as Andy Burnham became Labour leader, warning his party this is their ‘last chance’

Andy Burnham insisted “I have a plan” for power as he was crowned Labour leader and therefore the next prime minister on Friday. He promised to give people “hope back” while…

Former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham was yesterday to officially become leader of the UK’s governing Labour Party, clearing his final hurdle to taking office as prime…

Editorial: Andy Burnham’s first speech as Labour leader was a bold blancmange – a throwback to a half-remembered past, and frustratingly vague on policy. We cannot wait much…

"We must recognize that this generation of politicians, myself included, have failed to challenge a political culture and an economic model that simply doesn't work well enough…

After Andy Burnham was officially named as the new Labour leader, Channel 4 News spoke to three Labour MPs from different wings of the party.

LONDON: Andy Burnham promised to bring hope to the British people and purpose to the country's floundering Labour govt as he was officially declared party leader on Friday,…

• Set to replace Starmer on Monday • Vows to halt Reform UK’s rise with Labour revival; says party faces last chance to win back

Andy Burnham has been confirmed as the new leader of Britain's governing Labour Party, and will become the country's seventh prime minister in a decade of extraordinary political…

'We need a Labour government of all the talents, representing our broad church movement, all parts of the UK and that looks like our diverse country', the Labour Deputy Leader…

Andy Burnham, the new Labour leader, will set out his domestic priorities in his first speech from Downing Street on Monday after formally taking over from Sir Keir Starmer

The hopes of British Labour Party members and supporters are mixed following the end of outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s era. While realists are holding back from…