Anne McElvoy: Can the new Prime Minister resist Labour's oldest temptation?
All the speeches were hopey-changey on steroids
James Lyons: The Makerfield MP needs to show he has both the ideas and the plan to deliver from day one
Editorial: Labour having won the general election in part on a pledge to ‘end the chaos and confusion’, now it is Andy Burnham’s turn to manoeuvre through a difficult metamorphosis
Burnham, who oozes a desperate desire to be liked, will lead a government focused on good vibes and the fantasy of a mythical paradise lost
The next Prime Minister signalled a lurch to the Left, saying Britain had taken a 'series of wrong turns' under Margaret Thatcher that previous Labour governments had failed to undo.
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 overoptimism regarding the future under new leader…
Anthony Albanese and Andy Burnham want to improve the political system. But politicians, high on newfound power, have a habit of making promises they can’t keep.
The incoming prime minister showed his oratorical skill and that he is prepared to borrow from populism
The next Prime Minister signalled a lurch to the Left, saying Britain had taken a 'series of wrong turns' under Margaret Thatcher that previous Labour governments had failed to…
Andy Burnham faces a daunting in-tray as Britain’s new prime minister, from a slowing economy and strained services to volatile global crises and US ties.
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…
Burnham has claimed that nationalisation – taking Britain back to the pre-Thatcher 1970s – will cure the country’s ills. He’s in for a very nasty shock...
Oasis caution against looking back in anger, yet the narrative Manchester’s other favourite son rehearsed in his first speech as Prime Minister was based on hackneyed old…
Editorial: The prime minister's brutal clearout of his predecessor's cabinet has shown he can wield the knife. Now, he must prove he can chart a different course for Britain
Burnham will have work to avoid replicating the Conservative Party’s leadership crisis, check the growing support for Reform & refurbish the UK’s global image
Andy Burnham has begun his premiership by promising to “bring back hope” to Britain, saying his government will focus on rebuilding communities, easing cost-of-living pressures…