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...

Andy Burnham has vowed to be a pro-business Prime Minister who will reindustrialise Britain and support the country's small businesses.

Burnham inherits high public debt, elevated borrowing costs and weak growth, while demands on the state continue to rise from defence, net-zero and an ageing population. At the…

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 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…

As Andy Burnham prepares to take office, promising radical change and looking to move power out of London, Dan Haygarth and Jemma Robinson ask people in the capital about the…

Like Brown, Burnham will enjoy something of a honeymoon - if only because he is not his predecessor.

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…

A stagnant economy, disillusioned voters, divided politics and geostrategic turmoil are all challenges for the UK’s new prime minister who takes the helm on Monday.

The United Kingdom's new prime minister, Labour's Andy Burnham, began shaping his government with a cabinet reshuffle and a series of socially oriented announcements, hours after…

Andy Burnham is set to inherit the third-strongest economy of any Prime Minister in the last 50 years, argue analysts

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...

Andy Burnham will be Britain’s seventh prime minister in ten years - but the political chaos and infighting which landed him the top job show no sign of slowing down, according to…

Bold, big-bang reforms will give the 56-year-old Labour leader the confidence to face the electorate, writes journalist Martin Ivens.

The prospect of Burnham, considered more left-leaning than Starmer, replacing the incumbent prime minister sent jitters through bond markets earlier this year.

Alexander Dragonetti: New PMs may be inclined to ask 'what should Britain do?', but the better question is 'who Britain should do it with?'

The new Labour leader won 379 of 403 MP nominations unopposed and pledges to end the revolving door at No. 10 — seven since 2016.

Burnham's first challenge will be the choice of his Cabinet team and especially his finance minister. Friction in this axis of government has brought down previous administrations.

The longer-run task of ensuring the UK really is a country for all applies most particularly to the communities suffering most hostility

The UK has seen a lot of failure over the last decade. Its problems will take more to fix than changing the face at the top.