London's decline as a financial capital isn't inevitable. By scrapping stamp duty om shares - a tax that investors in America, China and India simply do not pay - Andy Burnham can turn the City around

On Monday, former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham succeeds Keir Starmer as the United Kingdom's prime minister. Burnham's politics have been shaped by England's north-south class…

Andy Burnham becomes UK prime minister, pledging economic growth, devolution and cost-of-living relief after Keir Starmer’s resignation.Burnham inherits weak growth, high...