A new survey suggests voters are becoming more cynical and pessimistic. A few goodwill gestures from No 10 won’t change all that – but it’s a start, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The world's media has delivered a mixed reaction to Andy Burnham's rise to high office - with some attacking his 'nostalgia for the 1970s' and others admitting they have no idea…

Andy Burnham told his Cabinet this morning that they need to give people a ‘sense that help is coming’. He was largely focused on the cost of living as he addressed ministers, but…