‘You have to be ruthless’: politics is just like gardening, says Michael Heseltine

Mon 22 Jun 2026

‘Telling it like it is’: far-right parties give a voice to those left behind by the left

Mon 22 Jun 2026

‘He was a hell of a striker’: how will Andy Burnham’s football skills prepare him for Number 10?

Mon 22 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham plans ‘mini-rally’ in Westminster as Starmer says goodbye

Mon 22 Jun 2026

Manchesterism could revive Britain

Sun 21 Jun 2026

Miliband as chancellor would be ‘noose around neck’ of job creation, says biggest union

Sun 21 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham’s credo of business-friendly socialism is winning backers

Sun 21 Jun 2026

A Macunian golden age? Burnham will hand his successor a city on the rise

Sun 21 Jun 2026

Remember Gordon! Why Labour should take a beat before parachuting in Andy Burnham

Sun 21 Jun 2026

Now the march begins to put the messiah of Manchester in Downing Street

Fri 19 Jun 2026

The mystery of the Putney Pusher

Labour prepares for act two of its leadership drama

Thu 18 Jun 2026

The direction of British politics hinges on the voters of Makerfield

Thu 18 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham: the local lad who leads with both his head and heart

Wed 17 Jun 2026

Makerfield byelection poised on a knife-edge as poll reveals Labour and Reform neck and neck

Sun 14 Jun 2026

Starmer stands accused of ‘not trying his best’. It’s just not true

Sun 14 Jun 2026

Lemn Sissay: ‘My foster parents taught me that if you are loved, you will be destroyed’

Sat 13 Jun 2026

‘It’s terrifying – if we get Reform, it could change Britain’: voters fear for Labour in Makerfield

Sun 7 Jun 2026

Wes Streeting: ‘I don’t want to watch Nigel Farage walking into Downing Street on my conscience’

Sun 7 Jun 2026