‘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

Tony Blair has lost his sense of direction on economic growth

Sun 7 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham: ‘I am committed to proportional representation’

Sun 31 May 2026

Blair doubles down on his criticism of Labour after party backlash

Sat 30 May 2026

Andy Burnham: ‘The London set have run Labour for too long’

Thu 28 May 2026

Andy Burnham slams Tony Blair for ignoring inequality in his defence of ‘radical centre’

Wed 27 May 2026

Will the UK rejoin the EU?

Which Andy Burnham will turn up as the next Labour leader?

Sun 24 May 2026

Reform candidate for Makerfield by-election called abortion ‘murder’

Sun 24 May 2026

How might Labour's new leaders grow the UK?

The Makerfield paradox: why a byelection win could lock Burnham out of No 10

Wed 20 May 2026

What divides and unites Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham?

Sun 17 May 2026

Keir Starmer’s last few days have resembled not so much Macbeth as The Comedy of Errors

Sun 17 May 2026

The battle for the future of Labour’s economic vision has begun

Sun 17 May 2026

Labour’s membership has changed since Corbyn

Sun 17 May 2026

Shattered allegiances and broken friendships litter the streets of Westminster

Sun 17 May 2026

‘Britain’s future lies with Europe’: Streeting vows to make rejoining EU key goal if he becomes PM

Sun 17 May 2026

Andy Burnham’s byelection bid sends UK borrowing costs soaring to 15-year high

Sat 16 May 2026

Andy Burnham’s make-or-break choice will either crown him or sink him

Sun 25 Jan 2026

Burnham’s bid to return set to force Starmer into fight of his political life

Sat 24 Jan 2026

MP’s resignation could clear path to Westminster for Burnham

Thu 22 Jan 2026

The future of the British left

Andy Burnham taking Keir Starmer’s crown is pure fantasy

Sun 28 Sept 2025

Labour has never got its plot together enough for a coup

Sun 28 Sept 2025

Starmer ready to seize initiative in race against time to save leadership

Sun 21 Sept 2025