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The shadow health secretary Stuart Andrew has quit Kemi Badenoch's Conservative frontbench team in a week that has seen two other high-profile politicians — Priti Patel and Sir James Cleverley — also resign from the shadow cabinet

The fiscal squeeze facing new Chancellor John Healey ahead of his inaugural Budget has been laid bare as official figures showed government borrowing unexpectedly rose to £1.8 billion last month

Andy Burnham promises to tackle false discounts in latest cost-of-living pledge

Burnham is also likely to face pressure for more action on the cost of living — although significant interventions are unlikely before October's Budget

Centralisation did not close every factory or pit, but left regions without the powers, finance or institutions to cushion the shock or build a resilient, replacement economy

New UK govt tackles cost of living with energy tax cut

Burnham introduced his own £2 cap in Manchester back in September 2022, so surely it was only a matter of time before the rule was reintroduced nationally

PM hands top jobs to several prominent politicians who helped pave his path to power

Ms Reeves was visibly crying in the House of Commons chamber on Wednesday, July 2 last year

Andy Burnham has ruled out calling an early general election if he becomes the prime minister later this month

Former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is highly likely to run unopposed in the contest — being the only MP with the requisite support — making his coronation as Britain’s next prime minister almost certain

UK Plc Warns Burnham More Tax Hikes Would Push Firms Over Edge

Politicians from five political parties, including the Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves and Green leader Zack Polanski, will address the gathering

Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Alex Burghart slammed Keir Starmer's Labour Party during an appearance on GB News Breakfast

Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Alex Burghart slammed Keir Starmer's Labour Party during an appearance on GB News Breakfast

Prime Minister Burnham only promises more chaos

Andy Burnham will seek ‘coronation’ to become PM by September

His warning comes amid expectations that he will replace Sir Keir Starmer, who could quit as Prime Minister as soon as tomorrow

Prime Minister Burnham only promises more chaos

The hoariest of political cliches holds that politicians must campaign in poetry but govern in prose

The hoariest of political cliches holds that politicians must campaign in poetry but govern in prose

The Conservatives have accused Labour of “hammering the high street” and piling pressure on family finances with their business rates “betrayal”

Rumours spread between neighbours about money-laundering mini-marts and gang-owned vape stores

Would-be PM Andy Burnham was left humiliated on BBC Newsnight after failing to answer a really simple question — sparking a monumental backlash online

Political editor David Maddox talks to friends, allies and critics of the Greater Manchester mayor as he fights to return to Westminster

There’s not one leadership contender that would command significantly greater popularity with voters than Sir Keir Starmer

Last week’s speeches by ​both Starmer and King Charles III underscored this government's greatest flaw: a diffuse economic programme spanning pledges to seek alignment with the European Union, invest in rail, fight climate change and nationalise steel production

Prime Minister Keir ‌Starmer is under intense pressure to quit after dismal local election results earlier in May, which has pushed up gilt yields sharply and weighed on the pound

Andy Burnham has always faced a narrow path to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister: a tricky byelection, a leadership contest that is yet to be declared, and a far from constructive bond market backdrop

The Labour party leader had seen off an immediate threat on Tuesday despite four junior ministers resigning and more than 80 MPs urging him to quit, when no one broke ranks to formally challenge him

The FTSE 100 rallied on Wednesday, led by mining stocks, while gilts steadied as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer kept a precarious grip on power

If they win power, the Tories have said they would only exempt households from the cap if all adults who can work do so, while receiving benefits such as Pip would no longer be an automatic exemption

The organisation’s latest Consumer Insight Tracker found consumer confidence fell to minus 62 this month — its lowest level since 2022

Rachel Reeves has always relished a political fight, but in recent days she has been swinging at her opponents with what looks very much like enjoyment

Following fresh scrutiny over Keir Starmer’s handling of Peter Mandelson’s US ambassador appointment, Independent readers have been weighing in on the fragility of the prime minister’s position

Whenever Conservatives or Faragists make wild promises — tax cuts, more police, more punishment, more bonuses for marriage — and are asked how they would pay, the answer is always “welfare”

Political commentator Dan Hodges appeared on the programme just one day after the International Monetary Fund downgraded Britain's economic prospects more than any other G7 country

Trump's Iran war could plunge the world into a recession — and Britain looks particularly explosed

From Monday, new claimants for the health element of universal credit (UC) will get a lower rate of £217.26 a month

They — together with Rachel Reeves' 'stealth' rises to income tax and other levy hikes — will all help fund Labour's £3.5billion splurge on scrapping the two-child benefit cap

Liz Truss promised huge tax cuts worth £45bn paid for with extra borrowing and welfare “efficiencies”

Liz Truss promised huge tax cuts worth £45bn paid for with extra borrowing and welfare “efficiencies”

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimated 165,000 properties will be affected in the policy’s first year, rising to 167,000 in 2030