Keir Starmer’s swan song has begun. Westminster lies in wait for his most likely successor – the MP for Makerfield – who was absent from the Commons once again this afternoon, during PMQs. In the ...

From the archive: Andy Burnham on Peter Mandelson, Iraq and cannabis By Jon Bernstein Andy Burnham, former cabinet minister, is back where he started. Geographically, that is. Kicked out of his ...

The unlikely alliance between a group of London gays and lesbians and a Welsh mining village is a riposte to anti-woke ...

Nature had reasserted itself; marine scientists marvelled at the speed of algal growth By Katie Stallard How hard could it be ...

Will anyone oppose Andy Burnham? The Socialist Campaign Group is concerned about Shabana Mahmood and Josh Simons By Megan Kenyon The path to Downing Street might look open for Andy Burnham after his ...

How did it all go so wrong for Keir Starmer? Over the following hours, days and weeks, Starmer’s supporters will make the ...

Keir Starmer will resign as leader of the Labour Party and prime minister, he has announced in a speech outside No 10.

It comes after the party lost its deposit in Makerfield By Megan Kenyon Tomorrow, the Green Party’s leader, Zack Polanski will unveil the party’s candidate for the Manchester mayoral by-election – ...

The fixation on who will be PM obscures the deeper forces shaping Britain’s finances – and the cost of addressing them By Dominic Caddick Judging by much of the coverage of the Makerfield by-election, ...

The Modern Service Framework is an opportunity to show ambition and make transformative change Dementia is a devastating disease, which one in three of us born today will develop in our lifetime.

Should the UK rejoin the EU? Caroline Lucas and Anand Menon weigh in By Caroline Lucas and Anand Menon On 11 May, following the disastrous results of the local elections, Keir Starmer delivered a ...