More public control is the way to grow UK economy, Burnham to tell MPs Exclusive: Prime minister wants to ‘bring back hope’ by tackling cost of living as MPs call for electoral reform The Guardian - UK · Aug 31
‘We need to be careful’: Andy Burnham’s team keenly aware of fiscal tightrope Chancellor pick and early policies avoid market meltdown but next week remains ‘moment of real peril’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 20
With PM Burnham, we’ll get warmth, audacity and knowhow. For everything else, cling to hope He looks the part, with a rise as impressive as his speeches, but is that enough? You cannot know if someone is up to the job until they have to do it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Jul 20
Labour’s internal warfare breaks open as Starmer and ministers criticise Andy Burnham Starmer is understood to be furious at Greater Manchester mayor’s admission that he would seek to challenge for the leadership The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025
Hard times: why Rachel Reeves must be bold and ditch her Dickensian rulebook In her crucial statement this week, the chancellor would do well to reject the Gradgrind mindset The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025
‘The system is falling apart’: patients and doctors speak out on NHS strike Junior doctors’ pay dispute has led to their longest walkout in health service history. We hear from those directly affected The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024
Let’s ease up on Johnson and Cummings: Covid was just the ‘wrong crisis’ for them, OK? The Covid inquiry has hosted a parade of men who assure us they’re experts in everything – except their own incompetence, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2023
Grenfell anniversary marked by emotional vigils and poignant embrace with firefighters The anniversary of the Grenfell Tower disaster was marked with protests up and down the country, with firefighters forming a guard of honour at one survivors' march in London Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2023
Leaked email shows minister used civil servants for attack on Labour in 'rule breach' Labour warned that Transport Secretary Mark Harper had 'been caught red-handed misusing the civil service for political gain' after the Mirror got hold of a secret email Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2023
Train strikes: Passengers urged to check journeys as latest walkout ends today Members of The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) are due to end the mass walkout today but services will only be operating at 70%, says Network Rail Daily Mirror · Dec 27, 2022
Christmas travel chaos: Brits rush to make last trains home amid rail staff strikes Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail are on strike meaning trains will stop running early today as commuters rush to make it home for Christmas Daily Mirror · Dec 24, 2022
GPs tell patients to ‘get an Uber’ as NHS ambulance delays hit record level Some practices in England encouraging stable patients with serious conditions to make their own way to hospital The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022
Tuesday briefing: What will a third winter with the coronavirus bring? In today’s newsletter: New variants, a struggling NHS and approaching flu season suggest a coronavirus surge is still a risk. A public health expert on preparing for what lies ahead The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022
After a disastrous mini-budget can Liz Truss tackle the myriad crises looming ahead? The PM’s in tray looks ever more challenging with warnings of winter blackouts, NHS winter crisis and nuclear threat from Russia The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2022 Truss warns against ‘talking UK into a recession’ in leadership hustings Tory favourite for No 10 says taxes should be kept low as rival Sunak says his priority will be to tackle inflation
The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2022 What is the dispute on UK railways and could strikes be biggest in modern history? The RMT has balloted about 40,000 members for industrial action over pay and cuts