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Nigel Farage one of 34 candidates in Clacton by-election

The main Westminster parties are boycotting the by-election.

Evening Standard · Jul 17

‘He knows what he thinks’: how ready is Andy Burnham to become PM?

A hasty handover from Starmer meant his successor has not had much time to prepare for office yet his team is quietly confident

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17

Master Impressionist takes on Andy Burnham: Jon Culshaw on the art of imitation

Downing Street’s Larry the Cat is about to get a new housemate, his seventh in ten years. Andy Burnham says he will do things differently, that he’s focused on driving growth in every postcode in the country, although we’re yet to hear any detail of how from the about-to-be-parachuted-in PM…

France 24 · Jul 17

Andy Burnham in pledge to be ‘unashamedly Labour’ as he becomes party leader

The former Greater Manchester mayor will enter No 10 on Monday.

Evening Standard · Jul 17

Andy Burnham to be crowned Labour leader

Andy Burnham is set to be crowned Labour leader on Friday as questions remain over how his agenda will differ to Keir Starmer's

The National (Scotland) · Jul 17

The Manchester years: how Burnham’s rebirth as ‘king of the north’ set him on road to No 10

In the second part of a two-part profile, Josh Halliday charts PM-in-waiting’s journey northward, where as mayor he revelled in his Covid-era popularity – and changed his approach to politics

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17

Andy Burnham to pledge to be ‘unashamedly Labour’ when he becomes party leader

The former Greater Manchester mayor will be confirmed as Labour leader in a special conference and then enter No 10 on Monday.

Evening Standard · Jul 16

Burnham’s ‘black box’ plans for cabinet send Westminster into hysteria

Few know who will get top jobs when new PM enters No 10 and the vacuum of information has its downsides

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16

Andy Burnham promised to change Greater Manchester. Almost ten years on, how did he do?

Almost ten years ago – just weeks before he was elected as Greater Manchester’s first metro-mayor – I sat down with Andy Burnham and interviewed him for The Conversation.

The Conversation · Jul 16

Reform UK propose 'astonishing' ban on sign language in Scottish elections

REFORM UK have been accused of aiming to “lock deaf people out of democracy” after one of the party’s MSPs suggested they would try to ban the…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 15