Burnham’s economic vision
Andy Burnham’s new cabinet is in place and he’s dropped a raft of policy announcements on the cost of living this week, filling in some of t...
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20 of 605 episodesAndy Burnham’s cabinet: who’s in, who’s out?
It’s all change at the top of Andy Burnham’s new Labour government and there have been some surprise appointments. The biggest of them was t...
The Burnham era begins: Mahmood set for chancellor?
Andy Burnham has been crowned Labour leader and will become PM on Monday. His first speech to the party faithful on Friday offered new clues...
Farage in a fix; Burnham unbeatable
Is Nigel Farage regretting his move to trigger a by-election now that his main rival is the novelty candidate Count Binface? What do Reform’...
Nigel Farage tries to ‘take back control’
Has Nigel Farage played his trump card by announcing that he will resign as MP for Clacton and fight a by-election there, or will the move b...
Power to the North: Burnham’s big idea
Andy Burnham’s big idea for government is to shift power out of Westminster. In his first major speech setting out his plans for government,...
Live special: Ten years after Brexit
Ten years ago, the UK voted in a referendum to leave the EU. Since that Brexit vote, the country has been through six prime ministers, the p...
Can anyone challenge Andy Burnham for PM?
Can any other Labour MP amass sufficient support to challenge Andy Burnham for the top job, or is his ascent to No 10 now all but assured? J...
Exit Starmer, enter Burnham
With Andy Burnham sworn in as an MP and on track to become the UK’s seventh prime minister in 10 years after Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation...
Unseating Starmer: Burnham’s next move
Andy Burnham has stormed the Makerfield by-election, clearing the pathway for him to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the top job in Downing S...
Makerfield or bust: Burnham goes for broke
With a week to go until Makerfield heads to the polls in what may turn out to be the most consequential by-election in British history, host...
The Nowak murder: when tragedy meets politics
What began as a local tragedy in Southampton has quickly become a national flashpoint. Questions about policing and trust in UK institutions...
Should Labour heed Tony Blair?
Tony Blair’s lengthy – and excoriating – 5,600-word essay on the future of the Labour Party and Britain has set Westminster alight this week...
Game on: All eyes on Makerfield by-election
Andy Burnham running for the Makerfield by-election has become far more than a contest for a safe Labour seat. It is being seen as a proxy b...
Burnham eyes Labour crown as Starmer clings on
In a dramatic week at Westminster, Wes Streeting has quit as health secretary and ex-deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has said her wrangl...
Ask Political Fix: Starmer’s fightback, election turmoil and defence
You sent in your burning questions, now our panel answers them. Will Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘relaunch’ work? Has Britain become ungovernable? Wi...
Election special: snap analysis
It’s been a dreadful night for Labour as council seats across the country have turned from red to turquoise. The Conservatives have not fare...
Labour braces for ballot box bloodbath
With just one week to go before voters across the UK deliver their verdict on Sir Keir Starmer’s government – our panel discusses another ag...
Introducing: The Story of Money
The economist John Kenneth Galbraith once quipped that “there can be few fields of human endeavour in which history counts for so little as...
The Mandelson Starmer saga stumbles on
The rolling drama over the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador is eating the government alive, with more committee hearings...