Reform in hot water … again
Reform’s conference in Birmingham was soured by a Channel 4 News broadcast showing the party's leader Nigel Farage and some of his closest a...
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20 of 612 episodesBurnham vs Badenoch: Commons showdown
There’s big "new term" energy this week in parliament with MPs returning from summer recess for Andy Burnham’s first Prime Minister's Questi...
What Burnham told the FT
In his first interview with the FT since becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham tells political editor and host George Parker that he is pro-...
Burnham: To drill or not to drill?
Andy Burnham has been on a regional tour of the UK, delivering a steady stream of policies aimed at tackling social issues. But now comes th...
Farage wins… and donation probe resumes
Nigel Farage has comfortably won back his Clacton seat but with the investigation into his finances now back on, what, if anything, has been...
Will Farage’s gamble pay off?
Political Fix hit the Essex seaside this week to hear directly from Clacton voters ahead of the by-election next Thursday, which Nigel Farag...
Burnham’s policy bonanza
Successive prime ministers have pledged to tackle some of the biggest crises affecting old and young: the UK’s lack of vocational training a...
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...
Andy 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...