Labour failed to prepare for power, admits PM’s former top aide
In his first-ever interview, Morgan McSweeney tells the BBC the party did not deliver quickly enough in office....
Government ‘looking at every route’ to deport grooming leader
Shabir Ahmed is barred from deportation by the provisions in a 55-year-old piece of legislation....
Starmer to formally apologise to victims of forced adoptions
The practice saw thousands of babies taken from their mothers between 1949 and 1976....
Burnham’s chancellor will have to find extra £4.7bn for defence, says minister
Luke Pollard says the next chancellor “whoever that may be” will have to “find the resources” to fund defence plan....
Chris Mason: Starmer’s defence plan leaves crunching trade‑offs for Burnham to confront
The BBC’s political editor Chris Mason reflects on the fallout from the Defence Investment Plan....
Starmer trims budgets to fund extra £15bn for defence
The plan outlines how billions will be spent on equipping the UK armed forces in the years ahead....
Refugees would be told to repay around £10,000 under new asylum bill
The Home Office will be given powers to recover costs from adults who have received asylum support under new laws....
Long-delayed defence spending plan to be published on Tuesday
The defence investment plan will set out how billions will be spent on equipping the UK Armed Forces....
New ‘No 10 North’ plan will rebalance power in Britain, Burnham promises
The man most likely to be the next prime minister says his devolution plans would “drive good growth in every postcode”....
Henry Zeffman: Andy Burnham offers a blueprint for his premiership
Burnham offered a sense of what his time as prime minister would mean, but he did not lay out many details....