Backlash from Labour MPs to Burnham leadership ambitions
The majority of Labour MPs contacted by the BBC say they are against Andy Burnham challenging Keir Starmer....
Henry Zeffman: Burnham’s provocative challenge to Starmer shows he is serious
The Manchester mayor’s comments ahead of Labour’s annual conference are a clear sign of his leadership ambitions....
It’s up to Labour MPs, says Burnham on leadership bid
Andy Burnham tells the BBC Labour MPs have privately urged him to challenge Sir Keir Starmer to be PM....
Urgent review ordered into asylum seeker taxi costs
The move follows a BBC investigation which found migrants travelling long distances on trips costing hundreds of pounds....
Chris Mason: Punchy Lib Dems use Reform UK as call to action
The party is taking on Nigel Farage in a way Labour and the Tories either can’t or won’t, our political editor writes....
AI tool used to recover £500m lost to fraud, government says
Ministers say software developed by the Cabinet Office has helped to ramp up fraud detection....
We’ll stop Farage turning UK into Trump’s America, vows Davey
The Liberal Democrat leader attacks Nigel Farage in a speech to his party’s autumn conference....
UK forecast to have highest inflation among richest nations
The influential policy group lifts its forecast for UK inflation, saying it will be 3.5% in 2025....
Davey urges US cancer scientists to come to UK
The Lib Dem leader will use his party conference speech to attack Donald Trump’s “anti-science agenda”....
How the simmering row over freedom of speech reached boiling point
How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a ‘tin pot Third World dictatorship’?...