Patrick Maguire

The Reform UK leader’s decision to force a by-election is less about Clacton than the other seats on his target list for the next general election

Prime minister-in-waiting’s mission to end 40 years of neoliberalism is as much about democracy as it is economics

While the former mayor enjoys ‘North Korean’ levels of support from Labour MPs, under the surface there is already resentment and jockeying for position

Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, is the frontrunner for the role after concerns that the energy secretary will become a lightning rod for criticism

David Lammy, the deputy prime minister, has organised a ministerial whip-round for Labour’s departing leader

The former home secretary, who mentored the incoming prime minister, is convinced he has the skills and values to rebuild Britain. He shares one crucial piece of advice for him

The next prime minister believes the solution lies not in a revisionist approach to Labour history, but in returning to being class conscious and statist

On the eve of entering No 10, the prime minister-to-be promises a break with Westminster’s old ways and says he will lead by persuasion, not diktat

In an interview with The Times on the eve of becoming prime minister, Burnham said that he wants to show that it is possible ‘to do things in a different way’

In a borrowed kitchen, high above Whitehall, the leader of the Labour Party was making the tea.