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Andy Burnham has begun appointing his cabinet, hours after entering Downing Street as Britain’s new prime minister. Burnham was formally appointed by King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Monday afternoon, succeeding Keir Starmer, who resigned as Labour leader last month. Speaking outside No 10 in his first address as prime minister, Burnham promised to “make... Read more »

Andy Burnham has held his first call with Donald Trump as prime minister, congratulating the US president on a “successful World Cup” and floating a future presidential visit to Manchester. The call took place on Monday afternoon, shortly after Burnham was appointed prime minister by King Charles at Buckingham Palace following Keir Starmer’s resignation. According... Read more »

John Healey has been appointed as the new chancellor of the exchequer. Healey’s appointment came as Andy Burnham announced his cabinet hours after becoming prime minister on Monday afternoon. Healey is the Labour MP for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough, having first been elected to parliament at the 1997 general election. In the 2024 general election, Healey... Read more »

On the steps of Downing Street yesterday, we heard a clear call to turn the page on forty years of economic mismanagement. Our country’s reckless experiment in extreme deindustrialisation is at the heart of this broken paradigm. As the prime minister put it, “large parts of the country de-industrialised, and they still haven’t recovered.” That... Read more »

By James Withers, Chair, Natural Source Waters Association Britain is failing the defining public health challenge of our generation. Yet, the arrival of Andy Burnham into Number 10 brings fresh hope. The new Prime Minister has spent much of his political career arguing that Britain will never build a sustainable NHS by treating illness alone;... Read more »

Patrick Hurley and Euan Stainbank

In every generation, the United Kingdom has had to relearn a simple truth: peace is protected by strength, and strength requires investment. Today, that truth is impossible to ignore. War has returned to Europe, authoritarian states are testing the resolve of democracies, our adversaries are investing in missiles, drones, cyber warfare, and the means to threaten... Read more »

The towns and cities we build must start with a simple, often neglected principle: decisions about housing and infrastructure should improve our quality of life. We need homes, services and infrastructure that meet people’s needs. But the answer cannot simply be to just build with little regard for the places people already call home. To... Read more »

By Kat Hall, Director of Bay Care Group and founder of Care About Care For more than two decades, social care has occupied a familiar place in our politics: everyone agrees that it needs reform, yet meaningful change never quite arrives. Governments have come and gone. White Papers have been published and reviews have been... Read more »

Businesses of all sizes are creating jobs, investing in skills and driving growth in communities across the country. They do so against a backdrop of increasing geopolitical instability and under a Labour government that has so far shown little understanding of what businesses need to thrive. Starting any business always comes with a degree of... Read more »