Tory leader Kemi Badenoch claimed nearly £4,000 in taxpayer money in 2023/24 to cover the council tax on her luxury rented farmhouse in North West Essex. According to The Mirror, Badenoch’s country ...

Returning housing secretary Angela Rayner has been out and about on the broadcast round today (24 July). As part of this, she appeared on BBC Breakfast and faced questions about the new government’s ...

“Patriotism is the love of one’s own, and nationalism is the hatred of others,” wrote French novelist and former diplomat Romain Gary in his 1945 novel Éducation Européenne. When Gary wrote those ...

From policy announcements to dropped pledges, here’s a look at the key decisions Burnham has made since entering No 10 on Monday ...

Labour has won two seats from Reform in yesterday’s Thurrock council by-elections, which were triggered by Reform councillor resigning. Amin Hoque was declared as the Labour new councillor for Grays ...

The signatories, including Lineker, screenwriter Richard Curtis, novelist Val McDermid and ex-City trader Gary Stevenson, say the government should tax the richest, whose income is derived from wealth ...

Andy Burnham has made no secret of his desire to tackle regional inequality in the UK, with the establishmnet of Number 10 North part of his vision to take decision making out of Whitehall and to ...

While Reform UK continues to make the headlines for all the wrong reasons on a national level, it's local councils are also embroiled in turmoil, plagued by broken promises, a failure to deliver and b ...

As part of a wave of policy announcements and a reshuffle of the cabinet following his appointment as prime minister today, Andy Burnham has said he is mulling introducing rent controls and raising ...

A poll of voting intention, the first since Andy Burnham took over as Prime Minister, shows the Labour Party has gained in support, narrowing the gap with Reform to just two points, which is the ...

Reform MP Robert Jenrick has tried to whip up further outrage about immigration by doctoring a voice recording, to suggest that Labour’s new immigration minister said she “didn’t care” about stopping ...