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Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to the media after chairing an emergency Cobra committee on the UK's ongoing response to extreme heat, wildfires and drought. Nearly three quarters of England and the whole of Wales are in drought, after a record dry July and very dry start to August has combined with high temperatures to put pressure on water resources, August 12, 2026

Editorial / 13 August 2026

Burnham’s actions are damp squibs next to his soaring rhetoric

13 August 2026

FIDEL’S MOTTO: ‘Fight against which is impossible and wi

Editorial: / 12 August 2026

Stand with socialist Cuba on Fidel’s centenary

12 August 2026

HeatStrike

Editorial / 11 August 2026

Heat strikes are a warning — we must change to adapt to a hotter world

11 August 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a visit to a family centre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, for the launch of the biggest transfer of power from Westminster in a generation, which will allow English mayors to keep a share of the taxes collected in their area, giving communities greater control over the decisions that shape jobs, transport, housing and public services, July 31, 2026

Editorial / 10 August 2026

Burnham has identified the problem – but he needs to tackle its causes

10 August 2026

drought

Editorial / 9 August 2026

Drought exposes a system that puts profit before people

9 August 2026

school children

Welfare policy / 7 August 2026

Milburn is wrong about unemployment — and branding primary schoolkids failures won’t help

7 August 2026

Sinister: Zia Yusuf

Editorial / 6 August 2026

Exposing Reform’s ‘corporate crackdown’ means promising a real one

6 August 2026

A Royal Marine patrols the waters at HMNB Clyde, which is the home of HMS Vigilant, the Vanguard-class submarine carries the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent

Editorial / 5 August 2026

This Hiroshima Day, we are closer than ever to nuclear war

5 August 2026

Binface and Farage

Clacton by-election / 4 August 2026

Farage v Binface: don’t let the laughter obscure the lessons

4 August 2026

small boat crossings

Editorial / 4 August 2026

It’s time for a new politics of hope

4 August 2026

Morbid symptoms: Gianni Infantino and Donald Trump

Editorial / 2 August 2026

Fifa, private equity and football: a world gone wrong

2 August 2026

Police arrest a demonstrator for expressing support for Palestine Action on Thursday

Editorial / 31 July 2026

What links Palestine Action arrests with Burnham’s nuclear weapons splurge?

31 July 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during a Reform UK rally at Kimberley Hall in Wymondham, Norfolk, July 21, 2026

Editorial / 30 July 2026

Reform: bent cash for bent politics

30 July 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech during a visit to the Jewish Care, Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Campus care home in north London, on adult social care reform, July 29, 2026

Editorial: / 29 July 2026

We can’t fix social care without expelling the profiteers

29 July 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a visit to Alstom Transport in Derby, to unveil a change to the education system with the launch of new technical educational routes. The new pathways will provide 14-year-olds with early access to technical skills, work experience and connections with local employers, July 28, 2026

Editorial / 28 July 2026

Action Needed to Sustain Labour Poll Bounce

28 July 2026

A firefighter gestures next to burning trees as a wildfire rages near Marcheprime, outside, Bordeaux, France, July 26, 2026

Editorial / 27 July 2026

Climate change is an emergency – and the implications are radical

27 July 2026

An man dressed in body armour from the far-right anti-immigration protest, organised by Unite the Clans Scotland, at Glasgow Green, July 25, 2026

Editorial / 26 July 2026

Hard work and a united front are needed to force the far right off the streets

26 July 2026

Editorial / 24 July 2026

The hidden expansion of Britain’s nuclear strategy

24 July 2026

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting speaking at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, July 22, 2026

Editorial / 23 July 2026

The military contradiction at the heart of Burnham’s plans

23 July 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is shown the driver's area on a FirstGroup bus during a visit to a bus station in Bath, Somerset to highlight what the government is doing to help families with the cost of living. Picture date: Wednesday July 22, 2026

Editorial / 22 July 2026

Burnham’s quick wins don’t indicate a plan for real reform

22 July 2026

Waiting for the grander vision to emerge

Newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey leaves number 11 Downing Street, London. New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has entered number 10 Downing Street and among his first tasks is the selection of his new Cabinet, July 20, 2026

Editorial / 21 July 2026

Burnham Cabinet gives cause for concern

21 July 2026

Red Cross volunteers carry an injured woman into an ambulance after a Russian strike in the Lukianivka neighbourhood of Kyiv, Ukraine, May 24, 2026

Editorial / 20 July 2026

A peace settlement is needed for Ukraine, not endless war

20 July 2026

Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, speaks to the media on College Green in Westminster, London, May 14, 2025

Editorial / 19 July 2026

Burnham knows what to do in Number 10: just keep his word

19 July 2026

Andy Burnham makes a speech at the launch of his campaign as Labour's candidate for the Makerfield by-election during a press conference at Stubshaw Cross Community and Sports Club in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester, May 22, 2026

Editorial / 17 July 2026

Burnham strikes the right note — but can he possibly deliver?

17 July 2026