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Cost-of-Living Crisis / 13 August 2026
13 August 2026
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
13 August 2026
Union members and climate activists set up a ‘cool station’ outside Highbury and Islington station to hand out heatwave safety advice to workers [Pic: Immo Klink]
Heatwave strikes / 11 August 2026
11 August 2026

More than 1,500 London bus drivers set for heatwave strikes this Friday

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. Picture date: Wednesday July 29, 2026
Care and Support Alliance / 11 August 2026
11 August 2026
Campaigners protest against plans for drilling in the Rosebank oil field, outside the Department For Energy Security And Net Zero (DESNZ) in Westminster, central London, July 22, 2026
Climate Crisis / 10 August 2026
10 August 2026
Andy Burnham
Cost of living / 9 August 2026
9 August 2026

The real welfare dependency is at the top of our society, says ALAN SIMPSON

Trump
Oil giant profits / 4 August 2026
4 August 2026
HOUSING
Labour leadership / 3 August 2026
3 August 2026

The new PM may offer more of the same, but early signs on his housing policies look promising, says GLYNN ROBBINS

Prime Minister Andy Burnham in front of HMS Agamemnon during a visit to Submarine Academy for Skills and Knowledge (SASK) at BAE Systems, in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, to set out his plans for British defence procurement and how the government will re-energise British procurement to create jobs across the country and increase production to make Britain safer, July 30, 2026
Militarism / 30 July 2026
30 July 2026

PM commits to blowing millions on nukes

Nature / 31 July 2026
31 July 2026

Only a publicly run, properly funded system that puts dignity before profit can end decades of market failure, says PAUL DONOVAN

The sun rising behind a redundant oil platform moored in the Firth of Forth near Kirkcaldy, Fife
Climate Emergency / 30 July 2026
30 July 2026
Milking Machine
Cartoon / 29 July 2026
29 July 2026
FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the match schedule reveal for the 2026 soccer World Cup in Washington, December 6, 2025
Men’s Football / 29 July 2026
29 July 2026

PM says football belongs to fans as governing bodies unite against Fifa plans

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
29 July 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivers a speech during a visit to a care home in north London, on adult social care reform, July 29, 2026
Society / 29 July 2026
29 July 2026
Palestinians salvage their belongings from the rubble of a building and tents destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, July 30, 2026
Gaza Genocide / 30 July 2026
30 July 2026

Andy Burnham’s leadership will be judged on whether he charts a genuinely different course, argues BECK ROBERTSON

Diane Abbott attends a protest by Stand Up to Racism and the Afghan Human Rights Foundation outside the Home Office in Westminster, central London, August 2021
Labour Party / 29 July 2026
29 July 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham (right) waves following a visit to Alstom Transport in Derby, July 28, 2026
Politics / 28 July 2026
28 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
28 July 2026
Activists from Friends of the Earth during a demonstration calling for an end to all new oil and gas projects in the North Sea outside the UK Government's Cop26 hub during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow, November 7, 2021
Scotland / 29 July 2026
29 July 2026

Is the Scottish government in favour of drilling or not? Evasiveness and incoherence are the order of the day, argues KENNY MacASKILL

Prime Minister Andy Burnham (centre) during a National Economic Council meeting at No 10 North, located in Heron House, central Manchester. Mr Burnham has said No 10 North is
Politics / 27 July 2026
27 July 2026

Burnham urged to create publicly-provided national care service before the end of the parliament, and to keep his promise to ditch neoliberalism

General view of No 10 North signage as Prime Minister Andy Burnham holds a National Economic Council meeting at No 10 North, located in Heron House, central Manchester. Mr Burnham has said No 10 North is
Economy / 26 July 2026
26 July 2026
Angela Rayner
Housing / 24 July 2026
24 July 2026

‘Rent freezes are not a way forward at the moment,’ Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says

21st Century Poetry / 24 July 2026
24 July 2026

by Alistair Findlay

Prime Minister Andy Burnham (left) and First Minister of Scotland John Swinney during a bilateral meeting at the Cabinet Office in Atlantic Square, Glasgow, July 23, 2026
Scotland / 24 July 2026
24 July 2026
MADE IN THE USA: Funeral cortege for victims of the US strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh School on February 28 only recently identified through DNA testing, Minab, Iran last Tuesday / Pic: Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP
Labour / 25 July 2026
25 July 2026

The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP

(Left to right) Actor Brian Cox, First Minister John Swinney co-leaders of the Scottish Greens Ross Greer and Gillian Mackay at a rally for independence organised by Believe in Scotland, which aims to celebrate Scotland's potential, its culture and its people in Edinburgh, March 28, 2026
Britain / 23 July 2026
23 July 2026
Displaced Palestinians lineup to receive donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, July 23, 2026
Human Rights / 23 July 2026
23 July 2026
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting speaking at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, July 22, 2026
Editorial / 23 July 2026
23 July 2026