The introduction of new prime ministers is becoming a mass media ritual By Will Dunn It’s 8.42am on Monday 20 July. We’re on the scene in Downing Street with only two-and-a-half hours to wait before ...

In his first days in No 10, Andy Burnham showed his determination to do politics differently By Ailbhe Rea Andy Burnham, the UK’s 59th prime minister, began his premiership as he means to go on: as in ...

Kevin Keegan, one of England’s great footballers, died on 20 July 2026 aged 75 after a battle with cancer. When the two-time European Footballer of the Year was appointed England manager at the end of ...

Some polls now put Labour neck-and-neck with Reform. It may not last By Ben Walker Andy Burnham is one of the most popular politicians in Britain today, but that doesn’t mean much. The new Prime ...

Andy Burnham has promised to “change politics” with a new political and economic model for Britain. In his first Downing ...

Zack Polanski’s party will take aim at her immigration reforms should she be appointed chancellor By Megan Kenyon The Green Party plans to accuse Shabana Mahmood of “fiscal constraint and economic ...

Andy Burnham is the new leader of the Labour party after the results of the party’s uncontested leadership election were announced on Friday (17 July) afternoon. In a speech to the party faithful at ...

The murder of Ann Widdecombe has one lesson: both left and right need to detoxify our public discourse ...

The translator of Homer’s classic poem, now adapted for the big screen, explains the text’s enduring power By Tanjil Rashid Daniel Mendelsohn is a literary polymath; he writes memoirs, monographs, ...

With Marine Le Pen now free to run in next year’s election, France is entering uncharted political territory By Julian ...

How can the UK protect its critical national infrastructure from cyberattacks? Ransomware, hostile state actors and AI-enabled attacks are changing the threat landscape Cyberattacks on the UK’s ...

After Exeter’s announcement that it will cut 150 academic jobs, is there any hope for higher education? By Ella Dorn The sleepy city of Exeter has become the locus of the country’s fraught battle over ...