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‘King of the North’ Andy Burnham becomes 7th British prime minister in a decade
Burnham was formally appointed leader Monday after meeting with King Charles III, following Keir Starmer’s decision to step down.

Andy Burnham will be Britain’s seventh leader in a decade. Can he buck the trend? | CNN
Andy Burnham has been confirmed as the new leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party and will become the country’s seventh prime minister in a decade of extraordinary political instability when he succeeds Keir Starmer on Monday.

Labour wins decisive victory in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection
Bev Craig succeeds Andy Burnham and wins back support in areas where Reform made gains in May

Who's in Andy Burnham's new Labour cabinet?
An in-depth look at which Labour MPs have been appointed to cabinet roles by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham


How the world's richest man is boosting the British right

Nowcast — Election Maps UK

Crossing the divide: reaching Reform voters in a fractured Britain
Winning back Reform voters starts with introspection - progressives must face their own role in Britain’s divide

How to fight hate: New Humanist’s Autumn 2026 issue is out now
With race riots on the rise and the populist right gaining traction, we ask how the UK can push back

The right-wing press: power without responsibility?
Behind the stirring, ostensibly patriotic headlines how much power do the UK’s right-wing press wield, and how much do the public know about it?

Britain’s Solar Revolution Is Here and We Should Be Shouting It From the Rooftops
Ed Miliband is helping to turn the country into a nation of 'solar zealots' and Josiah Mortimer is enthusiastically along for the ride

MI6 chief: Tech giants are closer to running the world than politicians
In first public speech on threats to UK, top spy warns of dangerous power shift amid surge in disinformation

Reform UK Councils Are Dismantling the Fight Against Climate Change
Nigel Farage's party is spreading climate change denial, while blocking any localised action to deal with the threat, an academic analysis of Reform councils has found

Nigel Farage is just one strand in the tangle of rightwing politicians and crypto investors | John Harris
These financiers want to remodel the UK into a form that suits them – one that could threaten to erode the barriers between crime and business, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Nigel Farage defeats Count Binface to reclaim UK parliamentary seat
The Reform UK leader received 22,239 votes in the Clacton by-election, compared with 9,455 for Binface.

Trapped inside the Blair Rich Project
The media coverage of Tony Blair's essay on what the UK government should do treats him as a statesman rather than the salesman he really is...
