Posted by The Guardian | Jul 15, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Economic policy, Income tax, Inequality, Labour, Politics, Tax and spending, The Guardian, UK news |
I don’t want to create new divisions, incoming prime minister says as Mahmood is tipped to be chancellorAndy Burnham has signalled that he will not increase wealth taxes immediately after becoming prime minister, easing concerns...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Jul 15, 2026 | Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch, Labour, Politics, The Guardian, UK news |
It wasn’t his performances on Wednesday lunchtimes that did for the ultimate mid-table PM – it was all the other stuffWho would have thought it? Most of us would have put money on Kemi Badenoch failing to read the room for Keir...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Jul 15, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Politics, The Guardian, UK news |
The challenges facing Britain’s next PM. Plus: Fury amid the rubble in VenezuelaAndy Burnham is to become Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade, having secured the Labour leadership with the landslide support of his...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Jul 15, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Devolution, England, Politics, Scotland, Tax and spending, The Guardian, UK news, Wales |
In my country, devolution has been the equivalent of giving someone a new electric car without the capacity to charge it. That can’t be the model for the whole UKAs a journalist, I have specialised in Wales, Welsh politics and...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Jul 15, 2026 | Digital media, Instagram, Internet safety, Labour, Media, Politics, Snapchat, Social media, Social media ban, Social media bans, Society, Technology, The Guardian, TikTok, UK news, X, Young people |
All the young people the Guardian spoke to disagreed with aspects of the government’s proposed blockSixteen- and 17-year-olds in Britain are to be encouraged to observe a midnight to 6am social media curfew but will be able to...
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