Bev Craig, the city council leader, succeeds Andy Burnham as mayor, reversing Reform gains in May local electionsLabour has stormed to a decisive victory in the Greater Manchester mayoral byelection, seizing back areas that...
Read MoreLabour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concernsAndy Burnham was told he could face the first revolt of his premiership as Labour MPs and climate experts...
Read MoreThe turnout was recorded as the lowest on record for a mayoral role in the regionThe construction of a new Chinese “super-embassy” in London, which is set to be built near the Tower of London, can go ahead after a...
Read MoreChancellor will have to find money for Burnham’s policies while sticking to fiscal rules as borrowing costs riseAndy Burnham’s government has set a date for a late October budget to “spread money and...
Read MoreThe chancellor says it will ‘give businesses and families some of the stability they need to plan for the future’The construction of a new Chinese “super-embassy” in London, which is set to be built near...
Read MoreThe prime minister says that the current Fifa general secretary is ‘the wrong man to lead the organisation’The construction of a new Chinese “super-embassy” in London, which is set to be built near the...
Read MorePlan set to transform funding so English regions no longer rely on Whitehall handouts for projectsGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. From 2028 English regional mayors, for the first time, will be...
Read MorePlan set to transform funding so English regions no longer rely on Whitehall handouts for projectsGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. From 2028 English regional mayors, for the first time, will be...
Read MoreLocal leaders say plan will transform funding so English regions no longer rely on Whitehall handouts for projectsEngland’s regional mayors will be able to break out of the “death grip of the Treasury” by...
Read MoreLocal leaders say plan will transform funding so they no longer rely on Whitehall handouts for big projectsEngland’s regional mayors will be able to break out of the “death grip of the Treasury” by borrowing to...
Read MoreBoth MPs have had the parliamentary whip restored following separate independent disciplinary processesMPs Diane Abbott and Joani Reid have been readmitted into Labour and had the parliamentary whip restored, just under two...
Read MorePM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’Andy Burnham has said he will take a “pragmatic” approach to oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, saying...
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