Asked at a fringe event at the Labour party conference if he believed Sir Keir right man to lead the Labour Party and the country, the Manchester mayor replied: “Yes.” It follows days of speculation ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will address the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Tuesday. Wooed before the general election in July last year, business leaders are now in a particularly ...

Burnham seen as potential challenger to Starmer's leadership Manchester mayor has set out more left-wing vision for government Labour administration facing fiscal challenges, rising borrowing costs ...

Labour is holding its 2025 conference against a backdrop of Andy Burnham, mayor of Manchester, calling for “wholesale change”. Burnham is making a clear attempt to use the government’s record of ...

Martin Ivens is the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Previously, he was editor of the Sunday Times of London and its chief political commentator. Resentment of Andy Burnham’s popularity once ...

Andy Burnham is attempting a Westminster comeback yet again – and his eye is understood to be firmly on the leadership. The ...