4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (780+ words) National security “can’t come at the expense of social security”, the Prime Minister has insisted, as he criticised Tory plans to fund defence. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch used Andy Burnham’s second Prime Minister’s Questions to question whether the Government would…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (413+ words) Traffic ground to a halt outside Parliament during Andy Burnham’s first PMQs in post as Just Stop Oil staged a protest. Around 30 protesters sat or lay in the road by Parliament Square, Westminster, in central London on Wednesday afternoon to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (315+ words) Drafting the next Scottish budget will be “extremely challenging” amid tight fiscal conditions, the Deputy First Minister has said. Jenny Gilruth said she will not shy away from the challenge of balancing the Scottish Government’s books. She will be speaking…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (626+ words) The King, the Queen, French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Andy Burnham are to visit the Bayeux Tapestry together on Wednesday. In a public display of warm Anglo-French relations, the monarch, Camilla, Mr Macron and Mr Burnham will walk…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (346+ words) Pc Andrew Harper’s killers will be excluded from the early release scheme after Prime Minister Andy Burnham said anyone convicted of unlawful killing would be exempt. Mr Burnham said “hundreds” of people will remain in prison as part of changes…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (426+ words) Andy Burnham has arrived in Ukraine to underline the UK’s support for the country on his first foreign trip as Prime Minister. His visit coincides with Ukraine’s 35th independence day, with other world leaders travelling to Kyiv in a show of…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (786+ words) The two officers who were killed when a car driving the wrong way on a dual carriageway crashed into their police vehicle have been described as heroes by their loved ones. Pc Matthew Blades, 37, died alongside Pc Tom Clough, 38, when…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (942+ words) A 16-year-old boy was among seven males who were killed when a car travelling the wrong way along a dual carriageway near Middlesbrough crashed into a police vehicle. Cole Robert Worthy, 16, Theo Rae, 17, Makai Saddington, 18, and 23-year-olds Michael Robert Cahill…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (440+ words) Nicola Sturgeon has called on politicians to have “courage” on climate change policy, saying she does not believe there should be new wells opened up in the North Sea. The former Scottish first minister spoke out as Prime Minister Andy…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (425+ words) Wetherspoons pubs have banned customers from playing music out loud or taking calls on speaker. The company announced it had introduced the ban across its 792 pubs, saying sounds from smartphones and tablet computers had become an “increasing problem in recent…...