1+ hour, 3+ min ago  (658+ words) Andy Burnham became Britain’s seventh Prime Minister in 10 years on Monday and moved swiftly to settle into the top job. His first day began with an official audience with the King at Buckingham Palace before delivering his first address as…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago  (940+ words) John Healey has been named Chancellor, Ed Miliband is Foreign Secretary and Shabana Mahmood remains Home Secretary, as Andy Burnham purged the Cabinet of loyalists of his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer. David Lammy, Rachel Reeves and Steve Reed were among…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (617+ words) Andy Burnham became Britain’s seventh Prime Minister in 10 years on Monday and moved swiftly to settle into the top job. His first day began with an official audience with the King at Buckingham Palace before delivering his first address as…...

5+ hour, 48+ min ago  (749+ words) Sir Chris Bryant has been appointed to serve as the new Northern Ireland Secretary. The Rhondda and Ogmore MP and former minister for trade and labour was announced by Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a long-running process to appoint his…...

5+ hour, 33+ min ago  (1742+ words) Andy Burnham is selecting his Cabinet after replacing Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. Here, the Press Association looks at the appointments so far: – John Healey – Chancellor A stalwart of Labour’s frontbench, Mr Healey served in the Blair-Brown governments, as…...

14+ hour, 8+ min ago  (443+ words) The King appointed Andy Burnham as the fourth prime minister of his reign with convention ensuring a smooth handover of power. Charles, in his role as head of state, accepted the resignation of outgoing premier Sir Keir Starmer and requested…...

13+ hour, 58+ min ago  (1027+ words) Scotland’s First Minister said he wants to have “constructive conversations” with Prime Minister Andy Burnham on issues such as how to help those struggling with the cost of living. John Swinney spoke out after the Labour leader entered Downing Street…...

20+ hour, 58+ min ago  (572+ words) Thousands of supporters of the youth-led Cockroach movement have gathered to march to India’s parliament, demanding the resignation of the education minister. The gathering comes despite police denying permission for the protest, as the government appeared to open its first…...

18+ hour, 36+ min ago  (695+ words) Supporters of India’s youth-led Cockroach movement have clashed with police as thousands of them tried to march to Parliament to demand the education minister’s resignation. Trouble flared even as the government appeared to make its first outreach to the movement’s…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (527+ words) A Scottish minister has written to the UK Government urging it to “strongly oppose” Reform proposals which the SNP says could ban the use of Gaelic, Scots or British Sign Language in elections. The letter from parliamentary business minister Jamie…...