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Inside Burnham's ‘No 10 North’ Plans: “It's Not Just About Creating A Second Westminster”
Inside Burnham's ‘No 10 North’ Plans: “It's Not Just About Creating A Second Westminster”
Economy
Andy Burnham has pledged to create a ‘No 10 North’ in Manchester that would serve as the ‘nerve centre of a rewired Britain’. Will it work? How? Sienna Rodgers reports
'It Is Just Demoralising': Young People's Despair Over AI And What To Do About It
Education
"It Is Just Demoralising": Young People's Despair Over AI And What To Do About It
'Biggest Change Of Our Lifetimes': Andy Burnham Sets Out Plan To Move Power Away From Westminster
Economy
"Biggest Change Of Our Lifetimes": Andy Burnham Sets Out Plan To Move Power Away From Westminster
Stephanie Peacock: “I've Got No Time For Conversations About Rejoining The EU”
Culture
Stephanie Peacock: “I've Got No Time For Conversations About Rejoining The EU”
Maritime Chokepoints: It Could Get Worse Than The Strait Of Hormuz Closure
Defence
Maritime Chokepoints: It Could Get Worse Than The Strait Of Hormuz Closure
Cost Of Living Champion Lord Walker: Rejoining The Single Market “Would Be A Terrible Idea”
Economy
Cost Of Living Champion Lord Walker: Rejoining The Single Market “Would Be A Terrible Idea”
EU Reset: We Still Cannot Escape Brexit’s Core Trade-Off
Brexit
EU Reset: We Still Cannot Escape Brexit’s Core Trade-Off
Opinion
Burnham's place-based government must save independent hospitality
Economy
By Connor Naismith MP
Burnham's place-based government must save independent hospitality
Stable public health policy can help keep food bills down Partner content
Health
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
Stable public health policy can help keep food bills down
Forget Burnham's pick for chancellor – No 10's grip on strategy will be far more important
Economy
By Mark McVitie
Forget Burnham's pick for chancellor – No 10's grip on strategy will be far more important
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London Labour MPs Hopeful Burnham Will Cancel Heathrow Expansion
London Labour MPs Hopeful Burnham Will Cancel Heathrow Expansion
Transport
Burnham's No 10 Expected To Undergo Restructuring Under Chief Of Staff James Purnell
Burnham's No 10 Expected To Undergo Restructuring Under Chief Of Staff James Purnell
Political parties
Inside Burnham's ‘No 10 North’ Plans: “It's Not Just About Creating A Second Westminster”
Inside Burnham's ‘No 10 North’ Plans: “It's Not Just About Creating A Second Westminster”
Economy
The 'MAGA-esque' YouTube Channel Boosting Rupert Lowe Online
The "MAGA-esque" YouTube Channel Boosting Rupert Lowe Online
Political parties
Counter Terrorism Now Leading On Investigation Into Ann Widdecombe Death
Counter Terrorism Now Leading On Investigation Into Ann Widdecombe Death
Home affairs
Forget Burnham's pick for chancellor – No 10's grip on strategy will be far more important
Forget Burnham's pick for chancellor – No 10's grip on strategy will be far more important
By Mark McVitie
Economy
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Inside Burnham's ‘No 10 North’ Plans: “It's Not Just About Creating A Second Westminster”
Economy
Inside Burnham's ‘No 10 North’ Plans: “It's Not Just About Creating A Second Westminster”
Andy Burnham has pledged to create a ‘No 10 North’ in Manchester that would serve as the ‘nerve centre of a rewired Britain’. Will it work? How? Sienna Rodgers reports
Stephanie Peacock: “I've Got No Time For Conversations About Rejoining The EU”
Culture
Stephanie Peacock: “I've Got No Time For Conversations About Rejoining The EU”
Tourism minister Stephanie Peacock talks to Sienna Rodgers about introducing a controversial tourist tax and tackling short-term holiday lets – plus why Labour finds itself in a mess, but relitigating Brexit would be wrong
Culture Clash – Lisa Nandy On Keeping Hope Alive
Communities
Culture Clash – Lisa Nandy On Keeping Hope Alive
Critics say Lisa Nandy should spend more time meeting stakeholders in her brief, but the Culture Secretary tells Francis Elliott she’s fighting for the government to give hope to the most vulnerable. Photography by Tom Pilston
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Is Chemistry Coming Home? Partner content
Economy
By Chemical Industries Association
Is Chemistry Coming Home?
New Government initiative could mean new direction for UK Chemicals – but industry wants more than a funding boost
Manchesterism and industry: reversing deindustrialisation? Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Manchesterism and industry: reversing deindustrialisation?
As UK cement and concrete plants close and sales fall for a fourth consecutive year, Robert McIlveen, Senior Director, Communications and Public Affairs, Mineral Products Association, explores what Andy Burnham's reindustrialisation drive must do to halt the decline of Britain's foundational industries before it can build new ones
The next prime minister should tax wealth to bring down energy bills
Economy
By Hannah Spencer MP
The next prime minister should tax wealth to bring down energy bills
If the next prime minister is serious about cutting energy bills, the first step is simple: stop loading policy costs onto households and fund them fairly through progressive taxation instead.
Remove private profit and use co-operatives to fix our social care system
Health
By Caitlin Prowle
Remove private profit and use co-operatives to fix our social care system
When we arrive at Be Caring in Leeds, the young women who work there are shy about speaking to the camera.
To cut welfare spending, we must get people back into work – but a punitive system won’t help
Communities
By Debbie Abrahams MP
To cut welfare spending, we must get people back into work – but a punitive system won’t help
If work is to be the route out of poverty – which, with nearly four million people in work living in poverty, it currently isn’t – the system must do more than simply incentivise employment.
Burnham must see the Employment Rights Act through – and not be nervous about it
Economy
By Mike Clancy
Burnham must see the Employment Rights Act through – and not be nervous about it
As Keir Starmer’s premiership ends, the debate over his legacy begins.
How Burnham can do public ownership without scaring the bond markets
Economy
By Chris Hayes
How Burnham can do public ownership without scaring the bond markets
During months of speculation about his return to Westminster, the presumptive prime-minister-in-waiting, Andy Burnham, has made comments that have raised concerns about how his programme would fare with the bond markets.
Manchesterism won’t survive the painful trade-offs unless it gets citizens on board
Economy
By Dan Goss
Manchesterism won’t survive the painful trade-offs unless it gets citizens on board
The battle of ideas over Britain’s political economy is genuinely refreshing. Manchesterism, which the King of the North is set to carry into Downing Street, sits at the forefront.
Greece: more than a holiday destination Partner content
Economy
By Christina Georgaki
Greece: more than a holiday destination
Greece is emerging as a destination not just for tourists but for talent and investment
The outsourcing injustice at the heart of government is finally coming to an end
Economy
By Paul Nowak and Fran Heathcote
The outsourcing injustice at the heart of government is finally coming to an end
For too long in this country, some of the key functions of government have been outsourced to private companies that care first and foremost about turning a profit.
We must scrap the triple lock
Economy
By David Gauke
We must scrap the triple lock
It is time for political parties to be brave and honest. Our welfare spending is not sustainable.
Formula 1 shows Britain at its best – let’s get behind it
Economy
By Greg Smith MP
Formula 1 shows Britain at its best – let’s get behind it
Britain has a habit of talking itself down. Yet there are arenas where we remain not just competitive, but genuinely world‑leading. Formula 1 and the wider motorsport sector is one of them.
The cost of getting it wrong: whoever leads Labour must get EU reset right Partner content
Environment
By CropLife UK
The cost of getting it wrong: whoever leads Labour must get EU reset right
The government’s proposed UK-EU SPS agreement could reshape British farming for years to come, but concerns remain that rapid regulatory alignment with the EU risks damaging UK growers, productivity, and long-term investment
Parliament must build support for the Aukus submarine partnership
Defence
By Michelle Scrogham MP
Parliament must build support for the Aukus submarine partnership
The publication of the Defence Committee’s report on Aukus – the trilateral partnership between Australia, the UK and the US – confirmed what many in the defence community have long known: the strategic rationale remains unassailable.
The Bank of England shows that not all public sector projects are doomed to fail
Economy
By Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP
The Bank of England shows that not all public sector projects are doomed to fail
Anyone following the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) would be forgiven for thinking that, if PAC is scrutinising something, it has gone wrong or is in danger of doing so.
Operational national infrastructure systems: maintain, repair, refurbish, renew versus cost, value and investment Partner content
Economy
By UKCRIC
Operational national infrastructure systems: maintain, repair, refurbish, renew versus cost, value and investment
Professors William Powrie, Chris Rogers and Liz Varga on behalf of the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC) address the challenge of keeping our infrastructure systems operational by distinguishing between the consequences of maintenance, repair, refurbishment and renewal, and between the cost, value and investment involved.
Creating the right conditions to unlock UK infrastructure investment and growth Partner content
Economy
By AtkinsRéalis
Creating the right conditions to unlock UK infrastructure investment and growth
Unlocking private investment will be critical to delivering the UK’s infrastructure ambitions and driving regional growth. From de-risking projects to reforming funding models, the challenge now is turning political intent into investor confidence.
Hormuz has shown the vulnerability but there are other emerging challenges to chokepoints like our own Dover Strait
Economy
By Rear Admiral Iain Lower
Hormuz has shown the vulnerability but there are other emerging challenges to chokepoints like our own Dover Strait
The UK’s prosperity has always depended on the sea.
Labour Cannot Rely On An EU Reset – Or Rejoin Pledge – To Win Over Voters
Brexit
Labour Cannot Rely On An EU Reset – Or Rejoin Pledge – To Win Over Voters
Could an EU reset save Keir Starmer – or indeed the Labour Party? Taking a look at the evidence, political strategist and pollster Scarlett Maguire is not convinced
What Software Engineering Can Teach Us About AI And The Future Of Work
Economy
What Software Engineering Can Teach Us About AI And The Future Of Work
Junior developer jobs are under threat as AI coding tools become commonplace. Sienna Rodgers explores this early case study of how AI reshapes a labour market
Global Britain starts at Dover Partner content
Economy
By Port of Dover
Global Britain starts at Dover
The Port of Dover is driving smart, seamless and sustainable trade and is primed to be a flagship for the UK on the world stage
John Healey Set To Push For More Defence Investment To Stay In Britain
Defence
John Healey Set To Push For More Defence Investment To Stay In Britain
Exclusive: Defence Secretary John Healey is set to argue that more defence investment must stay in Britain.
Partner content
Economy
By Chemical Industries Association
Q1 2026 CIA Business Survey: Dramatic change of policy direction needed to save Britain’s chemical industry
The latest business survey from the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) exposes a sector facing unprecedented pressure, with soaring energy, raw material and trade related costs pushing many UK chemical businesses to the brink. Already contending with long standing competitive disadvantages at home, the industry is now being hit by global instability and sharply rising input prices, deepening concerns over further site closures, lost investment and the long term viability of one of Britain’s most strategically important manufacturing sectors.
Wrong-headed regulation is a risk to UK glass
Communities
By Brian Leishman MP
Wrong-headed regulation is a risk to UK glass
Too many take glass for granted. However, it has been a key industry in my constituency for centuries, providing jobs and income and, just as importantly, pride in producing world-class glass bottles and containers that went all around the world, and continue to do so.
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