Andy Burnham is under further pressure to take control of ailing Thames Water from a cross-party group of MPs who are calling for ministers to break off talks with the US hedge funds who are effectively running the company. Adding their voices to demands that the prime minister takes public control»»»

LONDON (Sept 17): The Bank of England predicted British inflation will top 4% early next year as it held interest rates unchanged on Thursday, and governor Andrew Bailey warned explicitly that prolonged conflict in the Middle East may require tighter policy. The Monetary Policy Committee again vote»»»

Just one in seven rural people think Labour cares about the countryside, according to polling. A survey found that only 15 per cent of those living in rural areas agree that the party cares about the people who live and work there. Some 43 per cent also feel the Government has 'waged war on the cou»»»

LONDON, Sept 7, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Britain's finance minister John Healey on Monday will lay out his economic agenda ahead of fledgeling Prime Minister Andy Burnham's first budget in October, seeking to deliver on pledges to ease living costs. Despite a grim economic outlook for the country buffeted »»»

LONDON: Tributes were paid on Saturday to a six-year-old British-Palestinian girl who died in hospital days after her parents and sister perished in an accident at a beach in southern England. Saja Al-Khawas was pulled from the water in Shoreham on Tuesday along with the three other members of her »»»

BBC: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s surprise announcement that they will return to the UK this month has reignited questions over the level of publicly funded security they will receive. Prince Harry and Meghan plan to relocate from the US to a private, non-royal residence outside London, with th»»»

The UK may have a new prime minister, but the problem of prison overcrowding in England and Wales remains. Andy Burnham recently clarified the details of the Sentencing Act 2026, which aims to release prisoners earlier than usual. Like other PMs before him, Burnham faces a difficult choice between »»»

LONDON, July 30 — In a small square in central London, Kevin was hawking copies of the Big Issue, a charitable magazine sold by homeless street vendors. “It keeps me going,” he said. “I don’t need to go to handouts and ask for free food.” Kevin, 60, has been homeless since being released from priso»»»

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged sweeping reforms to England's adult social care system on Wednesday, promising politically difficult decisions to curb what he called unfair costs for users and to build a fairer model that avoids the high out-of-pocket expenses seen in the U.S. healthcar»»»

LONDON – New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on July 29 declined to say whether he would support fresh attempts to legalise assisted dying, saying social care reform was needed first. Burnham relaunched his years-long bid to for the elderly and vulnerable, in a speech on July 29 at a London car»»»