The court backlog in England and Wales is expected to decrease despite the government scrapping plans for judge-only trials for less serious offences. Justice …

First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has demanded a "new deal" for Wales from the UK government that would put the country on an equal footing with Scotland. In a …

Downing Street has said Manchester City are not "above the rules" after Andy Burnham was criticised for his comments about the club's breaches of Premier Leagu…

The rows circulating around Manchester City are huge, and they are only going to get bigger. The Premier League has concluded that City "systematically broke …

Lib Dem MPs have criticized party leader Sir Ed Davey for supporting the pension "triple lock," arguing it does not address the concerns of younger generations…

Green Party co-deputy leader Rachel Millward has said her party would nationalise water companies in England and Wales, criticising Prime Minister Andy Burnham…

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated that the government suspects Iran's involvement in a recent raid at RAF Fairford, leading to the arrest of five British n…

Andy Burnham has said it is "possible" a future Labour election manifesto could promise a new in-out referendum on the European Union. The prime minister told…

The key thing to understand about Andy Burnham's speech is these were the words and the delivery of both a new prime minister and a grieving son. Burnham is l…

Andy Burnham has set out his plan to transform Britain, including by ending the existing state pension triple lock from 2030 to help fund a new national care s…

It was a significant announcement from Prime Minister Andy Burnham on his plans for the triple lock after the general election. It will reverberate well beyond…

Andy Burnham has said the government will end the pensions "triple lock" in an emotional speech at his first Labour conference as prime minister. Reflecting o…

Unite the Union general secretary Sharon Graham has warned the prime minister that scrapping the pensions triple lock would be "morally wrong", as Andy Burnham…

A new NHS-style social care system for England could take decades to be implemented, economist Sir Andrew Dilnot has told the BBC. Sir Andrew, who led a commi…

The state of the social care system in England is a topic that's made Andy Burnham angry for decades. As Gordon Brown's health secretary he proposed a compuls…

Andy Burnham wants to offer access to free social care services to everyone in England, and will put his plans before voters at the next general election. The…

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has refused to say whether he backs a third runway at Heathrow after it emerged that the expansion of the London airport could be d…

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has proposed a national care service, free at the point of use, to tackle England's "threadbare" social care services. In an in…

PM Burnham announced a new equity loan offering 20% of a property’s value to first-time buyers with just a 2.5% deposit. This interest-free loan aims to solve …

"He just loves being prime minister," a government insider observes. Andy Burnham might not yet have delivered his all-important conference speech, but he has…