Labour Party (UK)

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Farage political rivals say they will boycott ‘fake’ byelection after his resignation

Reform UK leader accused of having ‘hissy fit’ to distract from ongoing investigation in to undeclared £5m ‘gift’ he received

Are there lessons for Ireland from Andy Burnham’s Manchester?

City has ‘been the star performer of the UK economy since 2008′

Andy Burnham’s pledge to boost England’s north has a familiar ring

The man who seems poised to replace Keir Starmer as UK prime minister promises to ‘rewire Britain’

Andy Burnham outlines plan to shift power from London in bid for UK premiership

Former Manchester mayor, who is on course to be prime minister, says he will set up a ‘No 10 North’

Starmer shafting latest psychodrama in British party politics

A report recommends decriminalising drugs, but the issue has caused division in Ireland

Who could be the main players on Team Burnham?

Former Greater Manchester mayor, who could become UK’s next PM by mid-July, is not short on options

Badenoch eschews niceties and takes lumps out of Starmer’s cabinet in first PMQs after quitting

Presumed incoming prime minister Andy Burnham should get ready for a weekly battle with the rambunctious Tory leader

Keir Starmer holds ‘frosty’ talks with Andy Burnham to thrash out transition of power

Burnham had initially hoped to take over in September but could become next UK prime minister within weeks

What could Andy Burnham’s first 100 days in power look like?

Former Manchester mayor could get keys to No 10 sooner than his team would have liked – but he will need to deliver fast to succeed

Andy Burnham could still face challenge in race to become UK prime minister

A handful of outside-bet candidates have not ruled themselves out of the leadership competition

UK prime minister Keir Starmer’s resignation speech in full

‘Every decision I’ve taken has been about putting the country I love first. That is why I will resign as leader of the Labour Party’

Wins, losses and U-turns: Keir Starmer’s successes and failures in No 10

Where did it go wrong for the outgoing prime minister? And how much – if at all – was positive?

Starmer expected to outline timetable for departure outside No 10

Move would clear the way for Andy Burnham to become prime minister without formal contest

Can Andy Burnham be a better prime minister than Keir Starmer?

Starmer may be on his way out but the issues that constrained his premiership won’t go with him

Keir Starmer expected to announce departure as British prime minister on Monday

Starmer, who has faced ‘political realities’ of his situation, set to be replaced by newly-elected MP Andy Burnham

‘Absolutely no authority’: Labour calls grow for Keir Starmer to stand down as British PM

Andy Burnham’s byelection win prompts more backbenchers and Labour grandees to call for Starmer to step aside

Andy Burnham’s Britain appears to be moving towards reality. What would it look like?

After his resounding byelection victory in Makerfield, what is the so-called King of the North’s vision for the UK if he unseats Keir Starmer as prime minister?

Keir Starmer facing pressure to resign from ministers after Burnham’s by-election win

Win for Greater Manchester mayor paves way for challenge to Keir Starmer’s leadership

Andy Burnham: How quickly could he become the UK’s prime minister?

Keir Starmer could reflect on the scale of Burnham’s win and step down immediately. He could also put up a fight

Today’s Makerfield byelection could be seismic for Ireland

If Labour can fail in former mining towns then there may be no stopping Nigel Farage’s populist Reform party

Andy Burnham eyes byelection finishing line while for Starmer it might truly be the end

Greater Manchester mayor is favourite to win on Thursday but the spectre of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK isn’t banished yet

In praise of the Wigan kebab: ‘Want Irish curry sauce with it?’

Locals are surely the carbohydrate kings and queens of England

Labour hoping Nigel Farage will lose some of his flock to right-wing Rebecca Shepherd

Rebecca Shepherd running in the Makerfield byelection could help Andy Burnham realise his dream of leading Britain

Roy Hattersley, ‘giant’ of the UK Labour movement, dies aged 93

Keir Starmer led the tributes to party’s former deputy leader

Jeremy Corbyn: ‘The disillusionment with Labour is huge’

Former UK Labour leader tells The Irish Times Keir Starmer’s 2024 election victory was ‘loveless landslide’

Prominent MP tells Dublin event UK Labour Party faces ‘chaos’ if Andy Burnham fails to win byelection

John McDonnell says Keir Starmer has lost public confidence and no other candidate has the support to replace him

Rotunda row pits public against private health care

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Latest Mandelson files show what former ambassador really thought of Keir Starmer’s government

Tranche of 1,500 pages of emails and WhatsApps released on Monday

What would a radical alternative look like for this island?

A reconnected Ireland could meet the challenges of the future and materially improve the lives of ordinary people

Ghost of Tony Blair continues to haunt Labour

Intervention by former prime minister almost feels designed to inflict maximum annoyance on his party

Tony Blair lambasts Labour’s leadership woes

Former prime minister says party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ means it is likely to lose the next election

UK government is still paying the cost of Brexit

Leaving the European Union has proven to be an economic slow puncture, rather than a car crash

Ireland’s politics of strategic ambiguity served us well – until it didn’t

‘Not Fine Gael’ is not a policy platform for Ireland’s opposition, any more than ‘not Trump’ helped the US Democrats

Makerfield or Breakerfield? Andy Burnham faces defining test in Reform stronghold

Scale of task facing Greater Manchester mayor evident in a constituency where Labour has haemorrhaged votes to Nigel Farage’s Reform party

UK borrowing rises and retail sales slide in April

Strains on economy and public finances come as ruling Labour Party engulfed in leadership crisis

Bond vultures circle British government as threat of renewed political upheaval returns

Markets fear moves to topple Keir Starmer will entail a leftward shift politically and looser spending protocols

‘Not very British’: Rachel Reeves tells foul-mouthed Reform UK heckler good manners matter

Chancellor wins support from Tories but Nigel Farage says he would ‘like to buy this man a pint’

Keir Starmer revolt revives Brexit row. So, how could the UK rejoin the EU?

Labour leadership contender Wes Streeting calls Brexit a ‘catastrophic mistake’ while Andy Burnham sees ‘long-term case’ for rejoining EU

Britain’s politics meets the bond market reality check

The UK does not set the price of its borrowing unilaterally, a lesson one Labour leadership hopeful must learn

Wes Streeting says he will challenge Keir Starmer in any Labour leadership contest

Former UK minister for health tells conference that Britain’s decision to leave EU was ‘a catastrophic mistake’

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