Burnham to tell schools in England to adapt teaching to local business needs
PM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs market
Police make inquiries after Farage reports Polanski post for ‘inciting murder’
Green party leader shared picture of man wearing T-shirt with words ‘we’re only making plans for Nigel’ alongside a guillotine
Andy Burnham appoints Bridget Phillipson as Labour party chair
Former education secretary will take up influential role that puts her at vanguard of Labour’s battle to win next general election
Burnham’s Ukraine gambit is a symbolic start for PM who wants to look inward
New prime minister wants to focus at home, but his first week already suggests the world has other plans
Hull funeral director broke families’ trust on ‘almost industrial scale’, court hears
Robert Bush, owner of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors, left bodies ‘rotting away’, family members say
Burnham brings members of Socialist Campaign Group into government
The appointment of three ministerial aides marks the first time members of Labour’s most leftwing faction have held government positions
Poll shows Labour ahead of Reform UK for first time since Burnham became PM – as it happened
New PM says he ‘wouldn’t get carried away’ by latest polling but says he is pleased if he has ‘connected with people’
GB News pundit Matthew Torbitt pleads guilty to fraud while Labour aide
Torbitt admits to two counts of fraud by false representation in relation to his parliamentary expenses
Britain braces for fourth heatwave of year as fire chiefs issue public appeal
Temperatures up to 35C forecast, triggering heat health alerts and pleas to take care in parched parks and rural areas
Labour overtakes Reform in voter poll for first time since March 2025
Labour up four points to 28% while Reform falls to 24% as Andy Burnham apparently wins favour for cost of living focus