Andy Burnham

No more summer sunshine for Burnham as the real work begins

Life as UK prime minister will come at him fast, beginning on Tuesday as recess ends

Ireland will be united, says former British prime minister Gordon Brown

Former Labour leader was chancellor when the Belfast Agreement was signed in 1998

Burnham says no, but will Bryant show backbone on Border poll?

UK government clarification would provide useful framework for debates on Irish unity

Derry Girls stars Siobhán McSweeney and Nicola Coughlan back campaign to curb AI voice-cloning

Artificial versions of people’s voices increasingly used online and in advertising, harming artists’ livelihoods

Downing Street scrambles to calm row over Burnham’s ‘off the table’ Irish unity poll remarks

UK prime minister’s words appeared pre-planned but Downing Street rowed back a little after a day of nationalist criticism

EU presidency hits Wicklow next week and Burnham nixes talk of a Border poll

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Andy Burnham in Belfast: Mixing up Donegal and Drogheda, but crystal clear on Border poll

Britain’s prime minister repeated his assertion that a plebiscite on Irish unity was ‘off the table’

British PM Andy Burnham says border poll on united Ireland ‘off the table’

Burnham claims referendums ‘can really take you backwards’ and cause rifts ‘that take a long, long time to heal’

Strong ties with Dublin ‘essential’ to future of Andy Burnham’s government – NI Secretary

UK and Irish governments must ‘step up’ on Troubles Bill, says Chris Bryant on first Dublin visit

Ukraine ‘wants peace’ but not at any price, says Zelenskiy

Andy Burnham and European Council chief among dignitaries present ​for anniversary of Ukraine’s break from Soviet Union

Burnham’s soft launch is ending as hard foreign policy issues loom

New UK prime minister would rather focus on domestic policy over foreign, but that’s what they all say until geopolitics intrudes

Embarrassing breach as Burnham exchanges texts with person posing as top Trump adviser

UK prime minister contacted by someone claiming to be White House chief of staff Susie Wiles

‘They’re not alone’: Chris Hoy on his ambition to stop men dying of prostate cancer

Cycling great on living with stage-four diagnosis, fundraising with Miguel Induráin and importance of public education about the disease

‘It’s a mess’: To collapse Stormont now would benefit no one, but it cannot stay the same

Sinn Féin and DUP blame each other for the assembly’s failings, but there is a need for reform

Cambridge University defends its mental health support for Jason Arday

Arday, 41, was pronounced dead at his London home on Friday, following widespread coverage of plagiarism accusations

Netanyahu calls UK ‘the Islamic Republic of Britain’

Relations between UK and Israel have become increasingly strained since Andy Burnham took over as prime minister

Is it better to nudge or tax for change? At last, some data

While nudges can be quick, easy and effective, serious policy action usually requires a regulatory or tax alteration

Farage and Reform UK damaged by Labour upheaval

Reform UK leader is once again occupying the role of underdog in the race for victory in the next UK general election

Westminster being ‘unfair’ to NI over public services budget, Minister says

Andy Burnham has not visited the North because he ‘does not have news yet’ on funding

Children’s cute job hopes look unattainable, but they are still worth encouraging

In a world of AI and uncertainty over future careers, we should still encourage our children to aim for the stars

What If Reform Wins by Peter Chappell: an enjoyable but horrifying read

The author, a London Times reporter, imagines a chilling future for the UK under a Farage premiership

Limerick’s experiment with a directly elected mayor may be last of its kind

Andy Burnham went from mayor to prime minister, but the challenges facing Limerick’s mayor make a similar ascent unlikely in Ireland

Micheál Martin thinks voters reward delivery. Simon Harris is not convinced

Micheál Martin is a ‘deliverist’ at heart; Harris, by contrast, does things, tells people about them, shows he is doing them – on repeat

Dysfunction in Ireland a poor reason to not back Andy Burnham’s plan to devolve power

There are many cases of very effective devolved governance systems in continental Europe

Labour wins decisive victory in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection

Significant boost for new prime minister Andy Burnham while Reform UK ‘massively underperforms’

New Northern Secretary ‘deliberately’ avoids answering united Ireland question

Chris Bryant said he is ‘not starting a poll now, or this week, or this month or ... this year’

‘Terminally online’: Frustrated UK Greens want leader to hand over his social media

As Labour enjoy a ‘Burnham bounce’, post by Green leader that appeared to welcome violence against Nigel Farage has left some supporters bemused

Little evidence that Andy Burnham’s plan to devolve power to the regions will work

While devolution has worked in Manchester, there have been mixed results in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Andy Burnham and the UK stock market panic that wasn’t

Divining future stockmarket winners and losers from political tea leaves is not straightforward

Andy Burnham defends cost of opening No 10 North against ‘London-based’ critics

On first day at new base, Britain’s prime minister says it will create a sense that ‘big things can be done’

All signs point to Budget 2027 not having much room to manoeuvre

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Most important quality of any politician? A certain nonchalance

The need to appear at ease in the role is something Keir Starmer never managed in his time as UK prime minister, but Andy Burnham seems comfortable - for now

Does salesman  Andy Burnham have a product to sell?

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

‘He knows what he’s doing’: Andy Burnham’s off-the-cuff remarks inspire headlines and headaches

New PM’s conversational tone is markedly different to his predecessor’s, but carries risk of sowing confusion

Why all the anti-Dublin bias?

Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford are fine, but none is a global city. Why, then, all the anti-Dublin bias?

Andy Burnham likes to be liked. There could hardly be a worse qualification for the job

Is the new Labour Party government just as doomed as Keir Starmer’s?

The Irish Times view on Burnham and Northern Ireland: a question of priorities

The perennial funding crisis will be high on the agenda

Government plans to ‘lean in’ to Andy Burnham’s Irish heritage, says junior minister

Minister of State Neale Richmond is in Britain to launch the Republic’s new diaspora strategy

Slain British ambassador remembered by his daughter 50 years after his death

Kate Ewart-Biggs spoke at event to remember her father Christopher who was assassinated by the IRA

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Louise Haigh’s career seemed in tatters 18 months ago, but now she is the Labour Party’s new queen

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