Burnham faces questions over push to scrap photo ID voting requirement
Ministers reportedly seeking to halve time for Lords scrutiny of voting and donations changes amid election speculationAndy Burnham is facing questions over plans to speed up sweeping changes to Britain’s electoral system amid speculation that some of…
Why a PR voting system is the best bet for Britain | Letters
Tom Walker responds to a letter that said first past the post is the lesser of two evils for voters. Plus letters from Susanna Dammann and Steve SmartIt is common in the argument against proportional representation (PR) to reach for Italy as a cautionary…
For too long, only the right has expanded the boundaries of what governments can do. Can Burnham change that? | Andy Beckett
The PM might come across as a nice bloke but he is politically ruthless. He will need to be if he is to turn big talk into big changesHow much can a Labour government change the country? According to many voters, journalists and politicians, including…
A proportional representation voting system could spell disaster for Labour | Letters
Gian Lorenzo Spisso says his knowledge of Italian voting systems and British politics leads him to the view that first past the post is the lesser of two evilsReading that Andy Burnham wants to push electoral reform forward and move the UK towards…
Electoral reform could be a gamble too far for Burnham – but so far he’s on a winning streak| Zoe Williams
Though proportional representation poses risks for Labour, it’s a change that feels necessary for today’s volatile politicsA number of people have admitted to tears during Andy Burnham’s Labour party conference speech, and most of them mean when he…
How could Great Britain look under proportional representation? See the results for your area
These visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systemsNew analysis produced exclusively for the Guardian reveals how different voting systems would return significantly different seat…
The Guardian view on Andy Burnham: grounds to hope for a better Britain | Editorial
By linking Brexit, voting reform and public services, the prime minister made a powerful, personal pitch for a brighter futureAndy Burnham’s first speech as prime minister to a Labour conference was a serious attempt to argue that rebuilding the public…
Burnham gambles on radical progressive plan to help Britain ‘rise again’
PM accepts some of his plan could be difficult and admits he ‘may pay a political price’Analysis: PM’s promises will take time to come goodKey takeaways from Burnham’s conference speechAndy Burnham has staked his future on a gamble that the public will…
Burnham’s emotional solo act had Labour in raptures – but his promises will take time to come good
PM’s speech, written almost entirely alone, was full of radicalism but his biggest plans will have to wait until after the next electionKey takeaways from Andy Burnham’s conference speechHope Again is the conference slogan. But what felt even more apt…