Conference laps up Andy unplugged as he offers chance to take road less travelled | John Crace
Nothing was off the table, no coded hints, and by the end no one could be in any doubt about what Burnham believedYou’ve got to hand it to Andy Burnham. He left nothing out on the pitch. It would have been so easy to play it safe. To deliver a…
The Manchester City case shows us how the global mega-rich now expect to operate with impunity | Jonathan Liew
When transnational alliances have scarcely been weaker, the way the club was allegedly run offers a bleak vision of a world driven by brute power and wealthThe cache of leaked emails and documents that would eventually lead to the crisis in which…
What is Burnham’s GB Grid plan and could it bring down energy bills?
Proposed government-backed network body welcomed by some in sector but others call it just another quangoNils Pratley: Burnham’s electricity grid idea is interesting – but it’s not ‘public control’Andy Burnham’s first address to the Labour party…
To the people voting for Nigel Farage: is this really the finger you want on the red button? | Marina Hyde
The Reform leader’s reaction to the RAF Fairford affair is again revealing. If what’s needed is a steady hand and cool head, he’s not the guyAnother week, another chance for Nigel Farage to demonstrate his literally hysterical leadership inabilities. For…
Britons are not ageing healthily – we need to learn from countries that have made it a priority | Devi Sridhar
Although we’re living longer, the data on healthy life expectancy in the UK isn’t good. Andy Burnham must reverse this trend to protect the NHS and social careProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, and the…
‘Intimidatory’ far-right marches should not be allowed, says Angela Rayner
The UK communities secretary decried protests by ‘men in black wearing face masks’ and those ‘whipping up hatred’ towards lifeboat volunteersFar-right marches led by the self-styled “Danny Tommo” should not be treated like normal protests, the…
Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot
The US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bailUS secretary of state Marco Rubio has said unequivocally that a foreign actor was involved in the…
Questions remain over Iran’s link to alleged RAF Fairford bomb plot
Tehran has been trying to step up attacks on targets in the west but its track record has been mixedInvestigators may be some way from determining exactly what led five men with three vans to a village just outside RAF Fairford in the small hours of…
Burnham promises to roll back privatisation with government-backed grid plan
Exclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control Andy Burnham will take his first major step to putting Britain’s utility companies into public control when, at the Labour conference, he…
Absence of violence in Drumcree does not make standoff any less significant
Row comes amid rising division and a tendency towards cynical political posturing in Northern IrelandThree decades ago, it took the deaths of three Roman Catholic children – the Quinn brothers, Jason, nine, Mark, 10, and 11-year-old Richard – in a petrol…