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Burnham’s bumpy ride ahead: PM’s in-tray full of dilemmas as parliament returns

Labour leader faces tough decisions on issues such as North Sea drilling, electoral reform and defence spending

Helena Horton31 Aug

Can Reform UK recover from its summer horribilis?

Clacton, funding, internal divisions – party prepares for annual conference next week after a season of missteps

Ben Quinn Political corresponent31 Aug

Cleverly avoids culture war issues in pitch to be next London mayor

Conservative hopeful says Sadiq Khan has ‘lost passion for the job’ and Andy Burnham is ‘very anti-London’

Alexandra Topping Political correspondent30 Aug

Nonsensical housing policy from Reform

Brief letters: Foreign-born citizens | A heartwarming visitor | United States of Trump | What’s in a name? | Against the odds

30 Aug

Giorgia on their minds: Farage and Badenoch scrap to be mates with Meloni

Tories accuse Reform of ‘peddling conspiracy theories’ as row erupts in wake of Conservative leader’s trip to Rome

Helena Horton30 Aug

James Cleverly resigns from shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London

Shadow minister for housing, communities and local government to resign with immediate effect

Sammy Gecsoyler29 Aug

‘I don’t want to be a backseat driver’: Gordon Brown on Burnham, billionaires – and his vision for a better Britain

The former UK prime minister is still shaping politics (even if he doesn’t want to interfere). He talks about keeping his temper, staying fit – and why he won’t pay £90 for a Scotland football shirt

Charlotte Edwardes29 Aug

Burnham accused of U-turn after initially backing political donations cap to fall below £500k

Exclusive: Campaigner says PM wrote in email he believed £500k cap should be reduced over time to guard against undue influences

Kiran Stacey Policy editor27 Aug

Unlike needy Keir, trash-talking Andy speaks a language Trump understands

Burnham has nothing to hide as he prepares to meet president he once called poisonous. It may actually win him more respect

John Crace27 Aug

Russia says it could hit UK military targets over supply of missile technology to Ukraine – as it happened

Kremlin threatens British targets inside and outside Ukraine and says UK and France bear ‘direct responsibility’ for Ukrainian strikes on Russia

Taz Ali (now) and Martin Belam (earlier)27 Aug

Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors

PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour

Kiran Stacey Policy editor26 Aug

Wes Streeting describes ‘unbelievable volume’ of homophobic abuse since becoming defence secretary

Streeting says role is chance to show strength and challenge stereotype that ‘persists in dark corners of internet’

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent26 Aug

With Nige still sulking, it was left to Honest Bob to unveil Reform UK’s latest ‘policies’

The sense of futility hanging over the room was almost overwhelming as Robert Jenrick took the stage

John Crace26 Aug

‘Pack of lies’: Robert Jenrick launches personal attack on Kemi Badenoch

Reform MP seeks to heap pressure on Tory leader amid confusion around details of meeting with Giorgia Meloni

Ben Quinn and Amelia Casey-Rerhaye26 Aug

UK politics: Burnham announces plan for 10,000 work experience placements for young people – as it happened

Prime minister spoke to press while on visit to a Sainsbury’s supermarket in London this morning

Taz Ali (now) and Martin Belam (earlier)26 Aug

Channel 5 drama to examine how Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband stole SNP funds

To Nicola, Love Peter will focus on couple’s relationship during 12-year period of embezzlement and fallout of case

Tara Conlan26 Aug

Labour MPs will push Burnham to back voting reform in first 100 days

Exclusive: Nearly 100 Labour MPs support commission on changing the system used for Westminster election

Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor25 Aug

Why do some Labour MPs want electoral reform and will it happen?

Despite the policy not being included in the party’s 2024 manifesto, Andy Burnham is under pressure to act

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent25 Aug

UK to warn citizens to stock up on food amid threat from climate crisis and hostile states

Government resilience campaign aims to ensure people can cope in a national disaster, in order to free resources for most vulnerable

Jessica Elgot and Kiran Stacey25 Aug

Government lays out housing plans but Burnham backtracks on social renting pledge – as it happened

£10bn for housing with 60% social renting is at odds with PM’s previous call for programme to be spent entirely on social homes

Tom Ambrose (now and earlier) and Martin Belam (earlier)25 Aug

Badenoch plotted to remove Sunak as PM months before election, book claims

Anthony Seldon’s book alleges Badenoch asked fellow Tory ministers ‘if anyone was interested in changing the captain’