As politics fragments, Andy Burnham’s promise to overhaul the electoral system is welcome – but what comes next is far from settled

In an impassioned speech, the prime minister dressed down his predecessors and set out commitments on the pension triple lock, electoral reform, the EU – and a national care service

In an impassioned speech, the prime minister dressed down his predecessors and set out commitments on the pension triple lock, electoral reform, the EU – and a national care service

A party that had lost hope under his predecessor will lap up the prime minister’s optimistic message to conference. But awkward questions remain

Ed Davey must project a more accommodating face to make the most of the anti-Reform vote

The largesse of Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne exposes the weakness of the law and growing influence of the ultra-rich over democracy

He may be indispensable to Reform, but after a summer of scandal, his appeal beyond its ranks is proving harder to sustain

The PM’s can-do talk has landed well with the public, but a full in-tray of tough decisions will test his mettle on his return to parliament on Tuesday

While a promising start has lifted spirits, the new PM will need much more of a boost if he’s to risk calling an early election

Quick wins on buses, bills and pubs have given the new PM momentum, but soon he must confront the difficult trade-offs that define every premiership

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. The sorry tale of Sir Keir’s tenure is a cautionary one for his successor Andy Burnham

The Reform UK leader’s cynical gambit is backfiring. By triggering a farcical byelection, he risks being humiliated

Decentralisation is key to Our Andy’s reset – but it will mean being prepared to share power with people he disagrees with

With just weeks to assemble a team – and without a personal mandate – the next prime minister will have scant room for mis-steps

The prime minister’s resignation speech marks the end of a turbulent premiership, leaving Labour to navigate a challenging political landscape

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There are considerable risks to installing the new MP for Makerfield at Number 10 without a searching test of his mettle

Andy Burnham has won Makerfield, but he’s going to have to drag Sir Keir out of Number 10 kicking and screaming

The resignation of John Healey over defence spending has blown a hole in the prime minister’s survival strategy

As Reform and Restore feud, the plea of grieving family of Henry Nowak is drowned out by a competition in outrage and division

The former prime minister’s provocative essay has provided a whetstone for Andy Burnham to sharpen his leftwing credentials

The mayor of Manchester’s critics see him as an opportunistic chameleon, but it’s exactly this pragmatism that appeals to his supporters

Streeting’s failed putsch has unleashed a perilous summer for Labour driven by panic, miscalculation and naked ambition

After Labour’s evisceration in the polls, the party needs to back its leader or sack him. They will probably do neither.

Cabinet ministers warn that there’ll be an eruption of anger within their party when Thursday’s election results start coming in

Hailed as an antidote to the Tories’ lurid psychodrama, the prime minister now faces despair over his own leadership

On a stroll with her greyhounds, the Green party’s newest MP talks about how Labour lost its way, getting her hands dirty, and why parliament is ‘bonkers’

The prime minister’s excuse for misleading parliament is that he was kept in the dark – an abject alibi, but it’s the best he’s got

Hard lessons and harsher realities are steering us back towards our neighbours. Sadly, mistrust remains the biggest barrier

Easter was supposed to be when the UK turned an economic corner and anger at Labour abated. That rosy scenario is dead

The byelection humiliation is the harbinger of a cataclysmic night for Sir Keir Starmer in the May elections