Labour's deputy leader was speaking to BBC local radio ahead of the party's annual conference

Key thinkers suggest other radical measures in Compass report such as free personal social care and abolishing Lords Andy Burnham should tackle inequality in the UK by introducing a wealth tax, universal free personal social care and bringing gas and electricity networks under public ownership, according to a report from more than a dozen influential thinkers. In the lead-up to the first budget of the chancellor, John Healey, this autumn, the Compass thinktank has collated 70 policy options from 15 leftwing thinkers that they argue would deliver on the prime minister’s promise to end 40 years of neoliberalism. Continue reading...

Braverman believes parents will tip her off if heads don't follow her anthem and hymns rules

Editorial: An undercover investigation raises issues around foreign money, political transparency and the rightwing populist party’s fitness for power

Party leader Kemi Badenoch pledges to implement policy if she forms next government as she tries to outflank Reform

Negotiations with Richard Tice were supervised by George Cottrell, raising fresh questions over Nigel Farage’s account of when he decided to return to politics.

Voters on the left may be fragmented – but they will pull together behind a convincing cross-party message, says Neal Lawson, director of cross-party campaign organisation Compass

The prime minister says the move will give power to "every postcode" but critics say the plans lack detail.

Spain and France have so far borne the burnt of this summer's wildfires, caused by a succession of heatwaves and prolonged dry spells.

Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo...

Editorial: New analysis by the Guardian has revealed the disturbing extent of these firms’ influence in highly sensitive areas

From ‘skint’ in 2017, the Reform UK leader now owns five mortgage-free homes with his partner Laure Ferrari. Only two have been declared to parliament

The Reform leader should be made to understand that transparency is part of standing for high office