The former PM has been consulted by many who came after him – but Burnham might want to shake his New Labour past once and for all, says former Labour party adviser Tom Baldwin

Commission president says partnership will create ‘common prosperity’ based on shared democratic values

The PM would become the first national leader since Labour’s James Callaghan in the 1970s to not co-operate with the paper

A postponed Brussels summit has yet to be rearranged, pro-EU ministers have been shuffled out of the cabinet and the new PM has not so far met any of the bloc's leaders

The PM has made a winning start, but he’s had help from his enemies – and he may already be fighting the wrong battles

While the new PM’s slick social media operation can help him bypass the hostile press that devoured Starmer, he will still need friends in the fourth estate, says former Labour party adviser Tom Baldw...

Support for the disgraced Tory MP Neil Hamilton hardened among party activists last night after the entry into the general election of the BBC war correspondent Martin Bell as anti-corruption candidat...

The outgoing prime minister is said to be eyeing the role of Nato secretary general – an acceptance perhaps that after Downing Street life can never be the same again

Tears, Coldplay and chicken wine: Behind the scenes in the last days of a premiership

If Burnham wins the Makerfield byelection, many are predicting an immediate and stormy showdown. But that could be bad for both men, says Tom Baldwin, author of Keir Starmer: The Biography

The PM’s loss of two key ministers last week was a huge blow, but his diligence on defence spending shows claims about his dedication are unfounded

Whether it’s Peter Mandelson or Tony Blair, this Starmer government is struggling to escape the shadow of its predecessor

On a stroll through Makerfield, the Greater Manchester mayor tells Rachel Sylvester what his father’s Alzheimer’s revealed about social care, and how to restore trust in democracy and government

Starting May 28 at 6:30 AM EDT

Keir Starmer has made mistakes – but he’s been trapped by journalism’s endless psychodrama

Labour’s emerging leadership contest is reopening the EU debate. But if we want to rejoin, Britain needs a more European voting system first, says former senior adviser to the Labour party, Tom Baldwi...

Keir Starmer faces a cabinet betrayal and mounting calls to resign, but a seventh prime minister in 10 years may only deepen the national crisis

Ex-Labour Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has described herself as a

Podcast Episode · The Two Matts · 29 April · 1hr

A proud, stubborn PM wants to fight on - but knows his mistakes over Mandelson mean plenty in the cabinet and beyond have given up him

In the past he has been urged to follow strategies that don’t really match his core beliefs. That’s changing, as it must, because he knows the clock is ticking, says the prime minister’s biographer, T...

Mandelson, Trump, Send: all need explanation with thought and clarity. We must end this obsession with ‘hot takes’, says Roger Mosey, former head of BBC TV News

The PM has told Labour it is in the ‘fight of our lives’ against Nigel Farage’s challengers. To win, it must first agree on a line of attack, says Tom Baldwin, author of Keir Starmer, The Biography

Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.

Westminster journalists are having a tantrum over No 10 briefings. But the real problems are their right wing bias and focus on gossip over policy

Westminster journalists are having a tantrum over No 10 briefings. But the real problems are their right wing bias and focus on gossip over policy