The Latest Breaking News from Andy Burnham

MPs believe Greater Manchester mayor poised to make comeback at Westminster, as prime minister’s woes grow

The former Commons leader said it is ‘sexist’ that everybody is talking about Andy Burnham’s return, rather than focusing on the deputy Labour leadership contest between ‘two strong women’

Deputy leadership hopeful rubbishes claim she and Bridget Phillipson are stand-ins for prime ministerial battle

COMMENT: Though they make an unlikely pair, they share a unique bond and competitive streak – which may just work in the prime minister’s favour, says Sean O’Grady

Donald Trump’s second state visit in six years starts today at King Charles’s Windsor estate in style: a carriage ride (past Harry and Meghan’s old haunt of Frogmore Cottage, as it happens), a lavish evening banquet and panoply of military bands and fly pasts. It is a massive ceremonial courtesy…

The Manchester mayor has never been shy about his ambitions. But is he planning to capitalise on a weakening Starmer?

Labour MPs talk openly about replacing PM, as third senior ally in two weeks departs after publication of messages

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Keir Starmer’s government may have broken the spirit of what it pledged in its winning election manifesto, but an alternative administration led by the soft-left mayor of Greater Manchester would represent a repudiation of it. The parliamentary party needs to calm down

Should Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership topple, Streeting and Burnham are just two of the names being thrown in the hat to proceed him

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Ricky Hatton’s family have opened up publicly for the first time since the news of the boxing legend’s death, saying they feel an ‘immeasurable’ sense of loss