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Last Updated:July 17, 2026, 8:40 PM IST Andy Burnham takes charge as UK PM amid mounting crises—soaring welfare costs, defence pressures, housing shortfalls and youth joblessness—all demanding tough, high-stakes calls Andy Burnham will not be inheriting any calm when he moves in to Number 10. (Image source: Reuters) As Andy Burnham steps into 10 Downing…
Andy Burnham appeared set to become Britain’s next prime minister as the process to elect a new Labour Party leader formally opened on Thursday. Burnham remains the only candidate in the race to succeed Keir Starmer, who announced his resignation last month. Under the timetable set by Labour’s National Executive Committee, candidates have until July…
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks exclusively to CNN-News18 on the future of Britain, hours after Keir Starmer announces his exit.Farage says, “Whether Britain elects Labour or the centre-right Conservatives, what we get is largely the same.” His remarks come amid a major political shift in the UK, with questions rising over Britain’s direction, voter…
Andy Burnham’s dramatic return to the British Parliament has transformed him from a powerful regional leader into the man many in Labour believe could one day walk through the doors of 10 Downing Street. Fresh from a commanding by-election victory in Makerfield, the former Greater Manchester mayor is now being viewed as the strongest potential…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will begin a political fightback on Monday in a speech that says rebuilding relations with the rest of Europe will be his government’s defining mission, as he moves to quell growing calls to quit. Starmer’s future was thrown into doubt after his Labour Party suffered heavy losses in local elections…
A photograph of former British Ambassador Peter Mandelson has emerged in new files linked to American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In this, Mandelson is seen with a woman in only underwear and shirt, the woman is in a bathrobe. After the picture surfaced, Mandelson has resigned from PM Keir Starmer’s Labor Party. Mandelson said that…
A photograph of former British Ambassador Peter Mandelson has emerged in new files linked to American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In this, Mandelson is seen with a woman in only underwear and shirt, the woman is in a bathrobe. After the picture surfaced, Mandelson has resigned from PM Keir Starmer’s Labor Party. Mandelson said that…
New Delhi: The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has sparked a political storm in the UK by launching a series of controversial posts targeting Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Labour government. His comments have reopened discussions around the issue of child grooming gangs, sparking calls for fresh investigations. Musk’s Allegations Against Starmer On New…
A London-based professional who chairs the Labour Party’s diaspora group, Labour Indians, was on Friday nominated by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as one of his 30 picks for new political peerages in the House of Lords, to be approved by King Charles III. Krish Raval, awarded an OBE in 2018 by Queen Elizabeth II…
Former British prime minister Rishi Sunak spent the weekend calling the Conservative Party candidates who lost their seats in the general election last week to apologise for the party’s worst performance at the ballot box, with just 121 seats in the House of Commons. Several former members of Parliament told ‘The Daily Telegraph’ about the…