Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has confirmed he is stepping down to become Minister of State for Trade in Andy Burnham’s government. He will leave the Scottish Parliament and his…
Natalie Fleet says she has stepped down as safeguarding minister after finding the role “overwhelmingly triggering”, telling the BBC that it was making her ill. The Labour MP, who was…
The Home Office did not act in secrecy over its decision to house asylum seekers at a former military training camp in East Sussex and engaged with relevant bodies beforehand…
First Minister John Swinney says that relations with the UK government have “haemorrhaged” with Douglas Alexander as Secretary of State for Scotland. Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced on Monday that…
Jessica Morgan has been confirmed as the new director of Tate, marking her return to the arts organisation where she worked as a curator for more than a decade, at…
Andy Burnham has said he will review the government’s controversial prisoner early release scheme with the justice secretary. The scheme, under which thousands of prisoners are to serve shorter sentences…
PM says ‘we will honour the commitments we’ve made as part of Nato’ as defence secretary Streeting agrees Trump is right to ask for more spending Wes Streeting has backed…
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he will review the early prisoner release policy. Speaking to reporters in Bath, he said: “I can’t say that I can change the policy…
Lindsay Foreman, who is now surviving on only water, has vowed to continue her hunger strike until death ‘to make sure everyone sees what is happening here’ The family of…
The new prime minister has promised sweeping changes Andy Burnham has begun his first week as Britain’s new prime minister with a flurry of policy pledges, predominantly aimed at lowering…
