News Jubilant Andy Burnham puts action on homelessness at heart of “new era” for Greater Manchester Andy Burnham vowed to “take control” for Greater Manchester and to tackle the scourge of homelessness after being… Peter Edwards 6th May, 2017, 11:15 am
News Local elections liveblog: Tories win West Midlands mayoralty as Burnham takes Manchester 9pm One final result from earlier – The Tories have won the metro mayor’s post in Cambridgeshire and… 5th May, 2017, 4:00 pm
News Rotheram claims landslide victory in Liverpool mayoral contest Labour has won the Liverpool metro mayor’s contest with ease. Steve Rotheram, 55, won well over half of… Peter Edwards 5th May, 2017, 2:18 pm
News 8.30am latest: Labour loses more than 100 council seats as early results come in Labour has suffered heavy losses in early results from the local elections as the Tories made strong gains.… Peter Edwards 5th May, 2017, 8:35 am
Comment An “ex-politician” but not yet a retired one – five things we learnt from David Miliband’s latest interview David Miliband has described himself as an “ex-politician” in a candid interview with Spear’s, an upmarket magazine for… Peter Edwards 4th May, 2017, 4:00 pm
News Who are the Labour candidates today? The polls have opened in local and mayoral elections in England, Wales and Scotland. Several big-hitters from the… Peter Edwards 4th May, 2017, 9:31 am
News The full list of the Labour Party’s general election candidates in London Labour has completed the process of choosing candidates for all the London seats at the general election –… 3rd May, 2017, 2:11 pm
News Rochdale selection: The runners and riders to replace Simon Danczuk Simon Danczuk will not be allowed to stand as Labour’s candidate in Rochdale and as such there is… Emma Bean 3rd May, 2017, 1:23 pm
Comment How newspaper novice Osborne tackled his first day at the Evening Standard It was the most unlikely, and controversial, appointment in the print media for a generation. Now, however, the… Peter Edwards 3rd May, 2017, 9:37 am
Comment Boris is a cack-handed, cheese-headed fopdoodle – Watson speech to union This is the full text of the speech by Labour deputy leader Tom Watson at Usdaw’s annual delegate… Tom Watson 2nd May, 2017, 11:27 am