Defence Investment Plan – a looming problem for Burnham
The Defence Investment Plan is published today in Parliament. All eyes are on how much Dan Jarvis managed to secure (£15 billion), given the dramatic resignations of Al Cairns and John Healey over fun...
30 Jun 12min
The Burnham agenda: who will pay for it?
Andy Burnham has set out his big pitch to the country: a ten-year plan for devolution, reindustrialisation and a new ‘Number 10 of the North’. But, as he prepares to enter Downing Street, does he have...
29 Jun 21min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 28/06/2026
Isabel Hardman presents highlights from Sunday morning's political shows.One week on from the end of Keir Starmer's premiership, Labour all but confirm an Andy Burnham coronation.Produced by Joe Bedel...
28 Jun 11min
Is Britain ungovernable?
We are on course for yet another prime minister – our seventh in just ten years. With statistics like that, and after watching the now-familiar pattern of leaders arriving with promises of hopeful cha...
27 Jun 14min
Would Burnham be 'Labour's first female PM'?
Another agenda-setting cover piece from Tim Shipman has ruffled feathers in Westminster. The controversy centres on a line from a senior Labour source who told Shippers that Andy Burnham could be ‘Lab...
26 Jun 16min
How to solve Britain’s maternity crisis
Donna Ockenden's report on Nottingham NHS maternity scandal is out today, revealing 'horrendous' failings. It involves cases of negligence, cover ups, racial disparities and avoidable deaths. To discu...
24 Jun 22min
Kemi Badenoch’s victory lap
Supercharged by a by-election victory in Aberdeen South and Starmer’s resignation, Kemi Badenoch delivered a drive-by at PMQs today. She took aim at members of Starmer’s cabinet in succession: Rachel ...
24 Jun 14min
Does Burnham have a plan? (No)
Andy Burnham is back in Westminster, Sir Keir Starmer has resigned and Wes Streeting has said he will not contest the leadership election. Labour rebels will be celebrating that their plan has gone of...
22 Jun 18min
