UK politics

Andy Burnham becomes Labour leader, set to be PM

Andy Burnham was formally crowned leader of Britain's governing Labour Party on Friday, the final step before he takes office as prime minister following an audience with King Charles on Tuesday, July 21. The former Greater Manchester mayor ran unopposed…

Starmer resigns as UK prime minister after two years

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation on Monday, bowing to months of mounting pressure from within his own Labour Party less than two years after leading it to a landslide election victory. His departure makes him the latest…

UK Attorney General orders department off X over disinformation

Richard Hermer, the Attorney General for England and Wales, has directed his department to stop posting on X, becoming the first cabinet minister to order a government department off the platform owned by Elon Musk. The Attorney General's Office ceased…

UK rejects White House warning against under-16 social media ban

The Trump administration has formally urged the British government not to ban social media for children under 16, submitting a response to a UK public consultation through the US Embassy in London that warned such restrictions could damage freedom of…

Streeting resigns as health secretary, launches bid to unseat Starmer

Wes Streeting resigned as Britain's Health Secretary on Thursday, throwing down a direct challenge to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership of the Labour Party and plunging the governing party deeper into crisis following its disastrous local election results last week.

Starmer tells cabinet he won’t quit as rivals circle

As Prime Minister Keir Starmer told his cabinet on Tuesday morning that he would not resign, the jockeying to replace him has already begun in earnest — with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham leading betting markets despite not holding a…

Reform UK surges as Labour loses hundreds of seats in local elections

Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed he would "not walk away" on Friday as early results from England's local elections revealed a punishing night for the Labour Party, with Nigel Farage's Reform UK making dramatic gains across the country's traditional Labour…