We spend an extraordinary amount of political energy arguing about how to manage the economy. Should taxes rise or fall? […] ...

Labour have comfortably held the Holborn and St. Pancras’ seat in the by-election triggered by Keir Starmer’s resignation. This is not, despite what some commentators or party organisers say, the ...

The past decade of party politics in Britain has been nothing but turbulent. The salience of Brexit, technology, globalisation, education, and immigration has completely reshaped partisan ...

Today, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced a National Commission for Electoral Reform and a manifesto commitment to change our electoral system in the next Parliament. He has also committed to ...

In 2024, the Liberal Democrats secured their best ever election return – 72 MPs. It represented a brave new world, through an attention-grabbing media strategy and a disciplined electoral strategy ...

We face multiple crises: cost-of-living; energy prices and independence, exacerbated by the war in Iran and our dependence on fossil fuel imports; the rise in mental health problems, for which the ...

The rise of Andy Burnham to Prime Minister presented a pivotal moment for all those on the progressive side of the political aisle. For the first time in – at the very least – 16 years, the Government ...

On the St. James estate in South Bermondsey, 172 households face unaffordable rent rises – de-facto eviction notices. 50 households have received actual Section 21 no-fault eviction notices; most were ...

Today we feel that rare emotion for progressives: the lure of hope. This is an exciting, tantalising, and daunting moment; not just for us at Compass, not just for all progressives, but for the whole ...

There are moments in politics when the language of crisis – of existential threats – is overused. And then there are moments when it barely feels big enough. For the Labour Party, this is the latter.

May 2026 is almost certain to deliver the most seismic shift Welsh politics has seen since devolution in 1999: Labour no longer being the largest party in the Senedd. All polling points to Plaid Cymru ...

The below is the speech delivered by the Labour & Co-operative Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to the Alliance Party Conference in Belfast on Saturday 14th March 2026. Thanks for having me ...