Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury | John Harris

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to the media after chairing a COBR meeting at Downing Street on the UK's ongoing response to extreme heat, wildfires and drought in London, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. Andy Burnham has announced a crackdown on the criminal gangs…

While raiding the international development budget might seem an easy choice, writes Labour MP Sam Rushworth, we need to be honest about the hidden costs that could lead to long-term pain at home and abroad

The PM’s net zero pragmatism may please some voters, but as parts of the country go up in flames, it’s an increasingly hard sell When the siren sounded on Friday night, my first thought was fire. Weeks of unrelenting sun in the normally soggy Peak District, where I was visiting…

In today’s newsletter: The Spanish prime minister has remade himself as Europe’s leading leftwing standard-bearer. Could his success offer the UK’s PM a route forward? Good morning. To international onlookers, Pedro Sànchez appears to have achieved the impossible. Where other…

We spoke to the economist Professor Matthew Agarwala, who's the chair of sustainable finance at the University of Sussex Bennett Institute, and asked him what advice he would give to Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

The Prime Minister is on the road this month, travelling the length and breadth of the UK in an attempt to reconnect his Labour government with the disillusioned British public. Fat chance there.

Nurses collapsing, builders with heatstroke, bus drivers in cabs that reach 44C. The new PM wanted to spend the summer talking about the cost of living – he should change his plans I don’t think I have ever written before about a British strike directly related to the climate…