The new prime minister tells his cabinet "we need to be a cost of living government". Earlier, he announced VAT would be removed from household electricity bills in October.

Andy Burnham needs to "build bridges" with the Starmerite minister he sacked during his reshuffle, Baroness Harriet Harman has told the Electoral Dysfunction podcast.

Britain is ready to defend itself against Iranian missile attacks, the Government has said, after Tehran threatened to strike a Royal Air Force base used by US forces.

In appointing his new cabinet Andy Burnham has removed many of Keir Starmer's faithfuls, including previously key figures like Rachel Reeves and Darren Jones. And critics feel "traitors" who had tried to destabilise the recently departed PM are being rewarded for their disloyalty.

The need to appear at ease in the role is something Keir Starmer never managed in his time as UK prime minister, but Andy Burnham seems comfortable - for now

Nigel Farage’s popularity among the public has plummeted to its lowest level in the past ten years, a new YouGov survey has found, placing him below Keir Starmer just before the PM resigned. The pollster found just 22% have a favourable view of the Reform UK leader,

Andy Burnham, the new prime minister, followed in reverse, heading from Buckingham Palace to Downing Street, where friends, family, allies and apparatchiks listened to his hopes for Britain. Then began the next stage: picking over every word.