The prime minister's plan to end the triple lock on pensions is a "bad idea", First Minister John Swinney has said. The policy ensures that state pensions increase annually ...

Campaigners have taken part in a mass trespass in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Ashton-in-Makerfield constituency over the right to roam in privately-owned green spaces.They walked on to the Winstanley ...

Message discipline is being emphasised inside the Treasury too.The biggest moment for the Burnham government this autumn will come on 28 October, when Chancellor John Healey unveils the Budget.Sir ...

Cost: Downing Street says no additional cost to taxpayers, fundedBurnham ended his first week as PM by working out of the new No 10 North, external, based at Heron ...

Anneliese Midgley, one of the key figures in Andy Burnham's leadership campaign, has been promoted to the cabinet in the role of chief whip.She has only been the MP ...

Pip is the working age benefit which helps individuals deal with the extra costs of having a physical or mental health condition or disability.It was introduced in 2013, external ...

If he becomes PM, Burnham has already ruled out an early election, telling an online forum last week: "I'm going to work to the 2024 manifesto."By September at the ...

"True to the motto of this city, I am going to do things differently," Andy Burnham declared, a reference to the film 24 Hour Party People.His speech in Manchester ...

Some analysts have questioned whether those recent productivity figures are reliable, in part, because some of the high growth spots are in residential areas, and that they could be ...

Angela Rayner has said the next prime minister must go further in giving power to communities, as she backed Andy Burnham's "vision" for devolution.The former Deputy Prime Minister suggested ...

Andy Burnham has been blocked from standing as a candidate for an upcoming parliamentary by-election in Gorton and Denton by Labour's ruling body.As a directly elected mayor, Burnham had ...