A will was debated of the legislation is the European Convention on Human Rights (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Commons Bill 92 of the 2026–27 session. It is a presentation private member’s bill introduced by Conservative MP Mike Wood (Kingswinford and South Staffordshire), supported by Sir Christopher Chope, and first printed on 22 June 2026. It is extremely short. Clause 1 says: The Prime Minister may notify, under Article 58 of the ECHR, the United Kingdom’s intention

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UK MPs have voted down legislation that would have legalised assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was defeated at its second reading on Friday 11 September 2026 by 286 votes to 270 — a majority of 16. The result ends the latest attempt to change the law after a two-year parliamentary process and makes it highly unlikely the issue will return before the next general election. What the bill would have done:

The former prime minister said it was “the right time” to leave Parliament and focus on international affairs. He told the Camden New Journal it had been “a huge honour and privilege” to represent the north London seat since 2015, succeeding Frank Dobson. Starmer had previously indicated he would remain an MP until the next general election in 2029, but changed his mind after reflecting over the summer. He plans to concentrate on defence, security, trade and technology, while

Andy Burnham’s government is tightening an early-release scheme born of a severe prison overcrowding crisis, but campaigners say thousands of domestic abusers will still leave jail sooner than planned. The Sentencing Act 2026 changes automatic release points for most prisoners serving standard determinate sentences in England and Wales. Lower-level offenders who previously served 40% or 50% of their term in custody can now be released after one-third. More serious offenders

Andy Burnham’s conversion to proportional representation (PR) marks one of the more significant shifts in recent Labour politics—and it may actually deliver the biggest constitutional change the UK has seen in decades. In a recent Independent column, commentator John Rentoul argues that this time the stars are aligning in a way they never quite did under Tony Blair. Burnham, once a firm opponent of electoral reform, now wants a clear manifesto commitment to PR that can be imp

Andy Burnham Tracker on UK Dispatch (ukdispatching.com) is a page that tracks events, appointments, and alleged controversies or “U-turns/scandals” during Andy Burnham’s time as UK Prime Minister. It frames the timeline as beginning on 20 July (presumed 2026), when Burnham becomes Prime Minister after Keir Starmer’s resignation. The site describes itself as monitoring his “progress as PM” and lists numerous dated items, many critical in tone. Entries are not strictly chronolo

UK consumer price inflation rose in July 2026, ending a recent downward trend and reaching its highest level in four months, driven primarily by a sharp increase in household energy costs. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on 19 August 2026 that the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) increased by 2.9% in the 12 months to July, up from 2.6% in June. This matched market expectations but exceeded the Bank of England’s recent forecast of 2.8%. The broader CPI including o

As of mid-August 2026, the UK is facing one of its most severe wildfire seasons in recent memory, driven by prolonged drought, extreme heat, and dry conditions that have turned large parts of the country into a “tinderbox.” Nearly three-quarters of England and all of Wales are officially in drought. Fire and rescue services have responded to hundreds of incidents this year, matching or exceeding the total for the whole of 2025 in some periods, with July alone recording the bu

Burnham has said it’s all on his Justice Secretary now when it comes to early release. He also failed to guarantee that PC Harper’s two killers won’t be released early: “What I have said is that I believe we can go much further, and I hope we can get to a position where people who have committed serious crimes are not in a position where they are being released early, and that would include the killers of PC Andrew Harper. That is my intention. I believe we can do it, but I n

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called for middle-class and wealthier communities across the UK to accept a greater share of asylum seeker accommodation, arguing that the current system unfairly burdens the country’s poorest areas. In his first interview with GB News since taking office, Burnham stated: “I do have to say, we cannot have a situation where it’s only the poorest communities in the country that receive all of the dispersal of refugees and asylum seekers. I do bel

Last year in October, Wes Streeting declared a £50k “donation” from Francesca Perrin. Perrin is a current director of Labour Together, A lobby group of Morgan McSweeney fame. Screenshot of donation disclosure form listing Francesca Perrin, £50,000, dates in Sept-Oct 2025, and donor status: Individual Following on from the donation from Francesca Perrin and her husband William, a former secretary to former Prime Minister Tony Blair of the UK, both funded Labour Together, givin

New Health Secretary Yvette Cooper received almost half a million pounds over a decade from a donor with commercial ties to NHS and private healthcare recruitment, according to an investigation published by The BMJ. The report, released on 4 August 2026, details that between 2015 and 2024 Cooper accepted £248,619 directly from businessman Peter Hearn and a further £220,623 from two companies he controlled, MPM Connect and OPD Group. The combined total comes to roughly £469,00

In mid-July 2026, Andy Burnham became the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade after succeeding Keir Starmer. Starmer had announced his resignation as Labour leader and prime minister in late June following poor local election results in May, low personal popularity, economic stagnation, internal party discontent, and controversies including the appointment (and later dismissal) of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US. Burnham, the popular former Mayor of Greater Manche

Newly appointed UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to begin his first holiday in office tomorrow, 4 August 2026, according to multiple reports circulating on Monday evening. The 56-year-old Labour leader, who formally took office on 20 July after succeeding Keir Starmer, will step away from Downing Street during the parliamentary summer recess. Critics have already labelled the break a case of “bunking off for a jolly abroad,” with First Secretary of State Louise Haigh exp

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to tackle small boat crossings across the English Channel with relentless focus after visiting Border Force operations in Dover on Sunday. Speaking following his tour of the Joint Command Room and related facilities, where he met officials from the Border Security Command, National Crime Agency and Home Office teams, Burnham said the government would confront the issue directly rather than treat it as a political football.“Rather than p

Why the by-election happened Andy Burnham had been Mayor of Greater Manchester since the role was created, winning elections in 2017, 2021 and 2024. In June 2026 he won a parliamentary by-election in Makerfield and returned to the House of Commons. Because the Greater Manchester mayor also holds Police and Crime Commissioner powers, the law disqualifies the post-holder from sitting as an MP at the same time. Burnham’s election as MP therefore automatically ended his mayoralty

In a move that has raised eyebrows across Whitehall, newly installed Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appointed Neil Amin-Smith, the 36-year-old former violinist of Grammy-winning pop group Clean Bandit, as his top economic adviser in No. 10. dailymail.com The appointment, reported on 31 July 2026, comes just days after Burnham took office on 20 July, succeeding Keir Starmer. It forms part of a sweeping reshuffle in which Burnham removed several senior figures, including forme

A story reported by The Telegraph on 31 July 2026, centres on how the Housing Secretary has described her time employed by Stockport Council. Rayner has repeatedly presented herself as having spent long periods as a frontline home help or care worker—figures that have varied publicly between roughly a decade, 14 years, and as high as 17 years in different statements and profiles over the years. Freedom of information records from Stockport Council show she was on the books as

No candidate secured more than 50% of first-preference votes in the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election, forcing a second-round runoff between Labour’s Bev Craig and Reform UK’s Sian Astley. Counting officials confirmed the result on Friday afternoon (31 July 2026), eliminating the Green Party, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Restore Britain and Independent candidates. Second-preference votes from those eliminated ballots are now being redistributed under the supplementa