- 12h ago
UK prime minister Andy Burnham exchanges texts with impostor posing as White House aide Susie Wiles
Andy Burnham cut off contact and notified security authorities after exchanging messages on his personal phone with someone impersonating Donald Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles.
- 16h ago
British PM Andy Burnham tricked by impersonator posing as Trump aide Susie Wiles
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with an individual impersonating White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles before growing suspicious, Politico reported on 17 August, citing four anonymous officials.
- 3d ago
Netanyahu calls UK 'first Islamic republic with nuclear weapons,' sparking diplomatic outcry
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the United Kingdom 'the Islamic Republic of Britain' and said it would be the first Islamic republic to obtain nuclear weapons, drawing condemnation from British Jewish leaders, Israeli opposition figures and former UK officials.
- 6d ago
Farage regains Clacton seat with 62.8% as standards probe into £5m gift resumes
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage regained his Clacton parliamentary seat with 62.8% of the vote on August 14, but the parliamentary standards probe into a £5 million undeclared gift resumed hours later. Comedy candidate Count Binface secured a record 26.7%.
- Aug 11
Incheon airport overtakes Heathrow and Dubai as world's busiest for international passengers
South Korea's Incheon International Airport handled 38.4 million international passengers in the first half of 2026, surpassing London Heathrow and Singapore's Changi as Middle East hubs declined due to the US-Iran conflict.
- Aug 10
UK disconnects Royal Navy drone cameras found sending signals to China
British Ministry of Defence disconnected internet from K3 Scout drone cameras after a routine check found Chinese-made components transmitting heartbeat signals to a China-based IP address.
- Aug 4
Police killers still eligible for early release under Burnham's revised UK prison scheme
Rapists and serious child sex offenders are excluded, but manslaughter convicts including the killers of a Thames Valley officer remain eligible.
- Jul 31
Bev Craig wins Greater Manchester mayoral by-election with 66% of vote, succeeding PM Andy Burnham
Bev Craig secured 66.3% of the vote after second preferences, defeating Reform UK's Sian Astley in the by-election triggered by Andy Burnham's move to Downing Street.
- Jul 31
UK chancellor Healey sets first budget for 28 October, tells ministers to find cuts for Burnham's pledges
Chancellor John Healey announced his first budget will be delivered on 28 October and told cabinet ministers they must reprioritise existing budgets to fund Andy Burnham's new policy pledges, warning that no new money is available.
- Jul 30
Labour readmits Diane Abbott and Joani Reid after suspensions under new leader Andy Burnham
Diane Abbott, the longest-serving female MP, and Joani Reid have had the Labour whip restored following independent disciplinary processes, just weeks after Andy Burnham became prime minister.
- Jul 30
UK invests £8.4bn in Dreadnought nuclear submarines as Burnham ties defence to jobs
Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveiled £8.4 billion for the next phase of the Dreadnought-class submarine programme during a visit to Barrow-in-Furness, framing the nuclear deterrent as both a security guarantee and an engine for reindustrialisation.
- Jul 29
Green leader Polanski refuses to apologise to Farage over guillotine T-shirt post as police investigate
Green Party leader Zack Polanski says sharing a guillotine T-shirt image on Instagram was an inadvertent mistake, but refuses to apologise to Nigel Farage, whose Reform UK party reported him to police for incitement to murder.
- Jul 27
UK cedes Stone Cloak IP to Ukraine, letting Kyiv mass-produce the drone jammer at home
On his first foreign-leader visit as prime minister, Andy Burnham welcomed Volodymyr Zelenski to Portsmouth and transferred intellectual property for the Stone Cloak electronic-warfare system, enabling Ukraine to manufacture the tablet-sized inhibitors domestically.
- Jul 22
Sánchez and new UK PM Burnham discuss Gibraltar and shared agenda in first phone call
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held his first conversation with new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Tuesday, one day after Burnham took office following Keir Starmer's resignation.
- Jul 22
Burnham scraps electricity VAT and digital ID, pledges £340m to tackle homelessness
New Prime Minister Andy Burnham used his first cabinet meeting to announce the elimination of VAT on household electricity bills, the scrapping of a digital ID scheme, and £340 million in extra homelessness funding.
- Jul 21
UK borrowed £16bn in June, undershooting forecasts, but first-quarter deficit overshoots by £2.7bn
Britain borrowed £16 billion in June, a third less than a year earlier, but the first-quarter deficit of £57.6 billion exceeded official forecasts by £2.7 billion, underscoring the fiscal challenge for new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
- Jul 21
Andy Burnham names Chris Bryant as Northern Ireland Secretary, replacing Hilary Benn in late-night reshuffle
Prime Minister Andy Burnham appointed Chris Bryant as Northern Ireland Secretary late on Monday, 20 July 2026, after Hilary Benn confirmed he would not continue in the role he had held since Labour returned to power in 2024.
- Jul 20
Andy Burnham sworn in as UK's seventh prime minister in a decade, pledges immediate cost-of-living relief
Andy Burnham was received by King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Monday, becoming the seventh UK prime minister in a decade. He pledged immediate action on living costs and a long-term plan to reindustrialise Britain.
- Jul 20
Andy Burnham appointed UK prime minister after Keir Starmer resigns: 'We must be better'
The former Greater Manchester mayor took office following a formal audience with King Charles III, becoming the sixth prime minister in a decade.
- Jul 17
Burnham pushes for written constitution as Labour's Bev Craig wins Manchester mayoral race
Prime minister says decentralisation programme strengthens argument for codified rules, as Labour's Bev Craig wins Manchester mayoral contest.
