- yesterday
Andy Burnham to abstain from assisted dying vote ahead of Commons debate
Prime Minister Andy Burnham told Labour lawmakers he will abstain during the 11 September second reading of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill to ensure a free vote without prime ministerial influence.
- 2d ago
Emmanuel Macron to open Bayeux Tapestry exhibition in London and meet Andy Burnham
The French president will travel to the British Museum on 2 September 2026 for the eleventh-century embroidery display before holding talks at Downing Street with Prime Minister Andy Burnham.
- 3d ago
Andy Burnham rules out Irish unity referendum during first official visit to Belfast
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham met Stormont leaders in Belfast, dismissing calls for an Irish unity referendum while addressing Northern Ireland's £1.6 billion budget shortfall.
- Aug 23
Britain and Ukraine agree defence AI pact and missile tech transfer in Kyiv
Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Kyiv on Ukraine's 35th Independence Day to grant British researchers access to the Avengers AI Labs and release SCALP cruise missile technical data to Ukrainian factories.
- Aug 19
Iran considers strikes on US military sites in southeastern Europe, prompting NATO warning
Iranian officials have reviewed plans to target US military facilities in Bulgaria and Cyprus if Washington escalates the conflict, triggering heightened security at the Bezmer air base and a formal defense warning from NATO.
- Aug 19
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announces £442m plan to house rough sleepers by Christmas
The British government will allocate £102 million in new funding to expand emergency winter shelter and healthcare services across England, targeting rough sleeping hotspots.
- Aug 17
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.
- Aug 17
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.
- Aug 14
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.
- Aug 12
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.
