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At around 9pm on Tuesday 22 September, a WhatsApp message pinged into Green Party members’  inboxes.

Age-old fears of the end times have returned in warnings that artificial intelligence may engineer human  extinction.

I was moved by Tom McTague’s interview with Andy Burnham (Cover Story, 25 September) in which the Prime Minister speaks about the death of his father and how this (and his father’s life) has affected him and made him the person he is.

The UK has much to be confident about and many of the foundations required for success.

There is a very simple truth about all those involved in special needs education.

There is a very simple truth about all those involved in special needs education.

Every year, more than a billion meals’ worth of good food goes to waste in the UK: fresh, edible surplus that never makes it to a plate.

Written and funded by Novo Nordisk

Britain is facing an affordability crisis across the housing sector.

Britain is facing an affordability crisis across the housing sector.

Every day, I am lucky to see kind-hearted people across Britain reach out to help other people.

Every day, I am lucky to see kind-hearted people across Britain reach out to help other people.

The Goldsmiths Prize has announced its shortlist of cutting-edge contemporary literature after receiving a record number of submissions.

The Goldsmiths Prize has announced its shortlist of cutting-edge contemporary literature after receiving a record number of submissions.

In the 1983 general election, Labour presented itself to the voters with a bold slogan: “The New Hope for Britain”.

Shortly after midnight on 27 September, a local farmer noticed three white vans stopped on a road near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, an airbase that has become a critical hub for US strikes against Iran.

Shortly after midnight on 27 September, a local farmer noticed three white vans stopped on a road near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, an airbase that has become a critical hub for US strikes against Iran.

Manchester City have been headline news since the early afternoon of 25 September, when it was first reported that the football club had been found guilty by an independent panel of more than 100 charges of breaching Premier League financial regulations s…

In Japan, couples can ‘rent’ a grandchild in order to make them feel less bereft on special occasions.

In Japan, couples can ‘rent’ a grandchild in order to make them feel less bereft on special occasions.

Labour Conference 2026 draws to a close with Andy Burnham’s speech.

Labour Conference 2026 draws to a close with Andy Burnham’s speech.

Andy Burnham has announced that he would “adjust” the triple lock policy on the state pension, and explained that this would be done in order to free up money for a national care service.

Andy Burnham has announced that he would “adjust” the triple lock policy on the state pension, and explained that this would be done in order to free up money for a national care service.

Sunshine and rain greeted Labour’s delegates in Liverpool for this year’s conference, literally and metaphorically.

“Today we draw a line on a decade of division,” Andy Burnham told Labour conference in his first speech as leader on Tuesday.

Sometimes, it’s the detail that sticks.

Sometimes, it’s the detail that sticks.

It was this time last year at Labour Party conference when a stressed Labour MP, muttering grimly about his party’s future, told me something that stuck with me.

It was this time last year at Labour Party conference when a stressed Labour MP, muttering grimly about his party’s future, told me something that stuck with me.

Sometimes, it’s centuries.

Sometimes, it’s centuries.

The new Prime Minister has received plaudits for his willingness to embrace the use of social media, and specifically TikTok, to speak directly to voters.

The new Prime Minister has received plaudits for his willingness to embrace the use of social media, and specifically TikTok, to speak directly to voters.

The new Prime Minister has received plaudits for his willingness to embrace the use of social media, and specifically TikTok, to speak directly to voters.

Is the European Union about to change its size and shape?

Is the European Union about to change its size and shape?

“Grasp the nettle”, “rip the plaster off” – whatever metaphorical cliché you choose, Andy Burnham is serious about fixing social care.

“Grasp the nettle”, “rip the plaster off” – whatever metaphorical cliché you choose, Andy Burnham is serious about fixing social care.

John Healey, Chancellor of the Exchequer, gives his conference speech just four weeks before his first budget, Wes Streeting shows his loyalty to the Prime Minister, and Andy Burnham proposes a national care service in England.

John Healey appeared caught between hope for the future and nostalgia for the fiscal climate of the 1990s at his first Labour conference speech as Chancellor.

Wes Streeting is a man liberated.

Colleges have heard a lot of warm words from recent prime ministers.

The government has made improving the nation’s health one of its defining missions.

Assuming Andy Burnham does not call a snap election before the Representation of the People Bill makes it through its final stages, the next time British voters head to the polls for a general election they will be joined by 16- and 17-year-olds casting t…

Assuming Andy Burnham does not call a snap election before the Representation of the People Bill makes it through its final stages, the next time British voters head to the polls for a general election they will be joined by 16- and 17-year-olds casting t…

Andy Burnham must reduce the tax burden on working-class people in the upcoming budget or they “will turn their back on politics for good” , the general secretary of one of the biggest Labour-affiliated unions has warned.

Tony Blair’s interventions in British politics can no longer be described as “rare”.