As reports swirl that Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will be Andy Burnham’s pick for chancellor, the direction of his incoming UK government is causing consternation on the left of the Labour Party before he’s even become prime minister.

The former head of the UK Foreign Office, who was fired by Keir Starmer in the row over Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein, has submitted a legal challenge against the government.

Andy Burnham is now certain to be the UK’s next prime minister. What’s uncertain is almost everything else concerning his plans for government, with their detail still obscure to allies just 10 days out.

UK police said they believe that former minister and Reform UK politician Ann Widdecombe was attacked almost 24 hours before she was found dead at her home on Thursday morning.

Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice said his party was being subjected to a “smear campaign” after a newspaper reported that London police are investigating a £500,000 ($671,000) donation.

Andy Burnham will replace Keir Starmer as Britain’s next prime minister, after securing the support of enough Labour MPs to prevent a rival challenger.

Nigel Farage’s decision to quit Parliament and seek a fresh mandate for his seat put the Reform UK leader back where he’s happiest — at the center of Britain’s attention.

UK ministers are looking at proposals to give bursaries to young people who might otherwise be deterred from taking up apprenticeships because of subsequent cuts to their welfare payments.

The UK Parliament passed a new law giving the government more power to crack down on groups linked to hostile foreign states.

UK Business Secretary Peter Kyle said the governing Labour Party’s industrial strategy will survive its looming change of leadership, arguing Keir Starmer’s likely successor, Andy Burnham, was “already committed” to the policy.

A group of economists including Andy Burnham adviser Jim O’Neill have called for a wide-ranging overhaul to turbocharge Britain’s sluggish economy, with the former Greater Manchester mayor set to take another step toward Downing Street later this week.

A group of economists including Andy Burnham adviser Jim O’Neill have called for a wide-ranging overhaul to turbocharge Britain’s sluggish economy, with the former Greater Manchester mayor set to take another step toward Downing Street later this week.

As Andy Burnham weighs the top team he will appoint if he becomes UK prime minister, one divisive decision could come to define his term in office: the role of Ed Miliband.

UK legislation that would see jury trials scrapped for all but the most serious crimes and introduce an overhaul of the domestic energy industry have been quietly shelved as Prime Minister Keir Starmer prepares to leave office.

Failure to get sufficiently ready for government was fundamental to the downfall of Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Now, some in the Labour Party are worried Andy Burnham risks repeating that mistake as he delays key personnel decisions in his lightning-quick march on No. 10.

Andy Burnham said he would increase business rates on warehouse-based companies in order to lower costs for high street shops and bars as he set out details of what he would do if he continues on his path to becoming the next prime minister.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer suggested there’s room in the next UK budget to absorb a £4.7 billion ($6.2 billion) gap in spending that was revealed in the country’s defense investment plan, published on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was confident his likely successor, Andy Burnham, would maintain the UK’s commitment to defense, as he laid out plans to invest an extra £15 billion ($20 billion) to modernize the British military.

Standing across from Keir Starmer in the Commons chamber this week, opposition leader Kemi Badenoch drew on a particularly violent metaphor for how the Labour Party had ditched him when she conjured up an image of “400 knives stuck in the prime minister’s back.”

Green Party leader Zack Polanski backed Ed Miliband over “disastrous” Wes Streeting to become the UK’s next chancellor in the latest sign of pressure building on Andy Burnham to name someone who will please the disaffected left.