Prime Minister Andy Burnham called on British firms to offer work experience to teenagers to help tackle what he called a “youth unemployment crisis”.

The UK has ruled out an immediate move to put Thames Water into special administration, pulling back from the prospect of swift action signaled by allies of Prime Minister Andy Burnham before he took power.

Addressing a private meeting of Labour’s ministerial advisers this week, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he’d moved on from believing in the “if you’re explaining, you’re losing” maxim popularized by Ronald Reagan.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces a dilemma over how to cut the cost of living while rebalancing business taxes toward larger companies. Hitting some bigger firms might cause them to pass prices onto consumers.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is holding an emergency government meeting on the UK’s latest heat wave as the country grapples with widespread drought and proliferating wildfires.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham promised to speed up efforts to create more prison places as he attempted to quell an uproar over an inmate release plan that’s threatening to consume his crucial first weeks in office.

A crackdown on illegal workers in the UK has resulted in a stark rise in the number of immigration enforcement visits targeted at the warehouse-delivery and construction sectors, ahead of stricter employment rules coming into force later in the year.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is making a plan to relieve overcrowding in prisons contingent on tougher release conditions. The catch is that it depends on a probation service that’s suffering from an acute shortfall in staff.

Andy Burnham’s first two weeks as prime minister brought a policy blitz that covered everything from social care to devolution and the cost-of-living. Inside Downing Street, his aides are candid that the announcements were as much about the politics as the policies.

Andy Burnham said he would give mayors in England a share of the income tax generated in their regions as part of the new UK prime minister’s drive to move political and economic power out of Whitehall.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham indicated tax rises will likely be needed to pay for a major new social care policy, launching a nine-month “national conversation” about an issue he vowed to resolve after failed government attempts going back three decades.

New UK Education Secretary Lucy Powell vowed to review the country’s student loans system, saying high rates of interest are making it tough for younger workers to pay off their debt.

Labour Members of Parliament warned Andy Burnham he will lose the support of his governing party if he approaches welfare reform with a focus on “punitive” cuts, as Britain’s new prime minister prepares to announce plans to alleviate rising youth unemployment.

Andy Burnham spent his first week as prime minister churning out feel-good policies designed to make Britons feel he’s on their side.

The UK’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham will argue that boosting further education for young people is crucial to curbing rising unemployment and welfare costs, as his new administration takes steps toward tackling an issue that’s been “totemic” for investors.

Andy Burnham has reappointed Lucy Rigby to her former role as minister of the City of London, giving the UK’s financial sector its fourth change of government representative since Labour came to power in 2024.

Addressing the nation as its new prime minister on Monday, Andy Burnham pledged his first action would be to give people “breathing space” with the cost of living. But a growing list of expensive promises means he too could struggle to pay the bills.

Andy Burnham pledged a “new economic model” for the UK as he sought to reassure Britons his ascension as their seventh prime minister in little over a decade would bring an end to the country’s political instability.

Andy Burnham wanted to take over as Britain’s prime minister on a wave of hope, positive vibes and a promise to end the Labour Party infighting that marred Keir Starmer’s premiership. That optimism is fading before he’s even taken office.

Andy Burnham said he’ll be a pro-business prime minister, in his first speech since formally winning an uncontested race to lead the governing Labour Party.