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Andy Burnham’s record at stopping the boats is worse than Sir Keir Starmer’s, figures show. Analysis of Channel crossings data found a larger proportion of migrants are successfully reaching Britain under Mr Burnham’s administration, raising fresh questions about whether the crisis is a priority for him. It comes after a staggering 1,739 migrants – or one every six minutes on average – reached the UK during the first week of October. The Mail analysis of Home Office data found that during Mr Burnham’s first ten weeks in Downing Street, 6,666 migrants successfully crossed the Channel in small boats. This was...

The UK government has revived plans for digital IDs, now saying they’ll be voluntary — not mandatory — after fierce public backlash. But privacy, surveillance, and hacking concerns remain. We talked to British citizens to find out if they trust the government with their data. (TRT is a Turkish public broadcast service)

Former UK prime minister Keir Starmer's decision to quit as an MP has left Labour under threat of losing a stronghold in London to the Green Party as tensions mount on the campaign trail. Police warned of escalating tensions between canvassers and protesters over the weekend in the nominally safe Labour seat of Holborn and St Pancras, where a by-election will be held on October 8. Labour and Green campaigners were gathered outside the Al Rahman Mosque in a housing estate in the Camden area on Friday. But as the Labour campaigners prepared to walk into the estate, they were...

The Home Secretary has admitted her fellow Labour ministers are constantly lobbying her to let more migrant workers into the country. Shabana Mahmood expressed frustration about the 'sheer number' of pleas she gets from her colleagues in other Government departments for work visas, revealing she is approached every few weeks. She chided her party for 'pulling the lever' of importing overseas staff to fill vacancies, particularly when almost a million young people are not in employment or education. And she pointed out that given its focus on workers' rights, Labour should be concerned about the plight of foreign staff who...

The Islamist organisation 5 Pillars has reported John Cleese to the Prevent Programme after John made factual, accurate and valid statements about Islam John's statements on Islam: “To criticise a culture whose holy book advocates the killing of all the people they disagree with...is not racist. It’s culturalist.” “traditional British values are under attack from Muslim belief systems, especially the Koranic demands to kill ‘infidels’.” “I personally prefer a culture that does not approve of Female Genital Mutilation, Child Marriage and Killing Infidels.” “Another religious diktat from the Pro-Paedophila Propaganda Department.” 5 Pillars are a vile organisation who should not...

Rupert Lowe has said he could work with Nigel Farage if five conditions were met. The leader of Restore Britain, who left Reform UK in March 2025 posted on X this morning: "The Greater Manchester result showed what Restore Britain can deliver. "The next step is how we maximise the chances of delivering the change Britain needs - it means putting personal differences aside. That is why today I am making a public offer to Nigel Farage and Reform UK." Mr Lowe added in a video that Restore and Reform agree on "many issues" and disagree on others, but he...

Andy Burnham has said he has "concerns" about plans to reduce the number of jury trials in England and Wales and wants to look in detail at the proposals. The proposals were put forward under Sir Keir Starmer's government by former justice secretary David Lammy, who has since been fired by Burnham. Lammy had said reducing the number of jury trials would help tackle the huge backlog in Crown Court cases, but critics - including most barristers and many Labour MPs - fear it will undermine the justice system. Speaking to reporters on a visit to Sheffield, the prime minister...

Labour has stormed to a decisive victory in the Greater Manchester mayoral byelection, seizing back areas that recently fell to Reform UK and the Greens. Labour’s Bev Craig, the Manchester city council leader, will now succeed Andy Burnham and hold one of the most powerful political positions outside Westminster. Labour won 47% of the vote, with Reform UK way behind on 21% and Greens in third on 12%. The contest took place under the supplementary voting system, meaning that as no candidate achieved more than 50% then voters’ second preferences were counted. When voters’ second choices were counted and other...

French police were accused of "doing nothing whatsoever" to prevent dangerous Channel migrant crossings following more farcical scenes. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp accused French gendarmes of a “shameful dereliction of duty” after they allowed a suspected smuggler who fired up the dinghy's engine to walk away free as the vessel departed. He said officers could easily have prevented the departure because the water was only “knee deep”. And he revealed how male asylum seekers were so desperate to reach the UK that they pushed women and children off in another day of carnage in the Channel. It comes as...

Leading climate scientists who created Greater Manchester’s carbon neutral by 2038 commitment are urging Andy Burnham to unequivocally reject new drilling in the North Sea. In a letter to the prime minister they said he, as mayor of Greater Manchester, had unveiled one of the UK’s most ambitious local climate programmes that tackled housing, green growth and public transport. Reports over the weekend continued to suggest Burnham was set to give the green light to controversial new drilling in the North Sea by approving the Jackdaw and Rosebank oilfields, which were given approval under the Conservatives but put on hold...

James Kirchick came down hard on the Democratic Socialists of America in Atlantic magazine. However, there was a problem. In order to ameliorate his harsh criticism of the that socialist party for acting as a "parasite" on the host Democrat party he also attempted to compare the DSA to MAGA as if they were both equally evil.Kirchick's obvious attempt to placate liberals with the absurd DSA/MAGA comparison appeared in "The DSA Is Only Using the Democratic Party." The subtitle made clear the low opinion Kirchick held of the DSA, "The left-wing faction is a parasite."Following a long-winded treatise on how...

Shabana Mahmood and Wes Streeting have been caught laughing about Labour’s early prison release scheme in an embarrassing hot mic moment. In newly-obtained footage, Mr Streeting can be heard saying: "You know he’s the enemy now, Justice Shabana?" Ms Mahmood replied: "No he’s not!" The new Defence Secretary said: "He wants to let them all out." Ms Mahmood then responded: “You know who’s boss!" The group of senior Labour ministers could heard roaring with laughter throughout the exchange, unearthed by the Metro. From September, Labour will implement legal changes to see criminals guilty of serious offences released early for the...

Summary Andy Burnham says he will remove VAT (Sales tax) from electricity bills in October, cutting the rate from 5% to 0% This will be funded by scrapping Keir Starmer's digital ID scheme, No 10 says, but former minister Darren Jones argues the ID scheme was "unfunded" The new government "will have to set out how it will pay for its new policies at the Budget", Jones says Pushed on whether savings had been found for digital IDs, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds tells the BBC "they would have had to have been", calling today's announcement a "legitimate decision" Later on,...

Britain's seventh prime minister in ten years took office Monday, promising even more of the same failed policies in his first address to the public.Keir Starmer, who served as Prime Minister for just over two years, officially resigned Monday morning; back in June, he announced that he would resign as soon as his party chose a successor. That happened on July 16, when Andy Burnham was elected Leader of the Labour Party.BREAKING: Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street for the final time as Britain's prime minister after officially resigning.Following a farewell ceremony outside No. 10, Starmer leaves office as former...

Britain’s migrant crisis risks being pushed back to ‘elephant in the room’ status by the government once again as new left-wing Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined to mention the policy area once in his first speech. Prime Minister Andy Burnham made a broad, if vague, speech on his governing priorities as he arrived at Downing Street to form his new government and commence governing on Monday afternoon, but some of the most important policy areas in the country went unspoken. The state seizing control of industries, homelessness, mental health support for young people, and welfare spending all got a namecheck...

What we witnessed yesterday on the Downing Street step was deeply troubling to those who care about our democracy. In the space of just a few short weeks, Andy Burnham has effectively crowbarred his way into No10 without anyone even trying to block his path. He has arrived there unelected, unopposed and with no mandate from the public whatsoever but for a by-election victory in Makerfield. Meanwhile, the rest of the country has been left scratching its head in bewilderment as it faces yet another handover of power to someone it never asked for, nor, frankly, knows very much about...

Britain's King Charles III met religious leaders and community representatives during a visit to the main mosque in Cambridge on Monday. Hours after appointing Andy Burnham as UK Prime Minister, the monarch celebrated the award-winning religious building. Cambridge Central Mosque is built on sustainable, environmental leadership and serves as a place of worship and community engagement. King Charles unveiled a plaque marking its status as Europe’s first eco-mosque. It has won several awards, including the Riba National Award, with Marks Barfield architect Matthew Wingrove also being recognised by Riba East and the mosque trust being named as client of

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham and President Donald Trump held their first call since Burnham took office, an opportunity the prime minister used to invite Trump to Manchester. Tensions between Trump and Burnham were evident before the latter took office, largely over pointed comments Burnham had made against the president in the past. Trump was less than friendly in comments toward Burnham in previous weeks, but he seems to have turned over a new leaf in recent days. Burnham had said Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would be among his first calls after taking office, a pledge he fulfilled...

@ZiaYusufUK Imagine being so deranged you campaign to have British passports given to men who gang raped British children and tortured British civilians for ISIS. Meet Andy Burnham’s new Director of Political Strategy.

David Lammy is taking legal action to block publication of foreign nationals' crime rates in England and Wales, provoking claims of a "cover-up". The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is seeking to overturn a ruling by the Information Commissioner that data revealing the full scale of foreign offending in England and Wales from 2018 to 2024 should be published. The Centre for Migration Control (CMC), a think tank, asked the MoJ to reveal the total number of convictions broken down by nationality and offences for the seven years under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws. But the MoJ claims the cost of...