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Protesters march through Parliament Square with a banner reading Cut Energy Bills, demonstrating against the energy price cap rise.

Energy price cap rises to £1,723

Ofgem's 4% cap rise pushes typical bills to £1,723 as arrears head for £7bn and Labour's £300 pledge quietly dies.

Return of displaced people via Al-Rasheed Street after ceasefire, January 2025, Gaza Strip

Burnham arms Israel despite Gaza deaths

Two Gaza families were killed days after a new ceasefire deal. Burnham apologised for Labour's Gaza record, but his…

Andy Burnham and Jeremy Corbyn, 2016 Labour Party Conference

Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge buries the death toll

A record 4,793 sleep rough and 169 died on the streets in 2024. Burnham's day-one answer is Corbyn's policy at a…

Andy Burnham 17.7.26, the Labour leader who says he will end Thatcherism

Burnham hires men who administered Thatcherism

Burnham says he will end 40 years of Thatcherism, but keeps Reeves's fiscal rules, a corporate lobbyist as chief of…

Crowd at a protest holds placards reading 'Stop the Palestinian Genocide' and 'Free Palestine' with Palestinian flags, illustrating the Labour staffers Israeli firm story.

Israeli-trained Kaplan poaches Labour’s staff

Ex-Labour staffers keep joining a firm run by a former Israeli military intelligence officer as the party chooses its…