The prime minister has conducted a brutal purge of Starmer loyalists and made some shock appointments to key government roles. Here, The Independent looks at the main winners and losers of Andy Burnham’s reshuffle

Ex-Cabinet minister Darren Jones said the government will have to explain how it will pay for the ‘unfunded’ policy

Councils accused of using the green agenda to save costs

Russian frigate shadowed by Royal Navy ship off coast of Plymouth

First major move by new PM aimed at giving families ‘breathing space’

Dozens of new appointments have been announced – including some surprising returns to cabinet

Heather Douglass claimed the money from Craig Titchener was a gift – he said it was for investment

The new prime minister promised to provide ’breathing space’ for households struggling with the cost of living

The personal allowance has been frozen for five years, pulling more people into paying tax

The letter penned by Henry Price Hodges is expected to fetch up to £35,000 at auction

Researchers say Chester Castle defences have survived hundreds of years hidden inside newer construction

Transport Focus surveyed more than 9,500 drivers in March

The new prime minister has sought a compromise figure over the favourites from the right or left of the party, as political editor David Maddox explains

Prime minister says his first instruction is to end rough sleeping and insists he does not want to leave Downing Street before the social care crisis is fixed

‘Andy Burnham is running scared of Parliamentary scrutiny because he hasn’t done the hard work to craft a coherent plan for Government,’ Lord True stated

The 28-year-old has been charged with murdering Ms Widdecombe in her remote Devon home

Joshua Kerry, 28, has been charged after the politician was found dead in her remote Devon home

The new prime minister and his foreign secretary face immediate decisions over how to deliver foreign policy and development ambitions after spending cuts and years of upheaval. Liz Cookman reports

Beryl Barrett fractured her hip in the fall and died from bronchopneumonia at hospital

Donald Trump previously described the new prime minister as ‘the mayor of a town’

Joe McBride also raised the possibility of US President Donald Trump intervening in the extradition proceedings

Our community are divided over Andy Burnham’s first speech as Prime Minister – from comparisons to Tony Blair’s opening day in office, to scepticism over a rough sleeping pledge he already missed once in Manchester

The court previously heard that the boy approached her desk to ask her to check his work

The former MP died after suffering ‘serious injuries’

The Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office has become a beloved fixture of British public life

The new prime minister has promised to bring forward the ‘biggest changes in the last 40 years’

The new Prime Minister indicated that Volodymyr Zelensky would be one of the first foreign leaders he would call

The new prime minister vowed to end rough sleeping in his first address to the nation

The podium has long been a staple of prime ministerial speeches

The pair met in 1989, when they bonded over a shared love of The Smiths

It’s his achievement as well, incoming PM says as he prepares to take office

World's biggest rolling jackpot game could see UK winners take home prizes of potentially more than £1 billion

The journalist was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014 but continued to work until recently

When Andy Burnham names his cabinet, it will be one role more than any other that will shape his government – his pick as chancellor. David Maddox and Millie Cooke take a look at the contenders

Dawid Wlach has been charged with two counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service first responded to reports of the fire at 6.38pm on Sunday

The outgoing PM says he leaves with ‘good grace and a smile’

Jemele Rhone is charged with the killing of mother-of-one Shanice Brookes

Over the past decade, the corporation's licence fee income has plummeted by more than £1 billion

The Makerfield MP is expected to take office on Monday

Everyone should be ‘mindful of their water use’ amid the heatwave, an Environment Agency chief has said

The familiar backing track will not be heard for Andy Burnham’s inaugural speech today

A report was received at around 6.30pm on Sunday evening, with four appliances sent to the scene in the Scottish capital

Laura Collins died without making a will after contracting Covid in 2022

Ambassador Warren Stephens has insisted the UK must go beyond ‘rhetoric’ on defence spending