Octopus energy has urged the upcoming prime minister to overhaul the market

Mr Burnham has promised to be a leader in ‘all places’ as Britain’s next prime minister

UK took control of British Steel in 2025 after Jingye Group considered closing Scunthorpe plant

A lawyer for the brothers called the charges ‘madness’ and denied the Tates had participated in any wrongdoing

Exclusive: Ed Miliband now widely expected to get the foreign secretary job as Labour sources tell The Independent that Team Burnham has been discussing major reform of the FCDO and a ‘roadmap’ back to spending 0.7 per cent of GDP on overseas aid

Water-bombing operations are ongoing as part of the effort to bring the fire under control

The incoming PM is signalling a dramatic change in direction from Sir Keir Starmer’s government

Thousands of people attended the gathering at Shrubland Hall near Ipswich, but it was forced to close early after advice from police

Rishi Sunak urged Burnham to ‘soak in every second’ of his arrival in Downing Street

Hearing from allies of incoming prime minister Andy Burnham, Dan Haygarth tracks the year that saw the mayor of Greater Manchester set his sights on Number 10

Political editor David Maddox has been handed a letter Nigel Farage sent to voters in Clacton explaining why he called a by-election – one constituent called it ‘a self-pitying diatribe’

The number of small boat arrivals to the UK is down 42 per cent from the same period in 2025, at 12,214. Holly Bancroft reports

As Andy Burnham prepares to take office, promising radical change and looking to move power out of London, Dan Haygarth and Jemma Robinson ask people in the capital about the incoming prime minister

Micky Steeds was unfairly sacked after he raised concerns over potentially toxic dust across the network, tribunal finds

High ticket prices and reversal of a US player’s suspension among controversies, Sir Ed Davey says

As a small 11-year-old boy, Mardoche Yembi was made to feel like he was something to be feared. Now, he is fighting to stop other children from suffering through the same abuse

‘We will never give up in our campaign for justice for Henry,’ Nowak’s family have said