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Why did the Prime Minister run a half marathon?

Andy Burnham ran 13.1 miles in Newcastle on Sunday. The choice of event, the specific charity and a salary donation reveal a calculated new style of leadership from Number 10.

Olivia Hartley·13 Sept 2026

Can the government claw back Reform’s £72m windfall?

Olivia Hartley·13 Sept 2026

Why Trump’s Irish unity remark matters for Britain

Olivia Hartley·13 Sept 2026

Why a warm Pacific means a wet British autumn

Olivia Hartley·11 Sept 2026

Why MPs are voting on assisted dying again

Olivia Hartley·11 Sept 2026

Why are Oasis reforming now?

Olivia Hartley·11 Sept 2026

Why a black dress from 1994 is still making headlines

Olivia Hartley·11 Sept 2026

Why is Michael Sheen fighting the Welsh first minister?

Olivia Hartley·11 Sept 2026

What happens when you are too ill to die?

Olivia Hartley·11 Sept 2026

Why the government is buying battery trains for the north

Olivia Hartley·11 Sept 2026

Why Iceland is planting a flag in the Falklands

Olivia Hartley·10 Sept 2026

The BBC could no longer afford Drag Race UK

Olivia Hartley·10 Sept 2026

Why mayors are getting new powers to tax tourists

Olivia Hartley·10 Sept 2026

How a 950-year-old embroidery sold out the British Museum

Olivia Hartley·10 Sept 2026

Could Trump really give every American $5,000?

Olivia Hartley·10 Sept 2026

Police are investigating Reform UK. What happens now?

Olivia Hartley·10 Sept 2026

Another hottest month ever. What happens next?

Olivia Hartley·10 Sept 2026

What the UK's new Israel sanctions mean for Britain

Olivia Hartley·9 Sept 2026

Can Burnham fund a military expansion and a welfare state?

Olivia Hartley·9 Sept 2026

What are you owed when your flight is cancelled?

Olivia Hartley·9 Sept 2026