BBC Business
Chancellor Healey announces October Budget, promising fiscal discipline while Burnham's spending plans pile up like unread emails.
BBC Politics
Incoming PM Andy Burnham plans to bless new North Sea drilling despite a manifesto that said 'no new licences,' because nothing says 'fresh start' like re-litigating the same old fossil fuel fight.
BBC Politics
Andy Burnham's adviser says he'll put money in people's pockets, but won't say how much or when. Also, water and buses.
BBC Politics
Andy Burnham chats up union leaders, promises local control of stuff, and tries to avoid a civil war over Ed Miliband's potential chancellor gig.
BBC Politics
Shadow housing secretary says he'd have used different words than 'Gestapo' to criticise the education secretary, which is a bit like saying you'd have chosen a different shade of red for that bull.
BBC Politics
Bridget Phillipson plans to monetize Kemi Badenoch's 'spiteful class warrior' jab into apparel, while both sides trade insults over teacher numbers, racism allegations, and the proper etiquette for political discourse.
BBC Politics
Keir Starmer prepares to join the revolving door of PMs quitting because their own party got bored, as Andy Burnham's by-election win uncorks Labour's dissent.
The Guardian
Victoria’s Labor conference proposes state-owned electrical apprenticeships, considers decriminalising weed, and debates free public transport, all while resurrecting a 30-year-old energy body and hoping nobody mentions the Liberals.
The Guardian
Chancellor Rachel Reeves decides not to raise fuel duty, because sometimes the easiest way to help with the cost of living is to just not make it worse.
The Guardian
Sterling hits a five-week low as traders react to the possibility of Andy Burnham challenging Keir Starmer, because nothing says market confidence like a mayor who once called the UK 'in hock to the bond markets.'
The Guardian
Labour's left flank eyes Ed Miliband as potential saviour while Keir Starmer insists stepping down would cause chaos, as the party licks wounds from a historic electoral drubbing.
BBC Politics
Britain heads to the polls with a fractured political landscape where Labour and the Tories are both unpopular, and voters are switching parties like they're swapping cars.
The Guardian Europe
No 10 says no to rent freeze, Rachel Reeves says maybe, and Labour MPs argue about basic arithmetic.
The Good Times
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