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Farage calls for general election: 'Burnham has no mandate'

The Reform UK leader says the public want a vote on the new PM's 10-year plan.

Nigel Farage warns Burnham is dragging Britain back to the 1970s - 'God Help Us!'

Nigel Farage has warned Andy Burnham is dragging Britain back to the dark days of the 1970s and demanded an immediate general election.

LIVE: Farage Speaks on Prime Minister Burnham

Reform deputy leader urges Burnham to seize control of Thames Water

Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Reform, has repeated a demand for Thames Water to be placed into a temporary form of public ownership and said he feels "gut-wrenching fury" over the seven-figure remuneration packages handed to the company's top executives as it teeters on the brink of collapse.

Andy Burnham as new UK PM faces the defining test for the centre-left. Australia will be watching closely | Tim Soutphommasane

Countering the populist challenge to liberal democracy requires something of a reset The British love a coronation. That’s how the arrival of Andy Burnham into 10 Downing Street is being described in the UK. On Friday, Burnham was “crowned” as Labour leader, after being the only party MP to secure enough nominations following Keir Starmer’s resignation. He is now confirmed as Britain’s prime minister. Australians probably would call this something else: a leadership coup. For months, Burnham sta

BREAKING: David Lammy Sacked as Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister

Lammy says he would have “liked” to bag a job in the new Cabinet, but Burnham was having none of it: “It has been the greatest privilege of my life, coming from humble beginnings in Tottenham, to serve in government as Foreign Secretary, Justice Secretary and Britain’s first Black Deputy Prime Minister. I am immensely…

17 cabinet ministers who snubbed Starmer's last speech

Some names were noticeably absent as Sir Keir Starmer delivered his farewell speech outside 10 Downing Street on Monday morning.

Investigation of Nigel Farage over undeclared gifts is ‘kangaroo court’, says Reform MP

Runcorn MP Sarah Pochin says parliament mounting ‘vicious and desperate campaign to stop Reform UK’ A Reform UK MP has complained that the standards system investigating Nigel Farage over undeclared gifts is a “kangaroo court”. Sarah Pochin, the Runcorn MP, said Farage had called a byelection in his Clacton seat so voters could decide whether they backed him or not, and argued that “the media, the British state and the old parties have mounted a vicious and desperate campaign to stop Reform UK”.

Andy Burnham has no convictions and no mandate – we need an election now

OPINION - NIGEL FARAGE: Reform UK leader writes for the Express on the day Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister

Nigel Farage demands 'general election now!' as Andy Burnham strolls into Number 10

EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK leader warned Andy Burnham has no mandate to lead the country

'What is my sin?': Farage mounts staunch defence amid questions over £5m 'gift'

Nigel Farage has given a fresh interview defending himself after facing questions in recent weeks over money and benefits in kind that he received ahead of the 2024 general election.

Nigel Farage admits George Cottrell paid for filming and let him use his home

Reform leader says support from fraudster before last election is ‘totally undeclarable in every single way’ Nigel Farage has admitted his close friend the fraudster George Cottrell let him use one of his London homes and paid for social media filming before the last election but insisted it was “totally undeclarable in every single way”. The Reform UK leader spoke in depth for the first time about his support from Cottrell and the £5m gift from the Thailand-based businessman Christopher Harborn