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Andy Burnham has vowed to give people “hope back” and “the Labour they once knew” as he officially became the party’s new leader. He said he is “ready to lead” as he took the governing party’s reins at a special conference at the Trades Union Congress headquarters in central London on Friday, the final step before replacing Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister next week. In his acceptance speech, Mr […]

England boss Thomas Tuchel says the DNA of English football needs changing if his side are to win major tournaments and insists he is “100 per cent” committed to staying in the job. It was the same old story for England as their World Cup bid ended in semi-final heartbreak to Argentina. They were on the cusp of a first final since 1966 when Anthony Gordon’s 55th-minute goal put them […]

Andy Burnham will promise to be “unashamedly Labour” when he officially becomes the party’s leader on Friday before taking over from Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister next week. He will say in a speech that his government will have the “courage to fix the big things that politics has neglected” and the “conviction to argue for our plans”. The former Greater Manchester mayor, who returned to Westminster last month […]

The UK could be heading for a bumper butterfly season – and even a “painted lady summer” – conservationists say as they urge people to join a national count for the insects. Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation said that a warm, dry spring this year has raised hopes that butterflies could be out in force this summer. But it wants members of the public to join its annual Big Butterfly Count, […]

Vacancies for delivery drivers and couriers, actors, entertainers and presenters, and pest control officers showed the biggest increase in recent weeks, research suggests. There were a total of 1.7 million job adverts in June, a 9% increase on May and 11% up on a year ago, said the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (Rec). The biggest increases last month were in areas including Anglesey, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and […]

Around four out of every 100 obese people are likely to be unemployed solely because of their body weight, analysis suggests. The impact of obesity on employment was also stronger in men than women. Experts called for a “targeted and nuanced approach to tackling the negative effects of obesity on employment” to reduce “substantial economic losses”. For the study, researchers at the University of York analysed data from 284,258 UK […]

Workers are being exposed to higher prices, threatening a renewed cost-of-living squeeze, according to a report. The Work Foundation said households face rising energy bills, stalling wage growth and a weakening labour market. Its survey of 1,000 senior business leaders found just over one in five employers are planning to provide pay rises above inflation this year. Higher energy and fuel costs, driven by ongoing instability in the Middle East, […]

Teenagers should be offered a vaccine on the NHS to protect against deadly meningitis B (menB), Government advisers have recommended. The move from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which needs approval from the Government, means youngsters should get a jab around the age of 15, with catch-up programmes for those who would otherwise miss out. It comes after a series of outbreaks of meningitis, with the most serious […]

The UK’s support for Ukraine “will not waver” and the change in prime minister will not “change that dynamic,” Sir Keir Starmer has said on his final visit to Kyiv while in office. The outgoing Prime Minister met Volodymyr Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital on Thursday just hours after a series of Russian strikes that killed two and injured six, including a teenager. Sir Keir’s visit comes on his final […]