<p>Rightwing media hostility helped sink his reform plans in 2010, but the new PM’s passionate speech suggests there is now clear political will for change</p><p>For campaigners perpetually disappointed by the failure of England’s political classes to fix England’s creaking adult social care system, the fear was that Andy Burnham’s long-trailed speech on Wednesday would be less Brave New World, more Groundhog Day.</p><p>Burnham acknowledged he had been here before. Back in 2010, as healt

PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari continued his tirade against the PML-N an ally of his party in the Centre on Wednesday, reiterating his allegations in the first phase of Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections and demanding re-polling. Addressing a...

<p>PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday demanded that the government and the “protesters” agree to the formation of a truth and reconciliation commission to resolve ongoing tensions in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).</p> <p>The PPP has repeatedly called for the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission amid protests in AJK.</p> <p>Over the past month, the regional administration and the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) have been at odds over various issues — most no

<p>Cockroach Janta party says government has broken promise, with detentions in Delhi, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar</p><p>India’s youth-led “Cockroach” movement, whose nationwide protests forced the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/25/dharmendra-pradhan-india-education-minister-resigns-cockroach-movement">resignation of the education minister</a>, has accused the government of backtracking on its promise not to act against student protesters and has threatened to restart

<p>In today’s newsletter: Across ​the country, a ​younger generation is turning private disillusionment into public defiance​ against a government that once felt untouchable</p><p>Good morning. As flames engulfed parts of France and Spain this weekend, in India, the prime minister, Narendra Modi, was trying to put out a very different kind of fire. Thousands of people arrived in Delhi on Saturday to demand the resignation of his education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. When <a href="https

<p>PM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs market</p><p>Andy Burnham will tell schools across England to adapt their curriculums to the needs of local businesses as part of a devolution drive aimed at tackling the jobs crisis for young people.</p><p>By moving decision-making to local areas, the PM hopes the plan will make technical and vocational skills as valued as academic qualifications – and help cut the benefits bill.</p> <a href="https://ww

<p>Green party leader shared picture of man wearing T-shirt with words ‘we’re only making plans for Nigel’ alongside a guillotine</p><p>Police are “conducting inquiries” into an image shared by Green party leader Zack Polanski on Instagram after Reform UK reported it for “inciting murder”.</p><p>The image showed a man wearing a black T-shirt with the words “we’re only making plans for Nigel”, alongside a photograph of a guillotine.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/pol

<p>Former education secretary will take up influential role that puts her at vanguard of Labour’s battle to win next general election</p><p></p><p>Bridget Phillipson has been appointed Labour party chair, putting her at the vanguard of Labour’s battle to win the next general election.</p><p>The former education secretary and architect of a landmark overhaul in special educational needs and disabilities (Send) provision in England will follow in the footsteps of other Labour big beasts who ha

<p>New prime minister wants to focus at home, but his first week already suggests the world has other plans</p><p>It took just seven days in office for Andy Burnham to meet his first world leader. As he welcomed Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a naval base in Portsmouth on Monday, the new prime minister told the Ukrainian president it was “no accident” he was his first international visitor since entering No 10.</p><p>“It is intended to send a very clear message,” Burnham told him. “We are with

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