Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen warns against protracted Tory leadership race
Houchen says party must avoid seeming self-indulgent as other Conservatives attack Liz Truss over new intervention
Tory governments talked down to regional mayors like me. Now Keir Starmer is listening to us
Andy Burnham
The new PM understands it will take metro mayors with real power to actually improve the country’s housing, education and more, says Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Starmer praises Abbott and hails diverse Commons in first speech to parliament as PM – as it happened
Parliament the most diverse by race and gender the country has ever seen, says Starmer, with the largest cohort of LGBT+ MPs in the world
June 2024
Birmingham election candidate apologises for ‘deeply disturbing’ remarks about women
Independent candidate Akhmed Yakoob pledges to ‘fight misogyny’ after outcry over podcast comments
May 2024
Our democracy desperately needs a reset – and, behind the scenes, that’s the plan
Martin Kettle
‘Emotionally exhausting’: Richard Parker on his surprise mayoral win
Centrist Tories urge Andy Street to stand for parliament – and maybe one day for leader
What should Labour learn from Sadiq Khan? Take a stand – and don’t back down
John McTernan
Tories must face hard truths: Reform-lite wreckers like Braverman are why the public just don’t like us
Justine Greening
I will build at least 10,000 council homes. As for right to buy – suspend it for new properties
Andy Burnham
Guardian Opinion cartoon
Ben Jennings on Rishi Sunak’s plan after last week’s elections results – cartoon
Don’t lump all of us North Yorkshire voters together
England’s metro mayors make a farce of local democracy. They must be scrapped
Simon Jenkins
First Edition newsletter
Monday briefing: Local election catastrophe for the Conservatives
Little sign that Sunak will tack towards centre after local elections rout
Politics Weekly UK
Politics Weekly Westminster: Election special – podcast
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Braverman tells Sunak to ‘own’ dismal election results and ‘fix it’ but says it’s too late for Tories to change leader – as it happened
Suella Braverman says no time to oust Sunak so he must ‘own this and fix it’
From mayoral elections to Rwanda removals, Sunak won’t let the truth jeopardise his mission
Stewart Lee
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Labour’s Richard Parker defeats Andy Street in tight West Midlands mayoral race after Sadiq Khan wins third term in London – as it happened
