Burnham's Britain

Death tax, dementia tax, no tax at all: Why England hasn’t fixed social care

Fifteen years after Dilnot called adult care "not fit for purpose", reform still hasn't come. As Andy Burnham and Louise Casey try again, Chaminda…

Oct 6 • The Lead

Can Andy Burnham really end rough sleeping by Christmas?

Manchester shows Housing First can work, but scaling it nationally is another matter.

Oct 3 • Hannah Fearn and The Lead

Labour Party Conference: Andy Burnham calls time on NIMTO

The prime minister is ready to have some arguments. But is he ready to win them?

Oct 1 • Zoe Grunewald and The Lead

Andy Burnham’s been playing Prime Minister on easy mode, this autumn that changes

While he’s making nice with Donald Trump, the domestic agenda is awaiting on a trip back home as the Labour faithful awaits and tough decisions pile up

Sep 22 • Hannah Fearn and The Lead

The Lead Untangles: What would reindustrialisation actually mean for the UK?

Andy Burnham has spoken repeatedly about the importance of the UK 'reindustrialising'. But what would this actually look like, and is it even possible?

Sep 19 • Fred Garratt-Stanley and The Lead

Exclusive: Over a third of disabled people at risk from Labour’s benefit cuts are 50+

New figures obtained by The Lead show more than one third of people at risk from cuts to universal credit disability payments are over 50 – a group…

Sep 12 • The Lead

Back to school, but the kids aren’t alright

Andy Burnham will make optimism the centrepiece of his political pitch. But for young people across the UK, hope is hard to come by

Sep 1 • Zoe Grunewald and The Lead

“Thrown away by society”: Inside Britain’s disability employment gap

The disability employment gap has been stuck at 30 per cent for thirty years. Disabled jobseekers tell The Lead why Labour’s welfare reforms won’t close…

Aug 29 • Hannah Shewan Stevens and The Lead

I was a midwife for 30 years. Now I earn £86.45-a-week to care for my mum

The government wants unpaid carers to work more. Jacqui Hylton, a former midwife who now cares for her mum full-time, explains why the system makes that…

Aug 25 • The Lead

Andy Burnham knows how to fix a roof. But can he run a country?

Introducing our new series scrutinising the new PM's policy priorities in depth: what's been announced, what's been left out, and whether the plans…

Aug 22 • Zoe Grunewald and The Lead

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