Starmer faces final Cabinet and PMQs as Burnham nears Labour leadership finish line – UK politics live

The outgoing Labour leader will have final talks with his senior ministers in No 10 before taking his last PMQs The government was “timid” and “incremental” when deciding what to include in its elections bill, Rushana Ali , a former minister who helped write it, has said. She urged the incoming prime minister, Andy Burnham , to go further. Kiran Stacey has the story. Some may belittle politics but we who are engaged in it know that it is where people stand tall.

Although I know that it has many harsh contentions, it is still the arena that sets the heart beating a little faster. If it is, on occasions, the place of low skulduggery, it is more often the place for the pursuit of noble causes. I wish everyone, friend or foe, well. That is that. The end. Continue reading...