Alix D 🌹🇬🇧

Kemi Badenoch straight in there adding Patrick Spencer back to the Tory MPs’ WhatsApp group

seated for the odyssey!!

Best part of Andy Burnham's Labour Leader speech 👏 "Britain took a series of wrong turns in the 1980s" "Political power was centralised and economic power was privatised" "The country surrendered control of the essentials: housing, water, energy, transport, and left people exposed to higher costs" "That in turn led to the concentration of more wealth and power in the hands of fewer people and fewer places" "Large parts of Britain were deindustrialised without the power to set new ambitions for themselves" "Proud British towns now a shadow of what they once were, and high streets in decline so common up and down the country" "Over four decades political and economic power drained away out of our communities, in every region of the UK" "If local places don't control something as basic as a bus service, how can they connect people to opportunity" "If the sell off of council homes leaves the country chasing rents in the private sector through the benefits system and paying for temporary accommodation for thousands of families" "How then will we find the money to invest in prevention and improve people's lives?" "The truth is, we can't" "And if we don't have sufficient public control over the cost of the essentials, how can we have control over inflation, public spending and the rest of the economy?" "The right use the phrase, take back control" "But they are the ones who gave it away in the first place"

Congratulations to Andy Burnham, the new Leader of the Labour Party!

🚨 NEW: Liz Truss has predicted that Andy Burnham will cause a financial crisis

Reform UK has said it all along. We need to nationalise British steel and protect British workers. 🇬🇧

You don't have a mandate mate. The British people never voted for you.

Congratulations to my friend Andy Burnham on becoming leader of the Labour Party with a clear mission to transform Britain for the better. Today, we also thank Keir Starmer for bringing Labour back into government and guiding Britain through difficult times at home and abroad.

Burnham says he would never have joined Labour if it weren't for Neil Kinnock, calls him a "legend"

At midday, we will announce the new Leader of the Labour Party. Watch live on our channels.

At midday, we will announce the new Leader of the Labour Party. Watch live on our channels.