Andy Burnham was elected leader of Britain’s Labour Party Friday, nearly the final step in an improbable takeover of British politics for the Greater Manchester mayor set to assume office as prime minister on Monday.

There is belief in the party that the new leader could put Labour back in the political match, political editor Chris Mason writes.

Communication, political education and succession are the three main pillars of a backbench MP’s bid to become the next deputy leader of the Progressive Labour Party. Lawrence Scott said that an

Britons diagnosed with mild attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety should not qualify for welfare payments, a Labour MP chairing an all-party group on mental health has said.