Mr Burnham's £2 cap on bus fares welcomed by trade unions

Waiting for the grander vision to emerge

New PM slashes fuel bills and culls Starmer deadwood, but peace activists warn that placing John Healey as new Chancellor shows ‘beyond doubt that the military industrial complex is in charge of Burnham’s economic policy’

Can entrenched institutional power be overcome?

The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE

The Tories introduced the 50% strike ballot threshold to make industrial action harder. MATT WRACK argues that a Labour government has no justification for leaving it on the statute book

by David Nicholson, Wales reporter

Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO 

Unison national officer CLARE WILLIAMS spoke to the Morning Star about the union’s priority campaigns and why they will not let up just because the Prime Minister has changed

The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum

SOPHIE BOLT argues that spending more on military will harm rather than benefit Britain by diverting vital resources away from essential public services

JENN FORBES of Your Party says many will welcome the end of Keir Starmer’s leadership, but it’s time we stopped leaving politics to the politicians

United Nations experts slam Britain for ‘perpetuating serious human rights violations’

KEITH FLETT looks at geographical roots of working-class activism in Britain

Against the backdrop of the Durham Miners’ Gala, Matt Kerr talks to ANDY McDONALD MP about Labour’s mistakes, Burnham’s leadership and why raising living standards must come first

Meanwhile, incoming PM Andy Burnham dithers over who should be his Chancellor

Can Andy Burnham’s programme deliver a productive economy – or merely a softer version of capitalism, asks VINCE MILLS

Durham Miners’ Association chair STEPHEN GUY speaks to Ben Chacko about the Reform threat, what’s needed from Labour and why the Big Meeting will never lose its politics

IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape

Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko about the PM-in-waiting, the threat of Reform and the radical change of direction this country needs

Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE

Incoming PM told to ‘stand up for the public, not shareholders around the world’

Burnham’s Makerfield triumph offers the party the opportunity to reconnect with working people, but only if it rejects business as usual, says CAROL MOCHAN MSP

All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT

PAUL O’BRIEN of Labour Movement for Irish Unity looks at the Makerfield MP’s record when it comes to the north of Ireland

NASUWT leader MATT WRACK says schools are crying out for serious investment — and there are other immediate changes a new prime minister could and should enact

The basis for 20th-century social democracy in Britain is gone, argues ANDREW MURRAY – but there are measures a Burnham government could take that would break with neoliberalism

ANDREW MURRAY looks back at a damaging career marked by dishonesty, incompetence and revolting complicity in war crimes

Unions and MPs tell PM to quit after Burnham's triumph in Makerfield

Voters have delivered a stay of execution for Labour and exposed limits to Reform’s advance. But will Burnham offer a political alternative rather than just a different face at the top, asks ANDREW MURRAY

Starmer makes desperate effort to buy off Burnham as polls suggest he is set to win Makerfield by-election

Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism

In Ashton-in-Makerfield, historical migration patterns and industrial heritage sit alongside a heated electoral battle for the future of British politics, says MEIC BIRTWISTLE

A former mining seat has become the focal point of Britain’s political drama, with Labour’s future, Reform’s advance and Andy Burnham’s leadership prospects all on the line. ANDREW MURRAY reports

The Greater Manchester mayor has shifted left over the years — but his record still shows a tendency to wobble when pressure comes from the right, says SOLOMON HUGHES

The FBU leader speaks to Ben Chacko about cuts, collapsing Starmerism and confronting the far right

The collapse of Streeting’s leadership challenge and an opening for Burnham’s potential path back to Parliament have accelerated the battle over what – if anything – Labour still stands for, writes ANDREW MURRAY

Polls show Labour facing meltdown in May elections for devolved parliaments and local authorities

Trade unionists and MPs hit back at party executive's decision to block Greater Manchester mayor from running in upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election