Manchester

Manchesterism is not socialism

Andy Burnham’s city is a neoliberal metropolis

By Isaac Rose

The limits of Andy Burnham

Manchesterism is sounding a lot like Londonism

By David Edgerton and Karel Williams

Two visions for Labour’s future

Labour is being told to pick a side in a battle of economic arguments. We say the future will be…

By Mark McVitie and Mathew Lawrence

Am I a chin-scratching intellectual?

I appeared in a walk-on role in an excellent profile of Andy Burnham

By Tom McTague

Can Andy Burnham survive the pressure of Westminster?

He calls his approach “Manchesterism” – but he looks lost when he tries to define it

By Joshi Herrmann

Is Makerfield a dead end for the Greens?

Internal division over whether to run a “full campaign” is a sign of things to come

By Megan Kenyon

Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism

The Manchester mayor has launched his bid to return to parliament

By Megan Kenyon

The case for Manchesterism

If Labour has the courage to build a productive state, the party could truly reshape Britain for the better

By Mathew Lawrence

If not Burnham, who could defeat Starmer?

Wes Streeting is the biggest winner from the NEC officers’ decision

By Ben Walker

Andy Burnham: Britain is still “in hock to the bond markets”

The Greater Manchester mayor set out his case for “business friendly socialism”

By Ethan Croft

Manchester and the jihadi war against Jews

Jihad al-Shamie emerged from a British subculture contaminated with violence

By Shiraz Maher

Can Shabana Mahmood win Jewish trust after Manchester?

The burden of the government’s response to last week’s anti-Semitic attack will fall on the Home Secretary

By Ethan Croft

Kemi Badenoch rages against the dying of the right

The Tories head to Manchester, dejected and rudderless

By Rachel Cunliffe

My hair-raising deputy leadership race

Also this week: A ticking off from Mum, and all aboard the Man City bus

By Lucy Powell

Andy Burnham’s plan for Britain

Inside his Manchester kingdom, Labour’s prince across the water outlines his radical blueprint

By Tom McTague

To fix Britain’s productivity crisis, start by looking north

The Manchester model pioneered by Andy Burnham should be an inspiration to Keir Starmer.

By Chris Curtis

Erik ten Hag couldn’t save Manchester United from itself

Self-flattery is no way to salvage an institution hollowed out by managerial failure.

By Harry Clarke-Ezzidio

Battle cry of the Scouse dads

In their book Head North, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram continue to peddle a tired northern exceptionalism.

By Jonny Ball

Manchester and West Midlands devolution deals are just the beginning

Officials whisper about the abolition of combined authorities. But they are already having success through partnership and experimentation.

By Jack Shaw

The death of local government

Westminster has been systematically stripping councils of power, funding and stature for decades. As a result, our local politics is…

By Matthew Engel