Politics Weekly: Andy Burnham's Triple Lock and Social Care Gamble
In an emotional conference speech, the prime minister laid out policies on the pensions triple lock, social care and electoral reform, raising questions about how he will fund them.
In an emotional conference speech, the prime minister laid out policies on the pensions triple lock, social care and electoral reform, raising questions about how he will fund them.

The prime minister said his plan — including ending the pensions triple lock to fund a national care service — will 'allow us to rise again.'

The foreign secretary told Labour's party conference that 'democratic norms are under threat' and that international rule of law is being 'brazenly flouted.'

Ahead of his address, Burnham discussed his motivations and plans in an interview featured on The Guardian's Politics Weekly UK podcast.

The Guardian publishes a new editorial cartoon by Nicola Jennings coinciding with this year's Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
Demonstrators outside the ruling party's conference called for solidarity with Palestine Action, a group that has been banned in the UK.
From the economy to oil and gas, welfare and the Chagos Islands, Burnham confronts a run of difficult decisions once conference ends.
Guardian journalists Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss a recent meeting between the prime minister and Donald Trump as the Labour party conference gets under way.