Andy Burnham's New Recruit Accused of Misleading Oxford University Claim

Andy Burnham's new recruit accused of misleading Oxford University claim

Lucy Powell, the UK’s new education secretary, has been accused of making a misleading claim about her own education, after saying she was the…

What the lawyer picks in Andy Burnham's Cabinet tell us about the way he will govern

One quit his training contract after 10 months and never actually qualified Andy Burnham’s newly announced Cabinet features three lawyers, a former trainee solicitor who didn’t finish his training contract and a non-lawyer who’s been given the role of Lord Chancellor (aka Secretary of State for Justice). What do their backgrounds tell us about the way the new Prime Minister will govern? Legal Cheek editor Tom Connelly and publisher Alex Aldridge…