Summary

  • Andy Burnham will face questions from Kemi Badenoch as Prime Minister's Questions returns - watch live above from 12:00 BST

  • MPs have been away from Westminster for the month-long recess for party conference season

  • In his first conference speech as PM, Burnham vowed to adjust the state pension triple lock from 2030 to help fund a national care service

  • Meanwhile, Badenoch told the Conservative Party conference she would scrap inheritance tax on family homes

  • It comes as Chancellor John Healey will reveal his first Budget in two weeks' time

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Edited by Charlotte Hadfield and Caitlin Doherty

  1. Five takeaways from Burnham's Labour conference speech

    British Prime Minister Andy Burnham applauds at the end of Britain's Labour Party's annual conference, in Liverpool, Britain, September 30, 2026Reuters

    In his first Labour party conference speech as prime minister in September, Andy Burnham announced a number of key policy areas.

    Triple lock: This included plans to end the triple lock from 2030 to fund a new national social care system in England. The PM said the adjustment would still guarantee the state pension rises by whichever is highest out of inflation or 2.5%, but it would remove the direct link with wage increases.

    Social care: Burnham also announced a free-at-the-point-of-use "national care service" - a system which he said would be one "everyone contributes" to and where "everyone is covered".

    Electoral reform: The Labour leader is avocal supporter of proportional representation, telling conference that his government will establish a national commission on electoral reform and commit to change the electoral system in its next manifesto.

    Energy: A publicly owned company, Great British Grid, will be established which Burnham said will challenge the private sector operators and drive down timings and costs for connecting businesses and homes to the grid.

    Water: Burnham also announced that the ban on public ownership of water companies will be lifted, starting a 10-year journey to a "very different water system" that will "strengthen public control".

  2. Burnham to face questions from Badenoch as PMQs returns

    Andy Burnham is pictured in front of a red background resting his chin on his hand. He wears a suit and tie.PA Wire

    Following a month-long break for party conference season, MPs are back in the Commons where they will put questions to the prime minister at 12:00 BST.

    As ever, we don't know what topics Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch will ask Andy Burnham about, but in our next few posts we'll bring you up to speed on some of the political issues of recent weeks.

    Burnham told MPs on Monday that he will push for new post-Brexit deals with the EU at a summit next month, and argued that "deeper cooperation" on key issues including youth mobility, food and drink, and energy would help drive economic growth in the UK.

    But Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch pushed back, accusing the prime minister of "unpicking" the deal the UK signed with the EU.

    We'll bring you all of the key lines when Prime Minister's Questions gets under way at midday - and you can follow along by clicking watch live at the top of this page.