Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Burnham was offering "more government control, more taxes and more politicians", as he addressed MPs for the first time as PM.

Higher borrowing costs have piled fresh pressure on Andy Burnham ahead of his first Budget.

The UK's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband pledged on Tuesday to introduce a "comprehensive reset" of policy on Israel.

The move will trigger a by-election to replace the former prime minister in his London constituency.

More than 3,900 people remain missing after floodwaters surged across the Nepal-Tibet border last week.

Valentina Foster's parents say their lives were changed forever by her "devastating loss".