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Can Andy Burnham turn a flying start into sustained success?
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Can Andy Burnham turn a flying start into sustained success?

Labour has regained the lead in polling but the new PM will need to widen his appeal further to win a general electionAndy Burnham has spent his first two weeks as prime minister in a blitz of hyperac...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Diane Abbott and Joani Reid readmitted as Labour MPs
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Diane Abbott and Joani Reid readmitted as Labour MPs

Both MPs have had the parliamentary whip restored following separate independent disciplinary processes The MPs Diane Abbott and Joani Reid have been readmitted into Labour and had the parliamentary w...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Burnham to free mayors from ‘Treasury death grip’ with new devolved powers
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Burnham to free mayors from ‘Treasury death grip’ with new devolved powers

Local leaders say plan will transform funding so English regions no longer rely on Whitehall handouts for projectsEngland’s regional mayors will be able to break out of the “death grip of the Treasury...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Boy George pulls out of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at London Palladium days before first show
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Boy George pulls out of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at London Palladium days before first show

His manager said George has “never been afraid to stand by his personal convictions”, adding that stepping aside was in the singer’s “best interests” The post Boy George pulls out of ‘Jesus Christ Su...

NME Music News3 months ago
Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas
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Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas

PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’Andy Burnham has said he will take a “pragmatic” approach to oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, sayi...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Labour says Reform ‘up to its neck in sleaze’ and demands investigation into donations
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Labour says Reform ‘up to its neck in sleaze’ and demands investigation into donations

Exclusive: Electoral Commission urged to look into donations made by mother of convicted fraudsterRevealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UKLabour h...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
‘It was a big shock’: new border rules left couple stuck in Kraków after living in UK for 80 years
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‘It was a big shock’: new border rules left couple stuck in Kraków after living in UK for 80 years

Maria and Czeslaw Krupa, who arrived as children of displaced Polish veterans, told they have no post-Brexit rights to return home to BuryTwo Polish citizens who have lived in the UK for nearly 80 yea...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Burnham says he told Trump he would be ‘pragmatic’ on drilling for oil in North Sea – as it happened
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Burnham says he told Trump he would be ‘pragmatic’ on drilling for oil in North Sea – as it happened

‘There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that,’ the prime minister says when asked about his conversation with Donald TrumpQ: [From ITV’s Romilly Weeks] You say that Ref...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Harriet Harman: Ban men from running for next Labour leader
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Harriet Harman: Ban men from running for next Labour leader

Labour grandee Harriet Harman has said Labour should ban men from running in its next leadership election.

Sky News - UK3 months ago
Will we pay more tax to fund social care? – podcast
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Will we pay more tax to fund social care? – podcast

Andy Burnham gave a major speech on Wednesday on his plans for a national care service. He sought cross-party consensus on the issue by speaking to the Tories and Lib Dems. But not Reform UK or the Gr...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Only the Middle East crisis is preventing a drop in UK interest rates
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Only the Middle East crisis is preventing a drop in UK interest rates

Bank’s wariness about inflationary pressures from the conflict lie behind decision to hold steady at 3.75%Business live – latest updatesThere is a threat of high inflation coming to the UK but only fr...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Polls open in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection overshadowed by new PM and Farage’s antics
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Polls open in Greater Manchester mayoral byelection overshadowed by new PM and Farage’s antics

Labour’s Bev Craig expected to win contest that lost column inches to Andy Burnham’s ascent and Reform UK leader’s self-imposed Clacton voteVoting has begun in the biggest byelection in British politi...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
UK government reviews why police ceding criminal cases to US military
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UK government reviews why police ceding criminal cases to US military

Exclusive: ministers and police chiefs examining how cases involving US military personnel on UK soil are handled after Guardian revelationsThe UK government and police chiefs are reviewing the proces...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Carmakers ‘delaying investment in UK factories until EV sales rules relaxed’
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Carmakers ‘delaying investment in UK factories until EV sales rules relaxed’

Industry wants mandate forcing manufacturers to sell increasing share of electric cars each year to be easedCarmakers are delaying final decisions to invest in UK factories until electric car sales ru...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Trident renewal central to defence spending, says Andy Burnham
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Trident renewal central to defence spending, says Andy Burnham

Prime minister to highlight investment in communities as he launches next phase of nuclear submarine replacementAndy Burnham will place the renewal of Trident at the heart of his vision of a reindustr...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Police take no further action over Polanski sharing Farage guillotine image
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Police take no further action over Polanski sharing Farage guillotine image

Scotland Yard says threshold not met for criminal action against Green leader, who has refused to apologise to his Reform rivalNo further action will be taken by police after Zack Polanski shared a ph...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Brave New World or Groundhog Day? Burnham revisits old ground in speech on social care
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Brave New World or Groundhog Day? Burnham revisits old ground in speech on social care

Rightwing media hostility helped sink his reform plans in 2010, but the new PM’s passionate speech suggests there is now clear political will for changeFor campaigners perpetually disappointed by the...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Parliamentary watchdog decides against inquiry into £80,000 loan to Reform’s deputy leader
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Parliamentary watchdog decides against inquiry into £80,000 loan to Reform’s deputy leader

Richard Tice had been referred to standards commissioner over undeclared sum from Farage aide George CottrellParliament’s standards watchdog has declined to investigate a complaint made against Richar...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Kanye West Settles With Former Assistant in Sexual Battery Lawsuit
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Kanye West Settles With Former Assistant in Sexual Battery Lawsuit

Lauren Pisciotta had alleged that West sexually harassed and assaulted her

BBC News - UK3 months ago
UK politics: Burnham does not rule out tax rises for social care reform – as it happened
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UK politics: Burnham does not rule out tax rises for social care reform – as it happened

The prime minister says that current inefficiencies in the system will be tackled first, as he reveals final recommendations will be out by summer 2027Andy Burnham is speaking now.In a reference to ho...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago