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We must fix social care before allowing assisted dying, says Burnham

Introducing the legislation would be ‘very challenging’ until care system improved, PM saysAndy Burnham has said the assisted dying debate needs to wait until palliative care and social care are fixed...

Glen Hansard recently spoke of his powerful friendship with Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder

Shortly before his death, the Irish artist spoke about how Vedder reached out to him after a tragedy occurred at one of his live shows The post Glen Hansard recently spoke of his powerful friendship...

‘It hurts to lose a job you love’: Starmer loyalist Bridget Phillipson fights on despite cabinet demotion

Exclusive: The former education secretary on her new role as Labour chair and continuing as the minister for women and equalitiesIf Bridget Phillipson is angry at losing a job – one that, in the brief...

Andy Burnham’s plans for technical education build on coalition’s UTC roots

PM’s vocational model also takes inspiration from former education secretary Kenneth Baker’s visionAndy Burnham’s plans to put academic and technical education routes on an equal footing in England ha...

‘Farage’s got to come clean or clear off’: what voters on Clacton beach think about their MP – and the country

Nigel Farage’s constituency takes in genteel resorts and one of England’s poorest villages. With a snap byelection approaching, what do the residents want from the Reform UK leader – or the bin who’s...

AI tool will lead to more child refugees being treated as adults, charity warns

‘Racist bias’ overestimating ages in Home Office’s facial-recognition software will lead to solo children being housed with adults, says Human Rights NetworkFlawed and racialised models that underpin...

Polanski refuses to apologise over Farage guillotine image

UK faces ‘very difficult trade-offs’ in budget because of Iran war, say analysts

Leading thinktank says higher oil prices and inflation will give Andy Burnham a ‘challenging inheritance’Andy Burnham has been warned by a leading thinktank of “very difficult trade-offs in the next a...

Burnham to seek cross-party consensus over urgent reforms to social care

Prime minister invites Badenoch and Davey – but not Farage – to discuss how to fix decades-old funding crisisAndy Burnham has promised “problem-solving, not point-scoring” before a speech on social ca...

UK politics: Tories’ Philp rejects French claim that shots fired from naval boat near him were training exercise – as it happened

Shadow minister says there was no warning and ‘it looked and sounded like deliberate intimidation’Conservative MP accuses French navy of firing shots near him in ChannelIt is not just the Russians fir...

Tory MP accuses French navy of firing ‘warning’ shots near him in Channel

Chris Philp says shots were ‘deliberate intimidation’ while he filmed interview on small boats crisis but France says it was training exerciseWhen Chris Philp heard a volley of shots on the high seas...

Young people ‘expected’ to engage with new work support, says McFadden

Exclusive: Work and pensions secretary echoes Andy Burnham as he announces funds to stop families in England losing benefitsYoung people will be expected to engage with new support to find work, Pat M...

Led By Donkeys wins compensation over seizure of Gaza protest banner

Waste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes It’s A Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyedThe campaign group Led By Donkeys has received £27,000 in compensation after a giant banne...

Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests

Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’A senior judge has accused the Home Office of relying on “AI hallucinated” information to...

Burnham urged to increase tax on banks as Barclays’ profits soar

TUC says lender ‘can easily afford to pay more tax’ as it increases half-year bonus pool by nearly 30%Business live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has been urged to launch a tax raid on UK banks, as Bar...

Reform UK reports Zack Polanski to police over social media post

Can Andy Burnham end rough sleeping? – podcast

In the wake of the new PM’s bold pledge, Helen Pidd heads to a village for homeless people in Greater Manchester, where the former mayor first promised to take actionAndy Burnham made a surprise first...

Burnham to tell schools in England to adapt teaching to local business needs

PM wants curriculums for students aged 14 and above to be more responsive to local jobs marketAndy Burnham will tell schools across England to adapt their curriculums to the needs of local businesses...

Police make inquiries after Farage reports Polanski post for ‘inciting murder’

Green party leader shared picture of man wearing T-shirt with words ‘we’re only making plans for Nigel’ alongside a guillotinePolice are “conducting inquiries” into an image shared by Green party lead...

Can Andy Burnham charm Volodymyr Zelenskyy? | Politics Weekly

Andy Burnham welcomes President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the UK today in his first major international meeting as Prime MinisterThe visit signals his desire to continue the UK’s close relationship with...