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Andy Burnham urged to be radical on economy to help Labour win next election
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Andy Burnham urged to be radical on economy to help Labour win next election

Exclusive: Poll shows policies such as rent control and higher wealth taxes could fend off Reform UK in key seatsAndy Burnham is being urged to adopt an “economic populist” approach to combating the c...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests
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US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests

Analysis reveals extent of impact on NHS of placating Donald Trump over price of British medicine exportsThe NHS will have to divert £45bn from essential services to pay for new medicines under the te...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Andy Burnham says ‘nothing off table’ in case of Rochdale grooming gang leader
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Andy Burnham says ‘nothing off table’ in case of Rochdale grooming gang leader

Labour leader-in-waiting wants to close loophole preventing deportation of sex offenderAndy Burnham will explore “all possible options”, if he becomes prime minister, to close a legal loophole that pr...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Badenoch urges Burnham to condemn defence investment plan as No 10 says funding is ‘credible’ – as it happened
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Badenoch urges Burnham to condemn defence investment plan as No 10 says funding is ‘credible’ – as it happened

Minister and MPs have raised concerns that his ‘poisoned chalice’ plan will take cash from much-needed road projectsMinister and MP ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence planDan Sabbagh...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Keir Starmer suggests Andy Burnham borrow billions for defence
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Keir Starmer suggests Andy Burnham borrow billions for defence

Prime minister has said his successor in No 10 should use fiscal headroom to fund a £4.7bn gap in defence spending UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has suggested Andy Burnham borrow billi...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
UK national lottery funding too concentrated in south, Nandy says
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UK national lottery funding too concentrated in south, Nandy says

Culture secretary launches first review of how money is spent in more than two decadesFunding from the national lottery is too heavily concentrated in the south, the culture secretary has said, as she...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Should public services be run by private equity firms? | Letters
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Should public services be run by private equity firms? | Letters

Mal Williams thinks private equity should be excluded from essential services, while Ian Graham draws attention to dental practices. Plus letters from Rob Harrison, Tony Fletcher and Michael Moore, wh...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
File sent to CPS after sex offence allegations against suspended Labour MP
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File sent to CPS after sex offence allegations against suspended Labour MP

Sky News understands the case against the suspended Labour MP Dan Norris has been sent to the CPS for a charging decision, as he faces multiple allegations of serious sexual offences.

Sky News - UK4 months ago
System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian says “f*** you” to Netanyahu regime for “using our [Armenian] history, our genocide, our pain to their political advantage”
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System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian says “f*** you” to Netanyahu regime for “using our [Armenian] history, our genocide, our pain to their political advantage”

Israel’s Prime Minister said his country had “fulfilled a moral duty by recognising the historical truth, and rejecting attempts to deny” that the killings in WWI were a genocide The post System Of A...

NME Music News4 months ago
Why the UK is accused of allowing the UAE to fuel war in Sudan – video explainer
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Why the UK is accused of allowing the UAE to fuel war in Sudan – video explainer

In Sudan, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed, 13 million have been displaced and 19 million are facing acute starvation.Using satellite imagery, leaked documents and reports and on-the-g...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Minister and MP ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan
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Minister and MP ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan

Robert Jenrick and Hamish Falconer, MPs for Newark and Lincoln, among those whose constituencies now face cutsUK politics live – latest updatesThe Labour minister Hamish Falconer and the Reform MP Rob...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Academy school leaders in England face pay cap to curb ‘banker-style’ salaries
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Academy school leaders in England face pay cap to curb ‘banker-style’ salaries

Nearly 100 academy chief executives earn more than £200,000 a year, and at least one more than £500,000The era of academy school leaders in England receiving “banker-style salaries” and hefty annual i...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
The Burnham blueprint, as told by one of its architects – podcast
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The Burnham blueprint, as told by one of its architects – podcast

Andy Burnham has set out his economic plans for Britain. Neal Lawson, from the Burnham-aligned group Mainstream, explains the thinking behind itHelen Pidd has been one of Andy Burnham’s constituents f...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Northern Rail Project risks repeating costly HS2 failures, MPs warn
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Northern Rail Project risks repeating costly HS2 failures, MPs warn

The £45bn scheme to link cities across north of England with new or upgraded lines has no convincing or properly costed plan, committee saysBuilding Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) risks repeating the...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Most asylum seekers rejected under tightened laws will remain in UK
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Most asylum seekers rejected under tightened laws will remain in UK

Critics call proposed limits on asylum claims a ‘quick fix that will create long-term chaos’More than half of the people whose asylum and visa claims will be rejected under tightened human rights laws...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Burnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment plan
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Burnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment plan

Ally of PM-in-waiting says four-year boost for the armed forces is an ‘unexploded bomb’Britain has finally grasped the nettle on defence, but tough choices lie aheadAndy Burnham will have to find an e...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Britain has finally grasped the nettle on defence, but tough choices lie ahead
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Britain has finally grasped the nettle on defence, but tough choices lie ahead

The new PM must balance the security budget and other urgent spending priorities, with little room for manoeuvreBurnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment planKeir Starmer’s de...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Hope must be backed by legislation | Letter
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Hope must be backed by legislation | Letter

Andy Burnham has a short window to demonstrate that he will follow a new path, writes Benjamin SelwynAndy Beckett is right to identify Andy Burnham as a figure on to whom renewed hopes might be projec...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Next chancellor will have to find £5bn to fund black hole in defence funding, government figures reveal – as it happened
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Next chancellor will have to find £5bn to fund black hole in defence funding, government figures reveal – as it happened

Keir Starmer earlier unveiled a £15bn plan but said defence spending cannot be ‘bottomless pit’ and MoD has to ‘spend better’Keir Starmer is speaking now.They are at Malloy Aeronautics, a firm that de...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago
Shetland councillors back plans to build tunnels to link some of largest islands
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Shetland councillors back plans to build tunnels to link some of largest islands

Financing options to be investigated for first two subsea projects that would link Mainland with Yell and Unst Councillors on Shetland have backed plans to build up to four tunnels to link some of the...

The Guardian - UK News4 months ago