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The Guardian Politics23 Jul 2026

Alarm over hospital lung admissions for children in England’s poorest postcodes

Exclusive: Analysis of NHS England data reveals stark impact of air pollution in deprived areas Children living in the poorest areas across England are 40% more likely to be admitted to hospital for respiratory infections, an analysis of NHS England data shows, with experts raising the alarm on the impact of air pollution on young people’s health. The analysis, based on data obtained via freedom of information requests by the charity Impact on Urban Health, revealed 1,941 out of every 100,000 ch

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The Guardian Politics23 Jul 2026

Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out | George Monbiot

Industrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide? There’s a slightly mean question I often ask British people with an interest in the living world: can you name the environment secretary? I don’t intend to show them up: it’s not them I’m testing. I watch the brows knit, a finger go up, the mouth open and close. “It’s, you know, the one who … no, they went, didn’t they? That other one …” It’s bee

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Guido Fawkes22 Jul 2026

Guardian Warns Bus Fare Cap Policy Will Worsen ‘Effects of Climate Crisis’

This may well win the Guido Gold Medal for Peak Guardian Journalism: “The world’s most vulnerable people will be put at risk by Andy Burnham’s decision to use the aid budget to pay for cheaper bus fares in England, charities have said… experts say it will also leave people in the poorest parts of the…

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Guido Fawkes22 Jul 2026

Top Energy Department Mandarin Showers Praise on “Inspiration” Ed Miliband

The Permanent Secretary at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Jonathan Brearley, can barely contain his excitement at the arrival of Miatta Fahnbulleh to the department, or his admiration for Ed Miliband. What are the impartiality requirements again? In a Linkedin post Brearley, who used to be CEO of Ofgem until recently, gushed…

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Guido Fawkes22 Jul 2026

WATCH: Transport Secretary Struggles to Explain How Bus Fare Cap Funding Will Work

The Transport Secretary has been unable to explain how Burnham’s £2 bus fare cap – a Tory policy – will be funded. A Downing Street release states it will be majority funded by converting £400 million international climate finance grants into loans… Heidi Alexander said: “The detail of it needs to be worked through. But…

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The Guardian Politics22 Jul 2026

Burnham announces bus fares across England to be capped at £2

Measure backed by £454m of funding, with £400m coming from switching investment in international climate finance to loans Single bus fares across England will be capped at £2 from January, the prime minister, Andy Burnham, has announced. The nationwide cap is currently set at £3 until the end of March 2027 although some areas – including London and Greater Manchester, where Burnham set a £2 limit as mayor – have lower top rates for single tickets. Continue reading...

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Guido Fawkes21 Jul 2026

Every Eco-Mad Energy Policy Backed by Burnham’s New Net Zero Secretary

Co-conspirators will be familiar with Miatta Fahnbulleh. She is now the Energy Secretary… Fahnbulleh supports faster imposition of Net Zero among other things: 2019: “The first step would be a global Green New Deal: a massive mobilization of resources to decarbonize and at the same time create millions of jobs and lift living standards. The…

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Conservative Home21 Jul 2026

Andrew Gilligan: Scrapping net zero is the easy part

What the country needs is a proper attempt to sit down and work out what the hierarchy of threats is, what the timescale is, and what we can do about them.   The post Andrew Gilligan: Scrapping net zero is the easy part appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics21 Jul 2026

Why has Labour briefed against Ed Miliband – is it his success and popularity?

Tories, Reform, fossil fuel industry and some in his party lined up against net zero agenda as energy secretary “Whenever the Labour party feels a bit sad,” according to one close observer of the current government, speaking some months ago, “they wheel out Ed Miliband to talk about rooftop solar.” It might not have been literally true, but it often felt during Keir Starmer’s premiership as if energy secretary Miliband brought the sun. Unfailingly upbeat, with a simple message that was understan

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Express Politics20 Jul 2026

The solution to ‘broken Britain' is staring Andy Burnham in the face

New Prime Minister faces a large in-tray of problems, but he must not forget the natural environment, writes Craig Bennett

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Express Politics18 Jul 2026

Zack Polanski says Rochdale grooming gang boss should not be deported

The Green Party leader has sparked backlash by suggesting it 'makes sense' for the convicted criminal to remain in the UK.

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The Guardian Politics18 Jul 2026

Poultry sector growth plan risks UK national security, campaigners warn

Government’s food security push is said to rely on animal feed imports with vulnerability to supply chain shocks The government’s planned poultry sector growth plan is a risk to national security, campaigners have warned. Earlier this month, the environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, told the Groundswell agriculture festival that the key to improving food security was consuming more homegrown produce, and said this was why the government had set up the Farming and Food Partnership Board, whose me

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