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Conservative Home31 Jul 2026

Desmond Swayne: Burnham’s tax confusion is dangerous for business

If Burnham wants to prove he understands business, he should start by giving those who create jobs the one thing they need most: confidence that success will not be punished The post Desmond Swayne: Burnham’s tax confusion is dangerous for business appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics31 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham takes explosive swipe at FIFA boss Gianni Infantino over World Cup scandal

Gianni Infantino has sparked fury over a controversial plan to seek private investment in a company to run the World Cup.

Guido Fawkes31 Jul 2026

Burnham Calls for FIFA President Infantino to Resign

Andy Burnham has joined Nigel Farage in calling for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to resign, claiming he is “the wrong man to lead the organisation” in the wake of the World Cup private investment debacle. Today Infantino’s senior adviser resigned, and UEFA has already announced a boycott of the tournament if Infantino’s plans go ahead.…

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BBC Politics31 Jul 2026

High Court upholds decision to allow Chinese mega embassy

The government has given the green light to the site on the old Royal Mint, near the Tower of London.

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Guido Fawkes31 Jul 2026

Legal Challenge Against China Super-Embassy Dismissed at High Court

The legal challenge against the Chinese super-embassy has failed at the High Court. Paving the way for Labour’s giveaway to Xi… The Royal Mint Court Residents’ Association brought the action against MHCLG and Tower Hamlets, arguing the embassy at the Royal Mint Court site would be used to repress protests and target dissidents. They also…

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Express Politics31 Jul 2026

Announcing policies is the easy bit – wait until Andy Burnham has to fund them

OPINION - AMEER KOTECHA: To govern is to choose, but as PM you have to take tough decisions. It remains to be seen if the new PM can do that

The Guardian Politics31 Jul 2026

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 election Andy Burnham has spent his first two weeks as prime minister in a blitz of hyperactivity. Bus fares, business rates, energy bill cuts, defence, Ukraine and devolution – he has been everywhere. But at his speech on Wednesday at Jewish Care in north London, there was a stark reminder of how much even the most energetic prime minister can cut through. Continue reading...

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BBC Politics31 Jul 2026

Concerns raised over council's £900m debt

Councillor Patrick Lambert fears taxpayers will be left liable for the authority's debts.

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Express Politics31 Jul 2026

Jewish groups 'very concerned' as Diane Abbott let back into Labour Party

The long-serving MP has been readmitted to the Labour Party after a year-long suspension

The Guardian Politics31 Jul 2026

Will Burnham fix our barbaric prisons – or cave to rightwing populism? The answer is a tragedy | Simon Jenkins

England and Wales’s prisons are overcrowded, drug-infested and barbaric. Labour has halted a once-in-a-generation effort to change that sorry state Andy Burnham’s “pausing” of the Starmer government’s prisoner release scheme and the resignation of its architect, James Timpson, are disasters. They indicate a Downing Street that puts populism ahead of policy. England and Wales’s prisons are a total disgrace. Timpson was the first justice minister in 15 years prepared to handle them. Now he has gon

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Guido Fawkes31 Jul 2026

Southport Killer Axel Rudakubana Charged With Three Assaults on Prison Staff

Rudakabana was charged with: Assault on an emergency worker on Tuesday, 6 May, 2025; attempted grievous bodily harm on Thursday, 8 May, 2025; unauthorised possession of an offensive weapon in prison on Thursday, 26 June, 2025, and assault on an emergency worker on Tuesday, 28 October, 2025. He will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court via…

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Guido Fawkes31 Jul 2026

BBC Mistakes 50,000 Migrants Crossing Into Spain for ‘Hundreds’

The BBC’s headline yesterday as thousands marched and swam from Morocco into Ceuta, one of two Spanish enclaves in North Africa, stated the figure as “hundreds.” That has been quickly remedied – someone get the Verify team on the case… Spanish authorities are sending the military to deal with the total breakdown at its border…

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