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French warship 'fires 17 live rounds' at British MP in English Channel

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Kemi Badenoch tells Zack Polanski and Nigel Farage to spend less time online

Tory leader tells Green and Reform counterparts to get off social media and talk to real people amid latest feud

POLL: Should Zack Polanski resign following his Nigel Farage guillotine post?

The Green Party Leader has faced major backlash after an offensive Instagram post was shared to his over 700,000 followers.

WATCH: Burnham Commits to Cutting Number of NEETs… At Some Point

You can’t fail to meet a target if you never set one in the first place…

Rape victim warns Andy Burnham not to free her sick father who abused her from age 13

A mother of two repeatedly raped by her father from the age of 13 has warned Andy Burnham not to allow her abuser out of jail early under Labour's scheme.

Ed Miliband is still burning your money - Andy Burnham must axe his £264bn ‘con’ now

A grateful nation celebrated when Andy Burnham dumped Ed Miliband as UK energy secretary.

LIVE: Badenoch Hosts Press Conference on Early Prisoner Release

<a href='https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-andy-burnham-keir-starmer-labour-12593360?postid=12140171#liveblog-body'>Reform UK reports Zack Polanski to police over social media post</a>

Burnham Reheats Starmer’s Technical Education Policy

The big Burnham announcement today is just reheating Starmer’s 2025 technical education proposals. Downing Street will no doubt think this is fine because Andy is just that good at political comms… The government is announcing that “14-year-olds will be able to get early access to technical education, skills training, work experience and connections with employers……

Burnham’s education plan directly contradicts Labour’s Schools Act, Tories claim – UK politics live

The new prime minister is linking the need for better vocational education in school with his belief in localism Good morning. In his last speech to Labour’s annual conference as party leader, Keir Starmer called for a fundamental shift in the way education in England operates. While saying he would never “denigrate the aspiration to go to university”, he said that aiming to get 50% of pupils into university was wrong and that it was finally time to show equivalent respect to apprenticeships and

Kemi Badenoch's right to demand emergency recall of MPs – but mess began with Tories

OPINION - JONATHAN SAXTY: The Conservative leader is demanding an emergency debate on the early release of prisoners... but don't forget where policy started

Reader Q&A: Ask Polly Toynbee about Andy Burnham’s first week as prime minister

After seven days in charge, how is the new UK PM doing? Send your questions to our columnist Polly Toynbee about Andy Burnham and his new government, his policy announcements so far, and what he needs to be doing next. She’ll be taking your questions from 2pm (BST). Sign in or create your Guardian account to join the discussion Andy Burnham has been prime minister of the UK for a week, during which time he has announced a slew of policies as he makes his start on shaping Labour’s narrative for t