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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Burnham is master of his message for now. But he should know this: media foes will offer no respite | Tom Baldwin

While the new PM’s slick social media operation can help him bypass the hostile press that devoured Starmer, he will still need friends in the fourth estate Andy Burnham has been in politics long enough to know that the largely friendly media coverage he’s received so far would turn hostile once he was inside Downing Street. And, within hours of becoming prime minister, some familiar predators were circling as they tried to decide whether to attack him for being too leftwing, too insubstantial o

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Express Politics27 Jul 2026

Politics LIVE: Andy Burnham to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy in first visit from foreign leader

This will be Mr Burnham's first visit by a foreign leader since taking office last Monday.

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Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

I don’t believe Burnham. An early election is coming

And so, when Burnham ruled out an early general election yesterday, I found myself - yet again - struggling to believe him. After all, both Theresa May and Boris Johnson ruled out early elections just months before they called them. What is to say that Burnham won’t do the same? The post I don’t believe Burnham. An early election is coming appeared first on Conservative Home.

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BBC Politics27 Jul 2026

All eyes on Greater Manchester ahead of mayoral election

Voters in Greater Manchester will go to the polls on Thursday to choose Andy Burnham's successor as mayor.

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Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

Matthew Jeffery: Privatisation didn’t fail. We failed privatisation

Privatisation was one of the great achievements of modern Conservatism. But we allowed others to claim it had failed. The truth is simple. The policy succeeded. The system around it did not. The post Matthew Jeffery: Privatisation didn’t fail. We failed privatisation appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

Mel Stride: Andy Burnham has a spending problem

If the new Prime Minister wants to succeed, he must show he can learn the lessons of the failures of Starmer and Reeves. For the sake of our country we have to hope so, but I have my doubts. The post Mel Stride: Andy Burnham has a spending problem appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

Kathleen Robertson: Providing Moray with honest and practical leadership

People need calm decision-making, clear priorities and a willingness to act, even when choices are difficult. In Moray, we do that through a minority administration. Some see that as unstable, but I have found it can strengthen decision-making when people listen. The post Kathleen Robertson: Providing Moray with honest and practical leadership appeared first on Conservative Home.

BBC Politics27 Jul 2026

My dog Axel 'wouldn't get on' with Larry the cat, says Burnham

The PM says he doesn't think his poodle-mix would "get along" with Larry the cat, who has lived at No 10 for 15 years.

Express Politics27 Jul 2026

Former top Tory calls for boost in highly skilled migrants to spur growth

Sir David Gauke also backed calls for the government to invest what employers pay in immigration charges directly into training British workers.

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

A TV and cinema calamity could be disastrous for what you watch and what you know. Act now to stop that | Alan Cumming, Benedict Cumberbatch and Benedict Wong

The Paramount-Warner Bros merger is being fought in the US and UK. Britain’s culture secretary knows the risks and can intervene. She should Though it has yet to become front-page news in the UK, you should know about the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros merger. It threatens to inflict immense harm on the British public. As actors and public figures who have spent our careers in the arts in Britain – working with British crews, on British stages and sets – we have a responsibility to the public wh

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Reform UK levy on employing overseas staff ‘would harm NHS and social care’

Exclusive: Experts say policy could also cause shortages of school teachers and drive some universities to bankruptcy Reform UK’s plan to make employers pay an annual levy for overseas staff would harm the NHS and social care, cause a shortage of schoolteachers, and could push some universities into bankruptcy, experts have warned. Nigel Farage’s party has pledged a “migrant worker surcharge”, which would involve a higher rate of employer national insurance as well as a separate annual charge. I

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham vows to use his ‘political capital’ to fix social care system

PM says that without rapid action the NHS could effectively collapse, in first full interview since entering No 10 Andy Burnham has pledged to use “whatever political capital I have” to finally fix the crumbling social care system in England, saying that without rapid action the NHS could effectively collapse. In his first full interview since becoming prime minister last week, Burnham said he could not put a timetable on the arrival of a new system for social care but that its creation would ta

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