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Express Politics24 Jul 2026

Angela Rayner hints Labour could fail on major manifesto pledge in 'car crash interview'

The former Deputy Prime Minister admitted the promise on housebuilding is "a really difficult stretched target".

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BBC Politics24 Jul 2026

Chris Mason: What his first week in power tells us about Andy Burnham

The fledgling Burnham administration has been seeking to find its feet and make a decent first impression at the same time, the BBC's political editor Chris Mason explains.

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BBC Politics24 Jul 2026

Chris Mason: What his first week in power tells us about Andy Burnham

The fledgling Burnham administration has been seeking to find its feet and make a decent first impression at the same time, the BBC's political editor Chris Mason explains.

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The Guardian Politics24 Jul 2026

‘It’s generations of decline’: can Andy Burnham really end rough sleeping?

Outreach workers on the frontline of England’s homelessness crisis react to PM’s flagship policy pledge UK politics live – latest updates It is close to midnight, as two outreach workers from Spear, a homelessness charity in south London, shine their torches around bushes on the edge of a Twickenham park. Suddenly they alight on an array of sleeping bags, airbeds, toilet rolls and plastic bags stuffed with belongings – a new rough sleeping encampment that has popped up in the last two days. C

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Guido Fawkes24 Jul 2026

Friday Caption Contest (Miserable Miliband Edition)

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Conservative Home24 Jul 2026

Jamie Mulhall: Britain built the jet engine. Now let’s build the world’s nuclear battery

Modern Britain too often hesitates. We consult, delay and postpone while other countries simply build. The Victorians thought differently. They built railways, docks, bridges and telegraph networks because they understood that infrastructure creates prosperity. The post Jamie Mulhall: Britain built the jet engine. Now let’s build the world’s nuclear battery appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics24 Jul 2026

Burnham urged to lobby EU leaders directly to waive EES border controls

As overseas holiday travel peaks, Lib Dems call on PM to push for suspension of ‘bungled, malfunctioning’ system Andy Burnham has been urged to lobby EU leaders directly to suspend the new entry-exit system, EES, as the peak weekend for overseas holidays begins. About 2.2 million British holidaymakers are expected to head abroad between Friday and Monday, the majority to Europe, with all schools in the UK now on their summer break. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics24 Jul 2026

Digested week: History shrugs off Keir and makes room for brilliant Kerr

A low-key PM leaves the stage briskly, while a breathtaking athlete misses out on the attention he deserves And so it was over. You normally get a bit more notice when a prime minister is about to deliver their resignation speech outside No 10. The buildup. The sense of occasion. Keir Starmer did things differently. Continue reading...

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Guido Fawkes24 Jul 2026

Labour Wars: Inside Burnham’s First Week in Number 10

To get the inside track on Burnham’s first week at the top, become a Guido member. Fawkes Friends and Premium Plotters also receive priority tickets to all our events, like our recent debate, Is Britain Broken, featuring Zia Yusuf, Fraser Nelson, and David Frost. Click here to become a member today… How has Burnham’s first…

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Guido Fawkes24 Jul 2026

EXC: Burnham Took Prime Ministerial Jet to Arrive for First Day at No10 North

Andy Burnham has arrived at No10 North – or No10 Midlands as it should be called – by private jet. Starmer’s favourite massive government jet to be precise… GGBNI, an Airbus A321, flew Burnham up to Glasgow to launch the Commonwealth Games and has today landed in Manchester: 23 July 2026, London (STN) to Glasgow…

Conservative Home24 Jul 2026

Hiten Ganatra: The mortgage market is paying the price for Westminster’s instability

The lesson of the past decade could not be clearer, as political stability and fiscal credibility are not optional luxuries for governments. They are the foundations on which the mortgage market, and with it the financial security of millions of British households, depends. The post Hiten Ganatra: The mortgage market is paying the price for Westminster’s instability appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics24 Jul 2026

So many British people have it better than they think – it’s up to Burnham to make them see that | Polly Toynbee

A new survey suggests voters are becoming more cynical and pessimistic. A few goodwill gestures from No 10 won’t change all that – but it’s a start Who are we, the people Andy Burnham now governs? He inherits a miserable lot: grudging, angry pessimists, expecting the worst of all politicians, trusting no one to lead the country well, according to a long-running study. British folk feel the social contract is broken, they feel let down. Ignorant of basic facts, they are willfully misled by malevo