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'I've had to lay off most of my staff due to roadworks'

Traders have expressed fears about a drop in trade with some even having to let some workers go.

'A circuit-breaker moment' - Watch Andy Burnham's first speech as PM in full

Andy Burnham spoke outside Downing Street after he replaced Keir Starmer as prime minister and leader of the Labour party.

Burnham Failed on Own Flagship Rough Sleeping Pledge in Manchester

Burnham has said that his first policy will be to end rough sleeping: “I will soon go through that door behind me and issue my first instruction: to end rough sleeping in our country.” He pledged in his 2017 mayoral campaign to “end rough sleeping by 2020” via a “radical” plan. In January 2018 he invited BBC…

17 cabinet ministers who snubbed Starmer's last speech

Some names were noticeably absent as Sir Keir Starmer delivered his farewell speech outside 10 Downing Street on Monday morning.

Liz Mair: Powell’s purdah plan for social media is just an attempt to censor views she doesn’t like

The government should not be in the business of censorship, no matter how good its intentions are. And to be clear, the overwhelming majority of politicians who want to impose or tighten speech codes are mostly interested in protecting their own incumbency and status, not aiding the electorate or broader populace. The post Liz Mair: Powell’s purdah plan for social media is just an attempt to censor views she doesn’t like appeared first on Conservative Home.

LIVE: Burnham’s First Speech as Prime Minister

Suit and tie on. Cabinet appointments to follow this afternoon. Stay tuned to Guido…

Investigation of Nigel Farage over undeclared gifts is ‘kangaroo court’, says Reform MP

Runcorn MP Sarah Pochin says parliament mounting ‘vicious and desperate campaign to stop Reform UK’ A Reform UK MP has complained that the standards system investigating Nigel Farage over undeclared gifts is a “kangaroo court”. Sarah Pochin, the Runcorn MP, said Farage had called a byelection in his Clacton seat so voters could decide whether they backed him or not, and argued that “the media, the British state and the old parties have mounted a vicious and desperate campaign to stop Reform UK”.

Andy Burnham Appointed as Prime Minister

Andy Burnham becomes UK prime minister after meeting King Charles

New Labour leader takes over from Keir Starmer and will head to Downing Street to appoint his cabinet UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has formally become the UK prime minister after meeting King Charles at Buckingham Palace, the fourth person to hold the role in less than four years and the sixth within a decade. Burnham, who took over from Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour party on Friday, accepted the appointment as prime minister shortly after Starmer had gone to the palac

Andy Burnham says he wants to cut the cost of living - instead he'll do untold damage

OPINION - ESTHER MCVEY: The problem is, our new PM is more of a Seventies tribute act... It's unlikely he'll liberate us.

Starmer Formally Resigns as PM

Burnham expected to arrive at the Palace shortly…

Conservative news: Helen Grant to stand down at the next election

Helen Grant said she wishes to ensure that her successor has a similar period in which to build their profile within the constituency, similar to that which she had when Anne Widdecombe announced she would stand down in the constituency in 2007 at the next election. The post Conservative news: Helen Grant to stand down at the next election appeared first on Conservative Home.