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UK personal tax allowance raise from £12,570 to £18,000 update after Andy Burnham hint

Incoming Prime Minister faces pressure as support soars for income tax change

WATCH: Steve Bray & His Loudspeaker Retreat to Buckingham Palace

The Metropolitan Police finally banned Steve Bray from the gates of Downing Street last night: “Conditions are in place on Whitehall tomorrow (Monday, 20 July). Anyone assembling near the Downing Street gates to observe events linked to the new Prime Minister must not use any amplified noise equipment and must stay within the shaded area.…

Andy Burnham ridiculed as the 'David Brent of politics'

Andy Burnham became Prime Minister on Monday, replacing Sir Keir Starmer in Number 10.

From hundreds to thousands: How India's 'cockroach' protest movement has grown

BBC's Azadeh Moshiri reports as thousands attempt to march to India's parliament in support of the Cockroach Janta Party's demand for education reforms.

POLL: Do you think Burnham will be better or worse than Starmer? Vote now

Sir Keir Starmer last year polled as the UK's most unpopular prime minister on record.

Andy Burnham is about to send markets into meltdown - what happens next is terrifying

Andy Burnham had waited years to be PM. And he's been handed a ticking time bomb on day one.

Andy Burnham to become new prime minister and lay out ‘10-year plan’ for the UK in No 10 speech - UK politics live

Keir Starmer will give his final speech from Downing Street before Burnham arrives and is appointed as new PM Good morning. Today we are getting a new PM. It is the sixth time this has happened in just over a decade (Theresa May replaced David Cameron on 13 July 2016), and so in some respects there is nothing very new or surprising about this. Yet the process has been unusual. In the past, when parties in power have replaced a PM, generally they have opted for someone popular with their own MPs,

Andy Burnham hints at major change to £12,570 tax-free personal allowance

The incoming PM said it was the issue that came up most on the doorsteps in the Makerfield by-election

UK considered suspending trade agreement with Israel

The UK considered pausing its trade agreement with Israel, having undertaken an impact assessment on suspension last summer.

Rich’s Monday Morning View

Andy Burnham 'taking country back to the 70s' as he plots state takeovers

The Labour leader has been accused of 'taking the country back to the 1970s with state control'.

Counties to be split into three new unitary councils

Oxfordshire - and a part of Berkshire - will be split into three new unitary authorities.