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Conservative Home20 Jul 2026

David Barton: Alternative ways to save heritage buildings

The Conservatives can make a crucial difference to their communities in this chapter by actively, positively and constructively engaging with property owners to prevent sales to less sympathetic third parties. The post David Barton: Alternative ways to save heritage buildings appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics20 Jul 2026

Why has Britain’s oldest political magazine become such a rabid cheerleader for Islamophobia? | Nesrine Malik

A report on the Spectator’s coverage of Muslims makes for grim reading. Conservatism is now focused on this minority to the exclusion of everything else I start this column already resigned to the tune out, to the glaze over, the click away. This is not to say that I do not have faith in you, dear reader, to keep reading and caring. But I am aware, and this is central to the problem, that it is now normal, when it comes to a certain minority in this country, to speak of them as if they were some

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The Guardian Politics20 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham says he will go ‘faster’ than Starmer. Why is that so hard?

Is the machinery of state jammed, or is the reason for the slow pace of change more personal than institutional? Eighteen months into the 24 it turned out he would last in No 10, Keir Starmer was a man in a hurry. The biggest frustration with the job, he told MPs, concerned “speed and the ability to get things done”. The underlying problem, he thought, was that every time something had gone wrong in the past, “successive governments have put in place another procedure or another body or another

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The Guardian Politics20 Jul 2026

Retired UK civil servants failed by pension outsourcing, government says

Chaos of Capita-run scheme has left some people waiting up to a year for payments and in financial hardship Retired civil servants have been failed by the decision to outsource their pension scheme, the government has admitted, and the maladministration meant some were left waiting up to a year for payments. Multiple members of the civil service pension scheme, run by the private company Capita since December, have come forward to say they are unable to afford rent and have been forced to use fo

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Express Politics20 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham ripped apart on Labour's 'coronation day' over 'tax rises'

The Conservative leader has issued a blunt warning to the UK's new Prime Minister.

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BBC Politics19 Jul 2026

Chris Mason: Burnham is fifth PM in four years - now he'll try to buck the trend

Determined to hit the ground running, the former mayor hopes to maintain the leadership style he adopted in Manchester.

BBC Politics19 Jul 2026

Chris Mason: Burnham is fifth PM in four years - now he'll try to buck the trend

Determined to hit the ground running, the former mayor hopes to maintain the leadership style he adopted in Manchester.

Sky News Politics19 Jul 2026

The 59th PM: What lies ahead for Burnham

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BBC Politics19 Jul 2026

Burnham to promise 'more breathing room' in first speech as PM

The Labour leader will say he is "acutely conscious" of the UK's high turnover of prime ministers, as he becomes the seventh in 10 years on Monday.

BBC Politics19 Jul 2026

Thames Water lenders preparing legal challenge in event of Burnham nationalisation

The BBC understands creditors would would pursue payment in full of the outstanding debts, in the multi-billions of pounds.

BBC Politics19 Jul 2026

Thames Water lenders preparing legal challenge in event of Burnham nationalisation

The BBC understands creditors would would pursue payment in full of the outstanding debts, in the multi-billions of pounds.

The Guardian Politics19 Jul 2026

Burnham’s vow to end Labour briefing wars will test his grip on the party

Tensions between his aims are already there, including disputes over key appointments such as chancellor Andy Burnham’s vision for cleaning up Westminster politics is a utopian one: ending the dominance of the whipping system, Whitehall power hoarding and the “insidious briefing culture” of the bubble. In his first speech on becoming Labour leader, he warned his party it “won’t beat Britain’s new right if we are consumed by infighting and pulling in different directions”. Continue reading...

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