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Express Politics25 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham issued stark warning as China 'spied on him for years'

An expert has warned Beijing "knows a lot" about the new PM, saying it is likely Chinese spies have been "tracking him for years".

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The Guardian Politics25 Jul 2026

The UK has its first Catholic PM – but don’t expect a US-style religious culture war to follow

Trump administration has clashed with Vatican on social issues but Burnham’s faith is shaped by different principles With the appointment of Britain’s first lifelong Roman Catholic prime minister, the faith is now in a prominent political position on both sides of the Atlantic. But while Donald Trump’s administration, in particular the vice-president, JD Vance – a Catholic convert – has placed Catholicism at the heart of its culture wars and repeatedly clashed with the Vatican over the US’s har

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The Guardian Politics25 Jul 2026

Home Office rejects Palestinian Jerusalemite woman’s UK visa but approves husband’s

Officials not satisfied Therese Abdallah is a ‘genuine visitor’ and believe she would not leave after visit to son in London A Palestinian Jerusalemite who lives in London has been left devastated after a planned trip by his parents had to be cancelled when the Home Office ruled his mother was not a “genuine visitor” but granted his father a visa. Karim Abdallah, who has lived in the UK since 2019, was looking forward to hosting his parents, Therese Abdallah, 69, a retired English teacher, and h

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The Guardian Politics25 Jul 2026

Warning: Australian politicians are importing the British right’s visions of doom | Jack Jacobs

Having met Nigel Farage, Rupert Lowe and Tommy Robinson, Pauline Hanson is deploying their rhetoric in a country with a very different history of immigration In a 1950 essay, the critic AA Phillips wrote of a “cultural cringe” in which insecure Australians looked to Britain for instruction. Today, some Australians are championing far-right British actors and importing their visions of doom to Australia. In June, the former Australian Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott spoke at the Alliance for R

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Express Politics25 Jul 2026

Pharmacists warn Labour's meningitis vaccine roll-out 'riddled with problems'

Independent pharmacists say they have not been given the vaccines they need to protect young people's lives

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The Guardian Politics25 Jul 2026

I grew up near Andy Burnham. This is what shaped our new PM

In the Warrington suburb of Culcheth, people are hopeful about what one of their own can achieve as the first northern PM in half a century The Cherry Tree pub is an unassuming local. On a busy road in the Cheshire village of Culcheth, it is a chain-run pub where four shots cost £8, every burger comes with a soft drink, and sport is shown all day on the big screens. It is also a favourite of Andy Burnham, the new prime minister. Many of the drinkers have a story about – arguably – Culcheth’s mos

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Express Politics24 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham's pub appearance mistaken for a wake as landlords issue huge warning

EXCLUSIVE: The confusion came as the new PM visited an Essex pub to announce cut to business rates and promised boozers "the cavalry is coming".

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Express Politics24 Jul 2026

Reform politician's home attacked and 'tagged with abusive graffiti'

EXCLUSIVE: Sources have said that they have had their front door tagged with graffiti and received death threats.

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Sky News Politics24 Jul 2026

Prison staff asked to warn of any prison unrest due to delays in releases

The government has asked prison staff to make them aware of any "stability issues" that may develop inside jails after delays to prisoners' early release dates, Sky News understands.

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The Guardian Politics24 Jul 2026

Was Keir Starmer’s leaving party the boozy birth of a new Labour force?

A £10,000 bar tab was drunk, there was a ‘lot of anger’, and now ex-ministers are thinking how to cooperate in future Keir Starmer’s leaving party had been planned for some time. But in years to come it might be seen as the birth of a new Labour movement. Dozens of ministers, aides and Starmer himself headed to the Grafton pub in Kentish Town on Monday night to drown their sorrows, hours after the former prime minister left Downing Street for the last time. 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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Express Politics24 Jul 2026

Major state pension age change worries as Andy Burnham told 'people can't work that old'

The Work and Pensions Committee has raised serious concerns about the state pension age increase and warned 'many don't know about it'

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