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Sky News Politics10 Jul 2026

Is the Burnham government starting to feel like The Traitors?

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Sky News Politics9 Jul 2026

Pass assisted dying bill or it will come back again and again, warns MP

The MP who is bringing back the assisted dying bill has told Sky News it could come back again and again if peers refuse to pass it for a second time.

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The Guardian Politics9 Jul 2026

Police investigate £500,000 Reform donations from mother of fraudster who backed Farage

George Cottrell’s mother Fiona at the centre of criminal inquiry over potential evasion of restrictions on donations Police are investigating donations worth £500,000 made to Reform UK by the mother of a convicted fraudster and ally of Nigel Farage. The investigation concerns two donations of £250,000 made by Fiona Cottrell, whose son George has often accompanied Farage to Reform events and media appearances. The May 2024 donations are under investigation over whether they were intended to conce

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The Guardian Politics9 Jul 2026

Burnham’s apology over Gaza marks ‘reset moment’ as Labour seeks to win back progressive voters

But it remains unclear how much of substance will change – and whether it will be enough to rebuild the party’s electoral coalition On the final day of Labour’s party conference in 2023, when the public was still reeling from the brutal Hamas attack on Israel just days before, Keir Starmer took to the airwaves for the traditional broadcast round – but gave one interview that would have particularly damaging fallout. Sitting down with LBC’s Nick Ferrari, the then opposition leader asserted Israel

Express Politics9 Jul 2026

Nightmare for Andy Burnham as he faces first Labour mutiny

Labour's new leader is bracing for Downing Street but his first crisis is coming from behind him.

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The Guardian Politics9 Jul 2026

Keir Starmer may award resignation honours when he leaves No 10

Outgoing PM has not ruled out drawing up honours list when he stands down in just over 10 days time, despite previously opposing it Keir Starmer has signalled he could hand out resignation honours when he leaves Downing Street, despite pledging three years ago he would not hand out gongs when he eventually stood down. The prime minister twice declined to rule out drawing up a list of honours when he stands down as prime minister in just over 10 days time, to be succeeded by Andy Burnham. Contin

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Sky News Politics9 Jul 2026

'Profound change' or 'nonsense'? - Burnham's blueprint to keep Labour MPs onside

Labour grandee Harriet Harman has said she believes Andy Burnham will bring about "profound change" to the Labour Party.

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Express Politics9 Jul 2026

Labour issues major Andy Burnham update over party leadership nominations

Sir Keir Starmer does not reportedly appear on the list of MPs who have submitted their nomination forms today.

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BBC Politics9 Jul 2026

Burnham apologises for Labour's initial response to Gaza war

Burnham, along other with Labour figures, had called for a ceasefire by late October 2023 - putting him at odds with Sir Keir Starmer.

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The Guardian Politics9 Jul 2026

The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s crypto cash: accountability is not a conspiracy | Editorial

Reform UK presents itself as the people’s voice while opaque digital wealth flows around it. That makes transparency a democratic necessity Twice now, the Guardian’s questions about Reform UK’s finances appear to have been pre-empted by stories friendly to the party. This paper revealed in April that Nigel Farage received £5m from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne – but an interview with Reform UK’s leader, claiming he needed the cash “for security”, was published hours earlier in the

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BBC Politics9 Jul 2026

Burnham apologises for Labour's initial response to Gaza war

Burnham, along other with Labour figures, had called for a ceasefire by late October 2023 - putting him at odds with Sir Keir Starmer.

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The Guardian Politics9 Jul 2026

What a week for Daddy Nige and his dysfunctional Reform family

From Posh George Cottrell to Honest Bob Jenrick and disciple-in-chief Dicky Tice, Farage really does know how to pick ’em We need to talk about Nigel. Again. Not so much about the £5m gift from a Thai crypto billionaire or the freebies he accepted from a convicted fraudster who called him Daddy. Nor the fact that he never thought to declare his good fortune on parliament’s register of members’ interests. There again, he was only a professional politician and the principal shareholder in Reform U

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