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Andy Burnham just made a surprising but very dangerous enemy as prison plan unravels

Andy Burnham is about to release criminals back onto the streets before they have paid back their debt to society

Mahmood Plots Rwanda-Style Crackdown on Failed Asylum Seekers

Shabana Mahmood is drawing up a Rwanda-style scheme to remove failed asylum seekers to third countries, two years after Labour scrapped the actual Rwanda plan on the grounds that it was “a gimmick“. It turns out ‘smashing the gangs’ wasn’t a deterrent after all… Mahmood said in an interview with the Sun: “We are also…

Burnham announces plans to clean up worst three illegal waste dumps

The government says the sites in Kent, Surrey and West Yorkshire contain 22,000 tonnes of waste.

Labour breaks silence on Meghan Markle and Harry's return with 'reconciliation hope'

The bombshell news about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's return to the UK came to light last night.

Greens call for windfall tax on big banks' profits to support small business

Zack Polanski says profits over £800m should be taxed to cut tax bills for a million smaller companies.

Greens call for windfall tax on big banks' profits to support small business

Zack Polanski says profits over £800m should be taxed to cut tax bills for a million smaller companies.

AI will not solve council cash crisis, say experts

Councils across the UK are making cuts of £3bn this financial year, despite recent funding reforms.

Councils turn to AI in attempt to fill £4bn black hole

Councils across the UK are making cuts of £3bn this financial year, despite recent funding reforms.

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By focusing on rough sleepers, Burnham distracts us, and himself, from the real problem

No party shows the slightest sign of knowing how to get so many houses built now. It is reasonable to doubt whether Burnham will be any more successful at national level than he was in Manchester at bringing about an end to rough sleeping. The post By focusing on rough sleepers, Burnham distracts us, and himself, from the real problem appeared first on Conservative Home.

Farage using Christianity ‘to stir anti-Muslim feeling’, says Rowan Williams

Former archbishop of Canterbury also has ‘awkward questions’ for activist Tommy Robinson on his claimed faith A former archbishop of Canterbury has accused Nigel Farage of misusing the UK’s Christianity “to channel anti-Muslim feeling” and said he also had “some awkward questions” for the far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Dr Rowan Williams, who was the archbishop of Canterbury for 10 years until 2012, said there was an “inevitable scepticism these days about some claims to religious conviction”

Working in Keir Starmer’s No 10 ‘unbearable’, says Sue Gray

Former chief of staff tells of fears her conversations were being recorded and leaked to media by colleagues Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff has lifted the lid on how “unbearable” it was working in No 10, revealing she feared her conversations were being recorded by colleagues seeking to leak her remarks to the media. Sue Gray, who was the most powerful adviser in Downing Street before her resignation in 2024, was highly critical of the working environment under Starmer, saying she was “dis