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BBC Politics3 Jul 2026

Burnham rules out calling early election as PM

The newly elected MP for Makerfield is expected to become PM this month and says he will stick to the 2024 Labour manifesto.

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Express Politics3 Jul 2026

Keir Starmer's just been told off by the police - a fitting way for his time as PM to end

OPINION: Why couldn't the Prime Minister get a World Cup wall chart like the rest of us?

Crime
The Guardian Politics3 Jul 2026

The Guardian view on Labour’s next chancellor: send for Ed Miliband | Editorial

Andy Burnham needs the Treasury to serve devolution, raise living standards and renew the economy. The energy secretary meets that test There are few things on which this column would agree with George Osborne. Voting to remain in the European Union was one. Backing Labour’s Ed Miliband to be the next chancellor is another. Mr Osborne, whose austerity programme redistributed pain downwards while protecting privilege at the top, had only a week ago on his podcast, Political Currency, dismissed Mr

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The Guardian Politics3 Jul 2026

Reform UK-led council fails to attract any sponsors for union flag scheme

Party had justified plan to hang flags in Nottinghamshire on basis that local businesses would foot £75,000 bill A £75,000 scheme by a Reform-led council to hang union flags at sites across the county, which the party said would “not cost the taxpayer a single penny” as it would be sponsored by local businesses, has failed to attract a single sponsor, it has emerged. The plan to attach the flags to brackets on about 180 lamp-posts and other places was agreed in the autumn by Nottinghamshire’s co

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BBC Politics3 Jul 2026

Burnham rules out calling early election as PM

The newly elected MP for Makerfield is expected to become PM this month and says he will stick to the 2024 Labour manifesto.

Politics
Express Politics3 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham breaks silence on plans for state pension triple lock in bombshell Q&A

Andy Burnham answered questions on the socia media forum Reddit on Friday evening.

BBC Politics3 Jul 2026

Labour MPs seek cap on political donations

Labour MPs believe a donations cap will be backed by dozens of MPs and likely next prime minister, Andy Burnham.

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BBC Politics3 Jul 2026

Labour MPs seek cap on political donations

Labour MPs believe a donations cap will be backed by dozens of MPs and likely next prime minister, Andy Burnham.

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Express Politics3 Jul 2026

Racist maths, witchcraft and all the other woke madness YOU are paying for!

OPINION - SAM LISTER: Whitehall should spend less time worrying about its 'be kind' reputation and more time worrying about being better

Defence
Express Politics3 Jul 2026

Keir Starmer just left Andy Burnham a brutal leaving present - our next PM will be raging

There's such a thing as a mean leaving gift, but this takes the biscuit.

Guido Fawkes3 Jul 2026

Guido Whispers: Harrying Times

Guido Fawkes members get access to Guido Whispers, our exclusive insiders-only newsletter revealing all the latest gossip and tittle-tattle swirling around Westminster. To find out that and much more, become a Guido member today. Sign up here and get all the gossip first…

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Guido Fawkes3 Jul 2026

Burnham’s Nationalisation Would Cost At Least £30 Billion for Thames Water Alone

Earlier Guido totted up the known ‘Burnham Bill‘ – what a Manchesterist administration would cost the British taxpayer. All likely to kick in come September… Burnham is a wild advocate of nationalisation. As Guido noted, his pet policy to bring the water industry into ‘public ownership’ would cost at least £100 billion according to the…

Economy