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Express Politics27 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham bounce ends Reform’s 15-month polling streak

Labour overtakes Nigel Farage's party in Westminster opinion survey for the first time in nearly a year and a half

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Express Politics27 Jul 2026

Experts weigh in as Andy Burnham hints at council tax reform

Andy Burnham has hinted at council tax reform as Labour MPs stepped up calls for action.

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

German officials call for tighter extremism laws after Berlin Pride attack

Alternative für Deutschland, topping polls ahead of state elections, accuses government of failing to tackle Islamist radicalism Europe live – latest updates German officials have called for a tightening of laws for known extremists after a deadly attack in Berlin on one of Europe’s biggest Pride parades, as the far right seeks to mobilise outraged voters before three key state elections. The anti-migration, anti-Islam Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), the top party in national opinion polls,

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Guido Fawkes27 Jul 2026

Labour Whips Vow ‘Culture Change’ as PPSs Get Beefed-Up Role

Chief Whip Anneliese Midgley has written to Labour MPs this afternoon following the appointment of ministers’ Parliamentary Private Secretaries (PPSs). She is promising “greater opportunities to undertake media and parliamentary activity, including on national policy”: “Dear Colleague, During his first week in office, the Prime Minister has been clear about his determination to change the…

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Guido Fawkes27 Jul 2026

PPS Reshuffle List In Full

10 Downing Street: Sir Nic Dakin David Baines Jo Platt Cabinet Office: Alan Gemmell Dr Beccy Cooper Natasha Irons HM Treasury: John Grady Alistair Strathern Yuan Yang Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Anna Gelderd Laura Kyrke-Smith Chris Murray Home Office: Michael Payne Adam Thompson Chris Vince Ministry of Justice: Linsey Farnsworth Joe Powell Connor Rand…

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Express Politics27 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham's in a classic Catch-22 situation over calls for early election

OPINION - JONATHAN SAXTY: Either he's different to Keir Starmer so has no mandate for his plans and must face voters, or he's the same - but which is it?

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Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

Lord Ashcroft: ‘He wants to show that even after the £5 million bung, they still want me.’ My Clacton by-election focus groups

At least as many, however, thought they should have contested the election, providing some proper opposition to Farage and offering local voters a real alternative: “If you’re dedicated to what you believe in, you’ve got to stand up for it." The post Lord Ashcroft: ‘He wants to show that even after the £5 million bung, they still want me.’ My Clacton by-election focus groups appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Alarm over NHS patients records being placed in hands of US private equity firm

Doctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in England A US private equity firm will take control of NHS patient records in a deal experts say should “ring alarm bells” amid concerns sensitive health data is increasingly being handed to private companies. The investment firm TPG has bought Optum UK, the healthcare technology business behind the electronic patient record system used by most GP practices in England, in a deal worth about $400m (£300m

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Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

Stephen Goss: Chris Bryant means more of the same for Northern Ireland

Sir Chris arrives with significant parliamentary experience but no track record on Northern Ireland specifically. His instinct so far: vague commitments, rejection of constitutional changes, a studied caution about legacy legislation, suggests a Secretary of State who understands he has little to gain from bold moves and much to lose from them. The post Stephen Goss: Chris Bryant means more of the same for Northern Ireland appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes27 Jul 2026

EXC: Burnham Could Swerve Downing Street Council Tax Bill by Keeping His Primary Residence In Manchester

If Andy Burnham registers his Manchester home as his main residence, the council tax on his Downing Street flat would fall to the taxpayer rather than the PM. Saving Burnham a handy £2000 a year… As then-Cabinet Office minister Ruth Anderson said in a written PQ answer last year: “…where a minister occupies an official…

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Tories and Reform UK tell Burnham they will fight any plan to reform adult social care involving tax rises – UK politics live

Defence secretary Wes Streeting says the country will see a prime minister that ‘runs towards big and difficult issues’ Good morning. Yesterday Wes Streeting, the defence secretary, told Sky News that, while Andy Burnham spent his first week as PM focusing on cost of living issues, this week the public would see “a prime minister that runs towards big and difficult issues rather than runs away from [them]”. Those challenges include reforming social care and, as Peter Walker reports, Burnham has

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The Guardian Politics27 Jul 2026

Burnham is master of his message for now. But he should know this: media foes will offer no respite | Tom Baldwin

While the new PM’s slick social media operation can help him bypass the hostile press that devoured Starmer, he will still need friends in the fourth estate Andy Burnham has been in politics long enough to know that the largely friendly media coverage he’s received so far would turn hostile once he was inside Downing Street. And, within hours of becoming prime minister, some familiar predators were circling as they tried to decide whether to attack him for being too leftwing, too insubstantial o

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