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The Guardian Politics29 Jun 2026

Thai-based crypto investor funding Reform unlikely to avoid cap on overseas donations

Christopher Harborne, who also gave Nigel Farage £5m ‘gift’, reported to have registered to vote in Hampshire Christopher Harborne, the Thailand-based crypto investor who has given millions of pounds to Reform UK, would be unlikely to get around a planned cap on overseas political donations even if he has registered to vote in the UK, it is understood. Harborne, who also gave Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, £5m as a “gift”, has registered to vote in Hampshire, the Times reported, with a spokesp

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The Guardian Politics29 Jun 2026

Nato chief says he is confident Burnham will stick to defence spending target

Mark Rutte stressed need for military investment ahead of long-awaited UK funding announcement on Tuesday Nato’s secretary general has said he is confident Andy Burnham will stick to the alliance’s long-term spending commitments, and that the man expected to be the UK’s next prime minister would recognise that rearmament can spur economic growth. During a visit to London, Mark Rutte said he did not expect the UK to meet an alliance target to spend 3.5% of GDP on defence by 2035 “in one big step”

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The Guardian Politics29 Jun 2026

Ben Jennings on Andy Burnham’s first major policy speech – cartoon

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The Guardian Politics29 Jun 2026

Resident doctors in England accept government offer on pay and jobs

British Medical Association called off a strike at the last minute earlier this month to put the offer to members Resident doctors in England have voted to accept a new government deal on pay and jobs. It comes after the British Medical Association called off a strike at the last minute earlier this month to put the offer to members. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics29 Jun 2026

Burnham will stand or fall on his plans for youth employment: he must put the next generation first | Polly Toynbee

Labour has to match the success of its New Deal for young people in the late 1990s – and remedy the injustices that have led to a ‘lost generation’ Today a new programme starts to help the million unemployed young people not in education or training (Neets). By chance, it launches on the day Andy Burnham set out to paint a picture of his horizons with plans that put the young first, closely matching Alan Milburn’s searing review of the fate of a “lost generation”. As from now, any employer can c

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Sky News Politics29 Jun 2026

Strikes to end as resident doctors accept pay deal

Resident doctors in England have voted to accept a day deal, bringing to an end long-running strike action.

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The Guardian Politics29 Jun 2026

Can Andy Burnham’s ‘No 10 North’ change anything? – podcast

Andy Burnham, the prime minister-in-waiting, has made his first major speech since becoming the MP for Makerfield. Speaking in Manchester, he said the Westminster system was ‘broken’ and that a ‘more of the same’ attitude would not work. He promised a ‘No 10 North’ as part of his proposals for devolution, the biggest council housebuilding programme since the post-war period, and ‘good growth in every postcode’. Pippa and Kiran look at what the speech tells us about Burnham’s ambitions for the ec

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BBC Politics29 Jun 2026

Resident doctors in England accept pay deal and end strikes

Doctors have been locked in a three-year dispute with the government, resulting in several rounds of strikes.

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BBC Politics29 Jun 2026

Resident doctors in England accept pay deal and end strikes

Doctors have been locked in a three-year dispute with the government, resulting in several rounds of strikes.

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Express Politics29 Jun 2026

Kemi Badenoch: Britain is heading for a summer of chaos with Andy Burnham at the wheel

Andy Burnham will plunge the UK into a summer of chaos, blasts Kemi Badenoch.

BBC Politics29 Jun 2026

Ex-MP Craig Williams pleads guilty over general election betting offence

Williams was MP for Montgomeryshire and an aide to then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before the 2024 election.

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BBC Politics29 Jun 2026

New 'No 10 North' plan will rebalance power in Britain, Burnham promises

The man most likely to be the next prime minister says his devolution plans would "drive good growth in every postcode".