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BBC Politics24 Jul 2026

Chancellor joins PM on first day working from No 10 North

Various ministers are also set to work regularly from the northern branch of Downing Street.

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Express Politics24 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham's pub appearance mistaken for a wake as landlords issue huge warning

EXCLUSIVE: The confusion came as the new PM visited an Essex pub to announce cut to business rates and promised boozers "the cavalry is coming".

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The Guardian Politics24 Jul 2026

The Guardian view on Andy Burnham’s first week: polished politics allow an upbeat start | Editorial

With a flurry of cost-of-living measures and a day in Number 10 North, the new prime minister has hit the right early notes Appropriately enough, Andy Burnham ended a week of political signalling and first impressions back in Manchester on Friday. At the offices of the new No 10 North – where the prime minister hopes to work at least one day a week – regional mayors sat alongside ministers in an example of Burnhamism at work. It was an early statement of intent, ahead of what Mr Burnham bills as

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Guido Fawkes24 Jul 2026

EXC: New Aid Minister Said Failing to Increase Aid Spending Causes “Deaths By Choice”

The Foreign Office’s new aid minister said that cutting aid makes politicians responsible for death. This can only go one way… Kirsty McNeil, who was moved to the FCDO from the Scotland Office in the Burnham reshuffle, is now the Minister of State responsible for aid. Prior to her election in 2024 she spent nine…

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The Guardian Politics24 Jul 2026

Scoff at cheaper bus fares and No 10 North if you like, but Andy Burnham knows what he’s doing | Jonathan Freedland

Retail politics while taking power out of London: if this works, Burnham’s premiership could be seriously transformational One of Andy Burnham’s first policy moves brought back a sharp memory. On Wednesday, he announced that single bus fares across England would be capped at £2, starting from January. It was part of a series of small, practical measures designed, said the new prime minister, to offer a little “breathing space” to a hard-pressed public, but this was the one that registered with m

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Guido Fawkes24 Jul 2026

Guido Whispers: What’s Life Really Like in Number 10 North?

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 read it, become a Guido member today. Sign up here and get all the gossip first…

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The Guardian Politics24 Jul 2026

Reform councillors told to describe donations inquiry as establishment stitch-up

‘Daily routine of hit jobs and smears will not deter us from winning next general election,’ party briefing notes say Reform UK has instructed its councillors to describe a police investigation into donations from the mother of George Cottrell as an establishment stitch-up, as polling showed the party’s popularity plummeting. Internal briefing documents circulated to the party’s councillors included instructions to respond to questions about a Metropolitan police investigation into party donatio

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The Guardian Politics24 Jul 2026

Was Keir Starmer’s leaving party the boozy birth of a new Labour force?

A £10,000 bar tab was drunk, there was a ‘lot of anger’, and now ex-ministers are thinking how to cooperate in future Keir Starmer’s leaving party had been planned for some time. But in years to come it might be seen as the birth of a new Labour movement. Dozens of ministers, aides and Starmer himself headed to the Grafton pub in Kentish Town on Monday night to drown their sorrows, hours after the former prime minister left Downing Street for the last time. Continue reading...

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Conservative Home24 Jul 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

Reform UK gained a seat from the Conservatives in Medway. But Reform UK lost two seats to Labour in Thurrock. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics24 Jul 2026

Sadiq Khan accused of sectarian politics over Netanyahu arrest call - 'profoundly wrong'

Exclusive: Sir Sadiq Khan has been accused of sectarian politics after calling for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits London.

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BBC Politics24 Jul 2026

Chris Mason: What his first week in power tells us about Andy Burnham

The fledgling Burnham administration has been seeking to find its feet and make a decent first impression at the same time, the BBC's political editor Chris Mason explains.

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BBC Politics24 Jul 2026

Chris Mason: What his first week in power tells us about Andy Burnham

The fledgling Burnham administration has been seeking to find its feet and make a decent first impression at the same time, the BBC's political editor Chris Mason explains.

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