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Andy Burnham just unleashed his barmy army of hard-left tax zealots - and you will pay

Andy Burnham's easy-going blokey charm will quickly wear thin.

Andy Burnham to propose devolution plan in first major policy speech since launching bid for No 10 – UK politics live

Makerfield MP and hopeful prime minister to pledge ‘growth in every postcode’ Good morning. When Keir Starmer became PM, he had published his missions and his first steps, Labour was awash with policy, but some people still felt it was hard to know what his driving motivation was, what was the single big goal he wanted to achieve in politics. Andy Burnham is set to become PM three weeks today and in his case it is easy to answer this question is because he published a book about it in early 202

‘Master Communicator’ Burnham Refuses to Take Any Questions at First Press Conference

Andy Burnham is refusing to answer questions at the first press conference designed to ease people’s concerns about his opacity. Who could have foreseen this? He will give a speech at around 11:30 a.m. in Manchester designed to inform people what his economic views are. The trail goes something like this: He will explain his…

Nightmare for Keir Starmer as petition against major policy hits huge milestone

The Prime Minister announced a major change to the law before saying he would step down

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It is based on a Canadian scheme that has settled 400,000 people since 1979

Rich’s Monday Morning View

Andy Burnham’s radical plot to 'rewire' the economy

Burnham is widely expected to become prime minister next month.

Politics LIVE: Andy Burnham to make major announcement in huge speech today

Britain's likely next PM is giving a key speech this morning - follow live

It is just possible Burnham has learned something from the hash Starmer made of welfare reform

It does not matter that we shall have had seven PMs in a decade: repeated failure at length becomes instructive. The post It is just possible Burnham has learned something from the hash Starmer made of welfare reform appeared first on Conservative Home.

HMRC scheme that wrongly cut child benefits did not ‘adequately consider’ impact, report finds

NAO inquiry follows suspension of payments after erroneous records that claimants had emigrated An HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) anti-fraud crackdown that stripped 23,000 families of their child benefit failed to “adequately consider” the policy’s impact on claimants, an official report has found. The report by the National Audit Office followed HMRC’s decision to suspend payments after flight records provided by the Home Office purportedly showed thousands of parents had emigrated. Continue re

Disgraced ex MP 'visited gay sauna' while calling homosexuality 'sinful'

The former leader of the DUP was convicted last month of a string of sexual assaults including rape.

Mel Stride: Whilst Labour try to stop their own collapse we are focussing on growth and renewal

A big reason we lost our way in government was too often we failed to remember that the private sector is where growth will come from. Some in business thought Labour would be on their side. Most can now see that this Labour Party has no understanding of how business works. We do. The post Mel Stride: Whilst Labour try to stop their own collapse we are focussing on growth and renewal appeared first on Conservative Home.