Express Politics1 Jul 2026
Andy Burnham’s Labour plots huge tax grab - even Rachel Reeves wouldn't do this
Andy Burnham is being pushed to drive our taxes to new highs. He'll be worse than Rachel Reeves, writes Harvey Jones.
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The Guardian Politics1 Jul 2026
Keir Starmer forced on back foot at PMQs over ‘weak’ defence plan
Prime minister says he will take no lectures from Tories after Kemi Badenoch says investment plan is insufficient UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer was forced on the defensive in the Commons over his long-delayed defence investment plan announced this week, which critics argue leaves his successor as prime minister, expected to be Andy Burnham, with an extra £4.7bn to find in his first budget. Starmer defended his £298bn defence investment plan (Dip) at prime minister’s questions
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Express Politics1 Jul 2026
Andy Burnham used £16,000 of taxpayers' cash to buy London flat
The former Manchester Mayor submitted an expenses claim to cover costs to his London flat during his last stint in Government, according to reports.
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BBC Politics1 Jul 2026
New defence secretary says Burnham backs defence budget
Dan Jarvis says Andy Burnham will back his £15bn defence spending plan if he becomes PM.
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Guido Fawkes1 Jul 2026
Defence Minister Says Starmer’s Black Hole Gift for Burnham Is “Pretty Normal”
Defence minister Luke Pollard defended Starmer for leaving a £4.7 billion black hole in the Defence Investment Plan to be funded by Burnham in his first Budget this year. Pollard told Sky News: “So it’s not unusual for governments to make announcements saying this is what we’ll spend and then to complete the details of…
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Conservative Home1 Jul 2026
John Redwood: Manchesterism won’t work
If Mr Burnham really wants to go for growth he will need lower taxes, cheaper energy, a roll back of net zero self harm, and more incentive for people to get a job and set up businesses. His wannabe advisers want more spending, more borrowing, more benefits, more socialism. That did not work in the 1970s and will not work now. The post John Redwood: Manchesterism won’t work appeared first on Conservative Home.
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The Guardian Politics1 Jul 2026
The Burnham blueprint, as told by one of its architects – podcast
Andy Burnham has set out his economic plans for Britain. Neal Lawson, from the Burnham-aligned group Mainstream, explains the thinking behind it Helen Pidd has been one of Andy Burnham’s constituents for almost a decade now. She says she has seen Greater Manchester thrive on his watch. Now he wants to do for the rest of the country what he has done for her region. On Monday Burnham stood up in the People’s History Museum in Manchester and delivered his economic manifesto. Barring some 11th hour
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The Guardian Politics30 Jun 2026
Northern Rail Project risks repeating costly HS2 failures, MPs warn
The £45bn scheme to link cities across north of England with new or upgraded lines has no convincing or properly costed plan, committee says Building Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) risks repeating the failures of HS2 with “no convincing plan” to deliver it within a £45bn budget, an influential committee of MPs has warned. The government announced in January its commitment and funding for the NPR project to connect cities across the north, consisting of new or upgraded lines between Liverpool, Ma
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The Guardian Politics30 Jun 2026
Burnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment plan
Ally of PM-in-waiting says four-year boost for the armed forces is an ‘unexploded bomb’ Britain has finally grasped the nettle on defence, but tough choices lie ahead Andy Burnham will have to find an extra £4.7bn for defence in his first budget, after Keir Starmer announced a £298bn defence investment plan (Dip) without having fully identified how it will be funded. Sources close to the Makerfield MP said he would not try to renegotiate the Dip after the outgoing prime minister announced its
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The Guardian Politics30 Jun 2026
Britain has finally grasped the nettle on defence, but tough choices lie ahead
The new PM must balance the security budget and other urgent spending priorities, with little room for manoeuvre Keir Starmer’s defence investment plan leaves behind spending problems that his successor will not be able to avoid. Military budgets will be well short of the UK’s Nato commitments by the end of the decade, and European allies and a combustible White House are likely to notice. Continue reading...
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BBC Politics30 Jun 2026
Welsh budget facing cuts because of Starmer defence plans, says first minister
Money for new buildings to be cut as a result of defence plans, Rhun ap Iorwerth says.
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The Guardian Politics30 Jun 2026
The Guardian view on the defence investment plan: the UK needs security, not dependency on a wayward US | Editorial
Sir Keir Starmer cuts civilian investment while deepening reliance on American power. That doesn’t feel like national renewal Since Brexit, Daphne du Maurier’s final novel, Rule Britannia, has been seen as a prescient warning about the UK cutting itself adrift from Europe. After joining and then leaving the EU’s predecessor, the Common Market, in a referendum, Du Maurier imagined the UK facing such economic instability that its prime minister submits to a US takeover. Britain is occupied by US f
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