BBC Politics16 Jul 2026
Burnham planning summer tour of UK in early weeks as PM
Described as a "listening tour of the UK", Burnham will travel across the country in August while MPs break for the summer.
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Exclusive Interview: "Rising Star" Switches to Restore Britain — "I Want a Political Home That Respects Me"
Kieran Mishchuk, 19, who won his seat for Reform UK aged 18, tells Restore News why he made the switch and why he hasn't looked back.
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Troubling Evidence Of Corruption
The attacks continue as Restore Britain's popularity is causing panic at Reform
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Young Bob Assaulted By Muslim Gang
Prominent remigration activist Young Bob was assaulted and robbed in Whitechapel on Tuesday evening by a gang of muslims gathered for a debate outside a mosque.
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The Advance UK Merger Collapse: Ego, Entitlement, and the Fight for Britain's Future
Ben Habib's proposed merger with Restore Britain collapses after Rupert Lowe refuses to hand over the keys. The reaction from Advance UK's inner circle reveals more about their motivations than they intended.
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Guido Fawkes16 Jul 2026
Burnham Hires Ex-Hope Not Hate Director as No10 Political Strategy Chief
Andy Burnham has hired a former director of leftist campaigning outfit Hope Not Hate as his new head of political strategy in No10, according to Sam Coates. Buckle up… Matthew McGregor was Director of Campaigns & Communications for Hope Not Hate from January 2018 to October 2021, after which he was appointed CEO of activist…
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The Guardian Politics16 Jul 2026
Keir Starmer makes Sadiq Khan a peer in the House of Lords
Appointment by outgoing prime minister, potentially opens door for London mayor to join Burnham cabinet UK politics live – latest updates Sadiq Khan has been given a peerage by Keir Starmer just days before the prime minister stands down, potentially opening the door to one of Labour’s most high-profile mayors joining Andy Burnham’s cabinet in future. The London mayor has long been tipped for the House of Lords, with Starmer said to have been keen to put him there immediately after the May loc
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The Guardian Politics16 Jul 2026
Burnham too influenced by ‘vested interests’ to offer change, Polanski says
Exclusive: Green party launches pushback against idea that next PM will have more left-leaning agenda than Starmer UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham is “too in hock to vested interests” to offer real change, Zack Polanski has said as the Greens launched a pushback against the incoming prime minister, portraying him as cautious and weak on such areas as wealth taxes, Gaza and rent controls. Under Polanski’s leadership the Green party in England and Wales has more than tripled its m
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The Guardian Politics16 Jul 2026
How green is Andy Burnham? Britain’s next PM faces tough climate decisions
Heatwaves, high energy prices, calls for reindustrialisation and North Sea drilling are all high on the to-do list UK politics live – latest updates Wildfires cast a pall of smoke this week over Greater Manchester, whose former mayor Andy Burnham stands on the threshold of No 10. Amid three UK heatwaves so far this year, which have killed thousands of people in England and Wales, damaged harvests and left children crying in classrooms, the new prime minister’s plans for the climate crisis rema
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The Guardian Politics16 Jul 2026
Mahmood v Miliband: who will Burnham choose for chancellor? – podcast
Andy Burnham will become prime minister of the UK on Monday. But he has yet to reveal any cabinet picks, and rumours suggest he still hasn’t chosen a chancellor. What do we actually know about his plans for governing? Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey chat about the new PM’s options and the likely issues on the top of his in-tray You can read Dan Boffey’s profile of Andy Burnham here Please keep sending your comments and questions to Pippa and Kiran at politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.com You can watch
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The Guardian Politics16 Jul 2026
UK government drops plan to stop paying coastguard volunteers
Move raises questions over position of the head of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency UK politics live – latest updates Ministers have U-turned on plans to strip volunteer coastguard officers of their hourly pay after coming in for intense criticism over the plan. The announcement, made by the maritime minister in parliament on Thursday, was described as a huge win for coastguards many of whom had said they would reduce their hours or leave the service altogether if the government had pushed a
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Express Politics16 Jul 2026
New Hillsborough Law holds official lies to account – with one major exception
OPINON - MARCUS BALL: Despite success of campaigners, what sort of message does it send when MPs are legally free to deceive the public?
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Guido Fawkes16 Jul 2026
Hopeful Jonathan Reynolds Wants to Get Old Business & Trade Job Back
The current chief whip Jonathan Reynolds is not making a secret of his hope to return to his old Business and Trade brief under Burnham. Team Andy is staying officially tight-lipped about appointments until Monday despite leaks… Reynolds was observed re-introducing himself pointedly to Andrew Griffith, the Shadow Business and Trade Secretary in the Commons…
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Guido Fawkes16 Jul 2026
Argentina to Be Fined for Players’ Illegal Colonialist Messaging on Pitch
Argentina is set to be fined by FIFA once the World Cup is over after its players unfurled a banner reading “Las Malvinas Son Argentinas” following their win against England last night. Political messaging is banned, extremely strictly… The Argentine government also publicised a complaint against the British after HMS Medway sailed from the Falklands…
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The Guardian Politics16 Jul 2026
Starmer nationalises British Steel and visits Ukraine on last full day as Labour leader – UK politics live
Outgoing PM moves to cements his legacy before his replacement by Andy Burnham as party leader tomorrow Good morning. Conventional wisdom has it that, once a PM announces they are going to stand down, all their power vanishes faster than water down a clear plughole. Broadly that’s correct. But in the last week or so Keir Starmer seems to have been acting with a decisiveness that eluded him for most of his time in office: finalising the defence investment plan; delivering the long-awaited apology
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Express Politics16 Jul 2026
Politics LIVE: Andy Burnham sparks fury after tax bombshell in Gary Lineker interview
The incoming prime minister has prompted criticism after suggesting there will be tax rises.
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