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BBC Politics14 Jul 2026

Row after Tory bid to make Burnham face MPs before autumn fails

The Tories have accused Labour of "running scared" after ministers denied them a chance to delay Parliament's summer break.

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BBC Politics14 Jul 2026

Row after Tory bid to make Burnham face MPs before autumn fails

The Tories have accused Labour of "running scared" after ministers denied them a chance to delay Parliament's summer break.

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Express Politics14 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham's secret plan to sack 3 ministers leaked: 'It's a bloodbath!'

EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham is planning to majorly shakeup the Labour Cabinet after taking the reins from Keir Starmer next week.

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The Guardian Politics14 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham must act fast on the climate – or risk getting stuck in a ‘derailment’ doom loop | Laurie Laybourn

Around the world, climate-sceptic parties are exploiting floods and fires to make political capital. Without urgent changes, this deadly spiral will continue Recent unprecedented heatwaves in the UK may have killed thousands of people. Children are suffering in overheating schools. NHS trusts are straining under record-breaking demand. This all comes after climate extremes have even affected national security, with three of Britain’s five worst harvests coming since 2020, impairing food security

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The Guardian Politics14 Jul 2026

Kemi Badenoch zeros in on Tory MPs who believe in climate crisis – and those who don’t

Despite the party polling at 19%, Conservative leader only wants ideologically sound on board – or rather, those who think the same as her You have to hand it to Kemi Badenoch. She doesn’t take any prisoners. While the rest of us have been trying to survive a heatwave and are wondering if air-con may be needed for future summers, the Tory leader has taken a more hardline approach to climate change. Call it Schrödinger’s climate change. It’s both happening and not happening at the same time. Kemi

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BBC Politics14 Jul 2026

Change voting system before next election, Davey urges Burnham

The Lib Dem leader urges incoming PM Andy Burnham to "be brave" to fulfil his promise to change politics.

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Express Politics14 Jul 2026

Rachel Reeves was a disaster - but what Burnham has coming is even worse

The Chancellor has had a tumultuous two years in the job while the conomy has suffered, writes Political Editor

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Guido Fawkes14 Jul 2026

Cross-Party MPs Propose Massive Hike to Local Taxes in ‘Devolution’ Plans

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Government – which has Tory representation – has called for massive tax-raising powers to be handed to local authorities. Nicely timed with devo-mad Burnham’s entry to No10… The newly published proposals: Assign national taxes to strategic authorities starting with 5% of Income Tax to replace the £16 billion Integrated…

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Guido Fawkes14 Jul 2026

Net Zero Backers Evade Badenoch’s Purge of Tory Wets

Kemi Badenoch has begun her purge of the wets, with Theresa May’s former chief of staff Gavin Barwell finally dumped earlier this week after he spent months moaning about the Tories becoming a “Reform tribute act“. The Tories say all parliamentary candidates need to back plans to scrap net zero and leave the ECHR. A…

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The Guardian Politics14 Jul 2026

Tell us: what do you want from the next Labour leader and UK prime minister?

Ahead of Andy Burnham taking over from Keir Starmer, we’d like to hear what qualities, values and priorities people want to see in the next prime minister Andy Burnham is to become the next prime minister after winning the backing of 349 of the party’s MPs to replace Keir Starmer. In a recent op-ed in The Times, Burnham wrote: “Doing politics differently means levelling with the public, engaging them in decisions and ensuring more social value in return for increased government spending.” Conti

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Conservative Home14 Jul 2026

George Trefgarne: Our Tory women versus the blokes, lads, and chaps should have one positive outcome

Thankfully, only a few organisations in the country are still entirely male dominated. It is very odd that so many political parties in Westminster are among them. The post George Trefgarne: Our Tory women versus the blokes, lads, and chaps should have one positive outcome appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Sky News Politics14 Jul 2026

The new squad aiming to ensure Burnham keeps to key pledge

Labour MPs are demanding Andy Burnham sets a target of creating one million jobs in production over the next decade as part of a reindustrialisation strategy.

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