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The UK has its first Catholic PM – but don’t expect a US-style religious culture war to follow
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The UK has its first Catholic PM – but don’t expect a US-style religious culture war to follow

Trump administration has clashed with Vatican on social issues but Burnham’s faith is shaped by different principles With the appointment of Britain’s first lifelong Roman Catholic prime minister, the...

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Lucy Harrison’s father was holding the gun that killed her but was never arrested. Now her mother wants Andy Burnham to take up the case
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Lucy Harrison’s father was holding the gun that killed her but was never arrested. Now her mother wants Andy Burnham to take up the case

Eighteen months after her daughter’s death in Texas, Jane Coates hopes new PM can persuade US authorities to reopen caseLucy Harrison felt that 2024 was her best year yet. The 23-year-old had graduate...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Home Office rejects Palestinian Jerusalemite woman’s UK visa but approves husband’s
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Home Office rejects Palestinian Jerusalemite woman’s UK visa but approves husband’s

Officials not satisfied Therese Abdallah is a ‘genuine visitor’ and believe she would not leave after visit to son in LondonA Palestinian Jerusalemite who lives in London has been left devastated afte...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
The UK’s first TikTok PM? Andy Burnham channels Zohran Mamdani as he hits social media
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The UK’s first TikTok PM? Andy Burnham channels Zohran Mamdani as he hits social media

From Mo Farah to Bus Aunty, new prime minister makes good on promise to ‘do things differently’ when it comes to communicationThey say a week is a long time in politics, but handily for followers of A...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
I grew up near Andy Burnham. This is what shaped the UK’s new PM
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I grew up near Andy Burnham. This is what shaped the UK’s new PM

In the Warrington suburb of Culcheth, people are hopeful about what one of their own can achieve as the first northern PM in half a centuryThe Cherry Tree pub is an unassuming local. On a busy road in...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Existing care workers could be exempt from UK’s tough new immigration rules
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Existing care workers could be exempt from UK’s tough new immigration rules

Exclusive: Andy Burnham thought to be considering waiving stricter right to remain rules for people already working in the sectorHundreds of thousands of care workers could be exempted from the home s...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Reform councillors told to call donations inquiry ‘establishment stitch-up’
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Reform councillors told to call donations inquiry ‘establishment stitch-up’

Party briefing notes say: ‘Daily routine of hit jobs and smears will not deter us from winning next general election’ Reform UK has instructed its councillors to describe a police investigation into d...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Was Keir Starmer’s leaving party the boozy birth of a new Labour force?
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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...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
A Week Of Prime Minister Andy Burnham
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A Week Of Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Number 10 North opens its doors for the first time.

BBC News - UK2 months ago
Burnham urged to lobby EU leaders directly to waive EES border controls
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Burnham urged to lobby EU leaders directly to waive EES border controls

Lib Dems call on PM to push for suspension of ‘bungled, malfunctioning’ system as overseas holiday travel peaksAndy Burnham has been urged to lobby EU leaders directly to suspend the new entry-exit sy...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Andy Burnham spends first working day at new No 10 North in Manchester – UK politics live
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Andy Burnham spends first working day at new No 10 North in Manchester – UK politics live

PM, on his first day at new base, says it will create ‘that sense of a more balanced country, that big things can be done from here’Andy Burnham has arrived by police convoy at No 10 North at Heron Ho...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Andy Burnham opens No 10 North in Manchester – video
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Andy Burnham opens No 10 North in Manchester – video

The prime minister opened a new government base in Manchester, called No 10 North, intended to signal a shift away from what he said had been decades of economic decision-making centred in London. Her...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
‘It’s generations of decline’: can Andy Burnham really end rough sleeping?
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‘It’s generations of decline’: can Andy Burnham really end rough sleeping?

Outreach workers on the frontline of England’s homelessness crisis react to PM’s flagship policy pledgeUK politics live – latest updatesIt is close to midnight as two outreach workers from Spear, a ho...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Race, school, gender: the makeup of Andy Burnham’s cabinet – in charts
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Race, school, gender: the makeup of Andy Burnham’s cabinet – in charts

Women have half the seats at the top table for the first time, but Oxbridge maintains its gripAndy Burnham has appointed the first cabinet of his premiership. Much has been made of how key allies of h...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst opens up about being “really close to the edge” with personal struggles and finding it “almost impossible” to write about Trump era
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Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst opens up about being “really close to the edge” with personal struggles and finding it “almost impossible” to write about Trump era

"You can't satirise what is already like a parody, and a disgusting, gross cartoon" The post Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst opens up about being “really close to the edge” with personal struggles and find...

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Regional mayors to take key roles in UK policy decisions as part of No 10 North plans
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Regional mayors to take key roles in UK policy decisions as part of No 10 North plans

Burnham says ‘no one in government loses when power is shared’ as he revives Brown-era national economic councilIt’s not just a No 10 in the north, it’s an engine for growth throughout the whole UK |...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
‘A small snippet’: what pubs make of Burnham’s £100m rates giveaway
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‘A small snippet’: what pubs make of Burnham’s £100m rates giveaway

Landlords say high costs of running hospitality business outweigh potential savings of business rates discountOne of Andy Burnham’s first policy measures as prime minister is a 20% reduction in busine...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Urgent need for more security after physical attacks and abuse, say MPs’ staff
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Urgent need for more security after physical attacks and abuse, say MPs’ staff

Exclusive: Westminster survey finds one in two staffers experiencing clinical levels of psychological distressStaff employed by MPs are calling for urgently tightened security after reports of some be...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Kemi Badenoch ‘has to adapt’ her rhetoric to take on Andy Burnham
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Kemi Badenoch ‘has to adapt’ her rhetoric to take on Andy Burnham

Conservative leader is becoming more confident and forging a message for her party, but faces a new opponent “So, Andy Burnham seems like a nice guy.” Those were the slightly unexpected opening words...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Lobbying firm pressed for details about payments to journalists for favourable stories
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Lobbying firm pressed for details about payments to journalists for favourable stories

MPs and others condemn behaviour of CT Group, which offered cash for positive coverage of clientsA political lobbying firm secretly paying journalists for articles favourable to its clients is facing...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago