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• Donald Trump's TrumpCare Comments Come Back To Haunt Him

  25-03-2017 10:55
  
  Donald Trump yesterday received a devastating setback in his Presidency as his attempt to repeal Obamacare was defeated by divisions within his own party.
  House Republicans pulled their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, marking defeat on what was supposed to be one of Trump’s first major political achievements.
  Speaking in the Oval Office after the stunning defeat, Trump tried to lay the blame anywhere but on his own shoulders.He said: “You’ve all heard my speeches. I nev
  
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• Six takeaways from Burnham’s conference speech

  29-09-2026 18:27 via ft.com
  Europe and electoral reform among PM’s key proposals but many will be tackled after the next general election
  
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• Burnham sets up battle lines on social care and Europe

  29-09-2026 18:19 via ft.com
  Prime minister pledges to create ‘national care service’, end the pensions triple lock and reopen Brexit debate after next election
  
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• The PM’s brave new world — just one more election away

  29-09-2026 18:04 via ft.com
  The starting gun for the prime minister’s real revolution will not be fired till he has gone to the country
  
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• Average UK diesel price set to reach £2 per litre within days

  29-09-2026 14:34 via ft.com
  Fuel predicted to breach ‘psychological price point’ for the first time ever due to US export threat and disruption to Middle East and Russian supplies
  
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• Mahmood looks to soften migration policies amid Labour pressure

  29-09-2026 13:12 via ft.com
  UK home secretary signals rethink on right to remain proposals at party conference
  
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• Healey failed to truthfully articulate causes of Britain’s problems

  29-09-2026 11:01 via ft.com
  Inability to acknowledge the financial crisis or credit New Labour’s inheritance illustrates wider issues among politicians
  
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• Burnham willing to ‘burn’ all his political capital on triple lock, says Rayner

  29-09-2026 10:37 via ft.com
  Prime minister pitches ‘honest conversation’ with voters about problems facing the UK
  
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• Burnham warned ditching triple lock would be ‘electoral insanity’ ahead of conference speech

  29-09-2026 10:37 via ft.com
  Prime minister pitches ‘honest conversation’ with voters about problems facing the UK
  
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• Burnham vows to scrap triple lock to pay for social care

  29-09-2026 10:37 via ft.com
  Prime minister says ‘change will be difficult’ in first conference speech as leader
  
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• Burnham vows to scrap pensions triple lock from 2030

  29-09-2026 10:37 via ft.com
  Prime minister says ‘change will be difficult’ in first conference speech as leader
  
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• Burnham says ‘change will be difficult’ in first party conference speech as Labour leader

  29-09-2026 10:37 via ft.com
  Prime minister pledges to give ‘real speech’ as he lays out problems facing the country
  
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• Burnham gives first party conference speech as Labour leader

  29-09-2026 10:37 via ft.com
  Prime minister expected to pledge to ‘be straight’ with voters about the problems facing the country
  
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• What ‘Choosin’ Texas’ tells us about Burnham’s social care obstacles

  29-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Convincing the British public to pay higher taxes for something they wrongly assume the state provides will not be easy
  
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• Trade union chief criticises Burnham’s delay to social care reforms

  29-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Andrea Egan says prime minister should move faster on setting up new system
  
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• Burnham’s social care reforms are too slow, says union chief

  29-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Unison’s Andrea Egan says prime minister should move faster on setting up new system
  
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• Burnham vows to break with ‘politics as usual’ by tackling UK’s biggest issues

  28-09-2026 23:30 via ft.com
  PM will unveil at Labour conference a ‘serious prospectus’ that aims to confront problems including social care crisis and youth unemployment
  
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• Burnham vows to break ‘politics as usual’ by tackling UK’s biggest issues

  28-09-2026 23:30 via ft.com
  PM will unveil at Labour conference a ‘serious prospectus’ that aims to confront problems including social care crisis and youth unemployment
  
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• UK to restart resettlement scheme, Mahmood tells Labour conference

  28-09-2026 18:46 via ft.com
  Home secretary portrays the initiative as an opportunity for ‘genuine refugees’ to live in Britain
  
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• A TV series shows Britain is woefully unprepared for war

  28-09-2026 16:51 via ft.com
  Sky’s ‘The Wargame’ may be fiction but the defence vulnerabilities it reveals are very real
  
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• Blair-era money is ‘not there now’, Healey warns Labour

  28-09-2026 14:54 via ft.com
  UK chancellor uses conference speech to prepare ruling party for possible Budget tax rises
  
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• Healey to address Labour conference for first time as chancellor

  28-09-2026 12:04 via ft.com
  Speech to party members comes a month before high-stakes Budget
  
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• Healey promises era of ‘hope’ fuelled by reindustrialisation

  28-09-2026 12:04 via ft.com
  Speech to party members comes a month before high-stakes Budget
  
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• Healey addresses Labour conference for first time as chancellor

  28-09-2026 12:04 via ft.com
  Speech to party members comes a month before high-stakes Budget
  
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• Economic boom enjoyed by New Labour ‘simply not there now’, Healey says

  28-09-2026 12:04 via ft.com
  Chancellor aims to lay ground for difficult decisions before high-stakes Budget
  
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• Northern Ireland’s political parties agree on one thing: £1.5bn is not enough

  28-09-2026 11:00 via ft.com
  Stormont risks having budget imposed by Westminster as deadline looms
  
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• A faintly hopeful mood at Labour conference

  28-09-2026 10:30 via ft.com
  Most party MPs think Andy Burnham’s government is handling politics better, but manifesto and fiscal constraints remain
  
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• Shares in UK housebuilders surge on new Help to Buy scheme

  28-09-2026 09:11 via ft.com
  UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveils scheme to help first-time buyers on to housing ladder
  
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• UK biodiesel industry attacks rejection of duties on cheaper US imports

  28-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Decision ignored recommendation that levies of more than £250 a tonne were warranted to protect local producers
  
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• Andy Burnham’s first Labour conference as prime minister

  28-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Can the UK leader use the meeting in Liverpool to maintain his government’s momentum?
  
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