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• The four contracts that finished Carillion

  15-01-2018 20:55 via theguardian.com
  The construction giant’s collapse is a disaster not just for employees and taxpayers, but for public-private partnership policyIt was trusted to build some of the country’s most important infrastructure – from NHS hospitals to much-needed new road projects – yet the foundations of construction giant Carillion were shaky enough for the group to be felled by just four contracts. Two were for much-needed new hospitals – and work on both was immediately halted as the co
  
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• City leaders chew over Reeves’ successor at Mansion House banquet

  15-07-2026 00:40 via ft.com
  Conversations at annual gathering focus on who will take key job of chancellor in new Burnham government
  
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• UK teenagers face midnight curfew on using social media platforms

  14-07-2026 23:30 via ft.com
  Addictive features such as autoplay videos and infinite scrolling will be switched off under planned laws
  
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• Miliband trails Mahmood in race to become Burnham’s chancellor

  14-07-2026 22:45 via ft.com
  Home secretary emerges as favourite for key role amid criticism of energy secretary’s radical net zero policies
  
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• Ann Widdecombe killed in ‘targeted attack’, counterterror police say

  14-07-2026 17:46 via ft.com
  Ex-Conservative minister and Reform spokesperson was found dead at her home in Devon on Thursday
  
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• UK ‘wasted’ nearly £10bn on PPE during pandemic, inquiry says

  14-07-2026 13:08 via ft.com
  ‘Vast’ sums squandered in health crisis, report finds, as it criticises so-called VIP lane for procurement
  
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• UK borrowing costs hit highest level since May as oil surges

  14-07-2026 12:48 via ft.com
  Ten-year yield back above 5% just days before Andy Burnham set to become prime minister
  
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• Andy Burnham’s theory of government

  14-07-2026 10:46 via ft.com
  His commitment to reining in outsourcing reflects his frustration at poor accountability
  
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• Visa applicants’ medical data wrongly sent to lawyers hired by employers

  14-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Information sharing between Home Office and NHS England has led to leaks of sensitive data
  
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• The union power struggle that could reshape Labour’s future funding

  14-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Under the leadership of Sharon Graham, who now faces a challenge, Unite has cut its annual affiliation fee to the party from £1.45mn to £870,000
  
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• The political fast lane keeps making the same scandal mistake

  14-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  A story might be reported to no great acclaim for months before it finally blows up in the public consciousness
  
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• Spain begins Gibraltar airport checks as Brexit reaches the Rock

  14-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Troubled EU entry system will be turned on from Wednesday, with UK territory in effect becoming part of Schengen zone
  
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• Give Wales more tax powers, first minister tells Burnham

  14-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Wales wants the same borrowing abilities as Scotland, says Rhun ap Iorwerth
  
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• Burnham tells Labour MPs he will rein in Britain’s outsourcing industry

  13-07-2026 23:53 via ft.com
  PM-in-waiting says he will appoint a ‘broad church’ ministerial team and bring government contracts in-house
  
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• Andy Burnham tells Labour MPs he will rein in Britain’s outsourcing industry

  13-07-2026 23:53 via ft.com
  PM-in-waiting tells hustings he will appoint a ‘broad church’ ministerial team and bring government contracts in-house
  
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• What will Burnham do on immigration?

  13-07-2026 20:01 via ft.com
  Likely next prime minister is looking to satisfy calls for tougher borders while appealing to Labour’s liberal supporters
  
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• Burnham will struggle to exorcise Labour’s historic weakness

  13-07-2026 18:55 via ft.com
  History shows us that the party will default to over-optimism and spending money that isn’t there
  
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• Shabana Mahmood tells MPs suspect in Ann Widdecombe investigation ‘not known to Prevent’ – UK politics live

  13-07-2026 18:02 via theguardian.com
  Home secretary updates Parliament after counter-terrorism police take over investigation into her deathAnn Widdecombe death: counter-terrorism police take over investigationThe government has announced that it is in effect proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). It is doing so using new powers under the National Security (State Threats) Act 2026.Ministers have been under pressure for years to proscribe the IRGC, which backs terrorist activity outside Iran. But the last Conserva
  
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• Count Binface represents the Silly Sausage Britain I know and love | Sofie Jenkinson

  13-07-2026 17:19 via theguardian.com
  Mr Blobby, the Liz Truss lettuce, Boaty McBoatface … the Clacton hopeful is part of a rich tradition – and a reminder that it’s laughter that defines us, not hateNigel Farage’s pointless byelection in Clacton, in which he will stand against Count Binface, has inadvertently pitted two versions of Britain against one another. In one corner we have those who will argue that we are divided, cynical and jaded, that Britain isn’t what it once was and there is little to c
  
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• Twelve arrests over alleged far-right threat to Muslim event in Suffolk

  13-07-2026 16:29 via ft.com
  Organisers of religious festival ended event early after police warning about threat of ‘disorder’
  
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• UK and Switzerland to loosen visa restrictions as part of services trade deal

  13-07-2026 16:00 via ft.com
  Agreement will also enable British travellers to use automated passport gates at Swiss airports
  
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• Burnham expected to vote in favour of Mahmood’s asylum system changes

  13-07-2026 15:38 via theguardian.com
  Home secretary also set to outline plans to enable deportation of grooming gang ringleader Shabir AhmedUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham is expected to vote for the immigration bill on Monday night in the Commons, with his team indicating that he backs Shabana Mahmood’s changes for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) and on refugee settlement.The bill returns to the Commons on Monday for its second reading, where Mahmood is also expected to announce plans to make it possible
  
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• Counterterror police take over Widdecombe murder probe

  13-07-2026 15:13 via ft.com
  Police say ‘new information and evidence’ have come to light over killing of former Conservative minister
  
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• Olly Robbins launches legal challenge to dismissal as Foreign Office chief by Keir Starmer

  13-07-2026 14:08 via theguardian.com
  Ex-FCDO top civil servant says he was given ‘irrational’ reasons for firing amid Peter Mandelson vetting scandalUK politics live – latest updatesOlly Robbins, the former Foreign Office chief sacked by Keir Starmer over the Peter Mandelson security vetting scandal, has submitted a legal challenge over his dismissal.Robbins has applied to the high court for a judicial review of the prime minister’s decision to remove him as the top civil servant at the Foreign Office, the F
  
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• UK uses new powers to ban Iran’s IRGC and Russian intelligence unit

  13-07-2026 13:59 via ft.com
  Iranian group ‘almost certainly directed’ antisemitic attacks in UK earlier this year, minister says
  
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• Counter-terror police take over Widdecombe murder probe

  13-07-2026 13:58 via ft.com
  Former Conservative minister was found dead at her home in Devon on Thursday
  
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• UK to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist organisation

  13-07-2026 13:42 via theguardian.com
  Home Office announces ban on support for Iranian military group in escalation of diplomatic tensions with TehranThe UK will list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation, ministers have announced, in a major escalation of the diplomatic tensions with Tehran.The Home Office said on Monday it would ban support for the IRGC, a central branch of the Iranian military, after years of political division over the issue. The move is equivalent to proscription, though not
  
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• Plan to restore nature in England by 2030 criticised as ‘completely insufficient’

  13-07-2026 13:27 via theguardian.com
  Critics accuse ministers of failing to take control of nature crisis and leaving it to private landowners to act voluntarilyThe government’s plan to protect and restore nature in England by 2030 has been condemned as “pathetic” and “completely insufficient” in the face of the spiralling environmental crisis.The long-awaited plan published on Monday calls for landowners to voluntarily opt to protect and enhance nature, rather than creating legal protections for natur
  
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• Andy Burnham has body of work that speaks volumes about how he gets football | Rob Draper

  13-07-2026 11:38 via theguardian.com
  Prime-minister-in-waiting has been a key figure in overhauls behind the scenes of the game, as well as helping to create the Hillsborough Independent PanelPicking up the country when it is in a slump of self-doubt is perhaps within Andy Burnham’s reach. And football, close to his heart, may provide the template. There have been several occasions in the past 20 years when English football has been in a state of anguish, but a nadir came in 2007 – when Burnham made one of his most
  
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• Top civil servant seeks judicial review over sacking in Mandelson scandal

  13-07-2026 11:31 via ft.com
  Olly Robbins says Keir Starmer’s actions were ‘unlawful’ and ‘unreasonable’
  
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