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• The hunt for Plan B

  27-11-2018 15:00 via ft.com
  ‘Norway Plus’ emerges as a key talking point for MPs
  
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• Andy Burnham doles out jobs in bid to avert Labour unrest

  27-07-2026 19:51 via ft.com
  New PM has appointed 61 private parliamentary secretaries, an unpaid role that binds the holder to vote with the government
  
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• Canary Wharf holds lessons for Andy Burnham

  27-07-2026 18:14 via ft.com
  Areas that combine employment, housing, culture and leisure will outperform those designed around a single use
  
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• Burnham rejects northern Labour MPs’ call to abolish council tax

  27-07-2026 17:40 via ft.com
  Downing Street says it is not considering replacing the levy and stamp duty with a new property tax
  
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• Burnham and the problem of politics by social media

  27-07-2026 17:28 via ft.com
  The old tightly regulated party broadcast model is dead — for better and for worse
  
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• Brexit ‘reset’ could constrain UK’s freedom of movement on trade

  27-07-2026 13:31 via ft.com
  If Brussels pursues economic defences against Beijing, London might feel pressure to follow suit
  
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• The good, the bad and the mixed of Burnham’s government overhaul

  27-07-2026 11:01 via ft.com
  PM should have gone further in scrapping Cabinet Office, while handing Lisa Nandy an expanded brief is a gamble
  
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• Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, study says

  27-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Think-tank’s findings likely to add to calls for audit of NHS England claims around Federated Data Platform
  
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• Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, says study

  27-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Think-tank’s findings likely to add to calls for audit of NHS England claims around Federated Data Platform
  
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• France raises questions over UK participation in EU’s €5bn tech start-up fund

  27-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Debate over British role shows strained relations during UK-EU ‘reset’ negotiations
  
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• If No 10 North is the ‘situation room for growth’ let’s get situated near it

  27-07-2026 05:00 via ft.com
  A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist
  
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• Prosecutors call for Barclays protesters to be sentenced under UK terror laws

  27-07-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  The defendants, who are affiliated with Palestine Action, were found guilty last month of criminal damage
  
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• PM pledges continued support for Ukraine ahead of Zelensky visit

  26-07-2026 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Ukrainian president will be Andy Burnham's first international visitor since taking office.
  
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• Badenoch says PM must rule out tax rises to fund social care reform

  26-07-2026 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a letter to the PM, the Conservative leader offers to work with him on adult social care reform.
  
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• Reform UK’s bank account was frozen during 2024 election

  26-07-2026 14:28 via ft.com
  Nigel Farage’s party faces increased scrutiny of finances ahead of Clacton by-election
  
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• Gibraltar should show Burnham a softer Brexit is the only option

  26-07-2026 14:00 via ft.com
  The recent deal again illustrates that closer alignment with the EU offers the best of both worlds
  
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• Burnham ‘rules out’ early election

  26-07-2026 11:44 via ft.com
  New UK prime minister says he will stand up to Donald Trump when in Britain’s interest
  
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• Iran's 'sabre-rattling' should not intimidate UK, Wes Streeting says

  26-07-2026 11:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The defence secretary warns Britain "stands ready to respond to any attacks Iran wishes to wage against this country or our allies".
  
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• Burnham says he is prepared to call out Trump 'if right for Britain'

  26-07-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Speaking exclusively to the BBC, the prime minister says he had a good first conversation with the US president and insists "you have to defend your own national interest".
  
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• Andy Burnham rules out early election in exclusive BBC interview

  26-07-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new prime minister told Laura Kuenssberg that people "voted for a manifesto" that he would honour, when pressed on whether there will be an early general election.
  
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• The British state school that is the first to open an overseas branch

  26-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Queen Elizabeth’s School thinks it can be a model for others as it hunts for new revenue in Dubai and Delhi
  
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• Chips and drones to be at heart of Burnham’s push to ‘reindustrialise’, AI minister says

  26-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Kanishka Narayan tells FT that new prime minister views technology as way for Britain ‘to get its mojo back’
  
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• British state school to open overseas branches for the first time

  26-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Queen Elizabeth’s School says it can be a model for others as it hunts for new revenue in Dubai and Delhi
  
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• Burnham to address social care, youth unemployment and devolution

  25-07-2026 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A No 10 source says it is an attempt by the prime minister to show he is "hitting the ground running".
  
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• Laura Kuenssberg goes behind the scenes with Andy Burnham in his first week as PM

  25-07-2026 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  See inside Andy Burnham's first week in charge, with an exclusive behind the scenes look with Laura Kuenssberg.
  
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• Washington and London discuss plan for meeting to resolve Hormuz crisis

  25-07-2026 14:11 via ft.com
  Gathering to consider forming an international maritime coalition to safeguard shipping
  
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• More than 600,000 UK high earners could be dragged into pension trap by 2032

  25-07-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  If thresholds are not changed, 114,000 more taxpayers face being caught by the tapered annual allowance
  
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• Green-led council 'won't assist immigration raids'

  24-07-2026 21:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lewisham has become the first council in the UK to refuse to assist Home Office immigration raids.
  
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• Number 10 North is no ‘gimmick’, says Andy Burnham

  24-07-2026 20:14 via ft.com
  Prime minister remains insistent that new Manchester office sends a more important signal to rest of the country
  
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• Tory party blocks candidates who do not back its human rights and net zero pledges

  24-07-2026 19:52 via ft.com
  Chair Kevin Hollinrake says would-be MPs need to endorse leader Kemi Badenoch’s agenda
  
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