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• Why did Keir Starmer resign and what could happen next?

  22-06-2026 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader says he will remain prime minister until his successor is chosen.
  
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• Brexit has made the UK more European, says Goldman Sachs

  26-06-2026 07:00 via ft.com
  In the ‘lacklustre GDP growth and weak inward investment’ sense, not the ‘café culture and egalitarian social values’ sense
  
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• What are Andy Burnham’s foreign policy priorities?

  26-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Allies of Britain’s likely next PM expect continuity on Ukraine and support for Nato but possible divergence on UK-EU ties
  
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• Social housing plans cut back as UK delays funding

  26-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Cap on spending by Homes England is a blow to Andy Burnham’s promise of a big boost to affordable developments
  
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• Greens forced to return Polanski’s unlawful donation

  26-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Impermissible gift is first of its kind by a UK party leader and comes after scrutiny of his living arrangements
  
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• Chris Mason: The anatomy of the prime minister's downfall

  26-06-2026 02:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Keir, like his predecessors Liz Truss and Boris Johnson, lost the capacity to viably govern, our political editor writes.
  
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• Starmer locked in stand-off with Mahmood over her push to sack migration minister

  26-06-2026 00:02 via ft.com
  Home secretary wants Mike Tapp dismissed after calling for care workers to be exempt from tough immigration controls
  
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• Home Office plan to use more military bases to house asylum seekers

  25-06-2026 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three new sites in Oxfordshire, Suffolk, and Yorkshire could house about 3,750 asylum seekers if permission is granted.
  
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• Taxpayer funding for royals will rise to £138mn amid Buckingham Palace works

  25-06-2026 23:00 via ft.com
  The institution says the sovereign grant will fall after April 2027 and also reveals how much tax King Charles has paid
  
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• Starmer and home secretary in row over minister's future

  25-06-2026 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shabana Mahmood believes Mike Tapp should be sacked for writing an article but No 10 say he remains in post.
  
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• Live special: Ten years after Brexit

  25-06-2026 20:09 via ft.com
  Can the UK deliver change?
  
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• Burnham could be leader in weeks under Labour timetable

  25-06-2026 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham could take over from Keir Starmer by 17 July, if he continues to be the only Labour MP in the race.
  
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• Head of UK’s biggest union backs Ed Miliband for chancellor

  25-06-2026 19:14 via ft.com
  Endorsement of Unison chief opens up split with other big unions opposed to current energy secretary being appointed to Treasury
  
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• Andy Burnham will have to make tough choices

  25-06-2026 18:50 via ft.com
  Britain’s next leader must be ready to take unpopular decisions on spending and growth
  
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• Reeves urges Burnham to 'stick to what I'm doing' on economy

  25-06-2026 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chancellor throws her support behind the MP for Makerfield despite reports he could demote her if he becomes PM.
  
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• How Andy Burnham’s 1990s football team conquered UK politics

  25-06-2026 18:01 via ft.com
  From the archive: a north London side contained several future Labour heavyweights, including the presumptive prime minister
  
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• Education secretary says she'll turn Tory leader's insult into a T-shirt

  25-06-2026 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch's called Bridget Phillipson a 'spiteful class warrior' at PMQs.
  
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• Trump describes Burnham as the 'mayor of a town' and 'extremely liberal'

  25-06-2026 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president gives his first public reaction to the man widely expected to be next UK prime minister.
  
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• Inverness barracks asylum seeker plan dropped, says MP

  25-06-2026 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Angus MacDonald says a UK minister has confirmed that Cameron Barracks is no longer to house up to 300 men.
  
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• Burnham rules out reform of Wales funding system

  25-06-2026 15:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC told he has no plan to change main system funding Welsh government if he becomes prime minister.
  
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• Burnham needs to simplify UK taxes, says adviser Haldane

  25-06-2026 15:45 via ft.com
  Former Bank of England chief economist says ‘thicket of regulation’ must be cut to boost growth
  
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• UK housebuilders warn of ‘shockwaves’ as tariffs on steel imports double

  25-06-2026 15:39 via ft.com
  Construction industry says levies will impose punitive costs despite government’s effort to soften blow
  
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• PM's former aide Sue Gray says she 'fears for Stormont'

  25-06-2026 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Baroness Gray was speaking at a panel event organised by the SDLP exploring constitutional change, coinciding with the 10-year anniversary of Brexit.
  
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• What bond markets want from Burnham

  25-06-2026 14:42 via ft.com
  A credible strategy would focus on reducing the deficit over the next two years
  
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• MP cleared of breaching expenses rules

  25-06-2026 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A probe finds Tahir Ali is careful with public money and even pays for work out of his own pocket.
  
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• MP says town is shared housing 'wild west'

  25-06-2026 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Emma Lewell MP will lead an adjournment debate as part of her campaign for stricter laws on HMOs.
  
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• Number of children getting special educational needs support hits another record high

  25-06-2026 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is the highest yearly increase in education, health and care plans (EHCPs) since they were introduced.
  
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• UK hospitals cancel operations because of lack of air conditioning

  25-06-2026 13:38 via ft.com
  Record June temperatures put up to 4,000 surgeries at risk
  
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• Andy Burnham’s Ed Miliband test

  25-06-2026 13:23 via ft.com
  The choice of chancellor will reveal the likely character of the government and the extent of any new radicalism
  
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• Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

  25-06-2026 10:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government says a new Bill will protect LGBT people from "abusive acts" to change who they are.
  
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