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He is set to replace Sir Keir Starmer as the UK's PM on Monday after winning Labour's leadership race.
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In the second part of a two-part profile, Josh Halliday charts PM-in-waiting’s journey northward, where as mayor he revelled in his Covid-era popularity – and changed his approach to politicsPart one: From Cambridge ‘impostor’ to New Labour starAndy Burnham was a broken man. In a pub a short walk from parliament, which he had taken to calling “the madhouse”, he plotted his escape over beers with three trusted colleagues.It was late March in 2016. Burnham, the MP for Leigh in Greater Manchester,
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Dehumanising politicians is the first step towards justifying their elimination. It matters more than ever to keep putting the person back into the pictureAnn Widdecombe was never one to hide from an argument. And she wasn’t afraid for her safety either. She scoffed at friends’ suggestions that she should get electric gates, as an elderly woman with a public profile living alone on Dartmoor, just as she dismissed concerns about her health at 78.Having lost friends in the Brighton hotel bombing t
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Economics editor Faisal Islam examines whether the north-west city can be a template for the entire country.
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Helen Grant replaced Ann Widdecombe as MP for Maidstone and the Weald in the 2010 general election.
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In a speech on Friday, he will begin to set out his vision for government, before becoming prime minister next week.
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Keynote speakers included US influencer Jack Posobiec as former PM aims to gain influence among British rightHard-right figures from around the world have gathered in London for the inaugural British spin-off from America’s influential CPAC gathering, which powered the rise of Donald Trump.The first CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) GB has been spearheaded by Liz Truss, the former Conservative leader who was the UK’s prime minister for six weeks, as she seeks to rebuild her legacy
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The home secretary, favourite to take over at No 11, has minimal economic credentials and many MPs would prefer Ed MilibandAndy Burnham last month promised the UK he would bring “good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart” when he is installed as prime minister. Britain’s industry leaders also have a hope in their hearts: that Burnham will install a pro-business chancellor.The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, was for several weeks seen as the most likely candidate to succeed Rachel Reev
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Former 49-day PM helms a Conservative Political Action Conference that’s a far cry from the glitzy US versionLiz Truss has given us all so much in recent years. A mini-budget. A laugh a minute 49 days in office. A new monarch, after the queen decided enough was enough and died two days after Liz began her Airbnb stay in Downing Street. And now she has given us one thing more. She has imported the US Conservative Political Action Conference to the UK.And like all things Liz, it’s predictably a bi
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The London mayor is to be joined by broadcaster June Sarpong and former union chief Christina McAnea in the Lords.
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The plans will see the abolition of two-tier government, with district and county councils replaced with single, unitary authorities.
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Described as a "listening tour of the UK", Burnham will travel across the country in August while MPs break for the summer.
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The government says it wants to update "outdated" marriage laws to give couples in England and Wales more choice.
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Andy Burnham will become prime minister of the UK on Monday. But he has yet to reveal any cabinet picks, and rumours suggest he still hasn’t chosen a chancellor. What do we actually know about his plans for governing? Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey chat about the new PM’s options and the likely issues on the top of his in-trayYou can read Dan Boffey’s profile of Andy Burnham herePlease keep sending your comments and questions to Pippa and Kiran at politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.comYou can watch Pip
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Argentina could be disciplined by Fifa for the celebrations after the World Cup win over England.
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The idea that former colonies should pay reparations makes perfect sense through the lens of the new right. But have they got the telescope the right way round?Dearest World,Britain, that small yet once highly influential nation that once proudly ruled over much of you, that “gifted” you the English language as well as William Shakespeare and Mark Morrison, that kindly bestowed upon you industrialisation as well as industrialised slavery, the proud nation that won two world wars and created foot
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The government of Pakistan says it has "no connection whatsoever" with the case of Shabir Ahmed.
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Devolution, tax, the EU and immigration: these are all opportunities for growth if Burnham abandons the excessive caution of the past few yearsThe economic inheritance Andy Burnham will receive from Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves is not, in any meaningful way, a crisis. That is worth saying, because the comparison is not with some imagined social-democratic Eden. It is with the Britain Labour inherited after austerity, Brexit, the inflation shock and the Truss episode – a country in which econom
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The modest growth reverses a slight contraction that had been seen the previous month.