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Andy Burnham has effectively been confirmed as the new Labour leader after 349 of its MPs nominated him to replace Sir Keir Starmer.
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Many MPs blame social media for normalising violent language and abuse, the BBC's political editor writes.
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Last week’s Timms report shows how disability is still vilified. But some pragmatic fixes would help both claimants and the economy“Broken Britain” has become the favourite narrative of the right in recent months. The playbook goes like this: politicians and pundits alike exploit genuine concerns about squeezed services and living standards to propagate a sense of division and despair. Meanwhile, the parts of the state that actually need radical change are then either ignored or misrepresented,
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Operator brings in independent legal firm to look into whistleblower allegations relating to June heatwaveGreat Britain’s grid operator has brought in independent investigators to look into accusations that its staff were involved in a cover-up over the power system being at a greater risk of blackouts during the heatwave.The government-owned energy system operator will face the scrutiny of an external legal firm after a whistleblower claimed that control room staff were warned against leaving a
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Huge number of nominations mean it is impossible for any other candidate to launch leadership challenge
Andy Burnham has been confirmed as the next Labour party leader after receiving an extra 27 nominations from Labour MPs on Monday, taking his total to 349.The additional nominations, on top of the 322 he received last week, mean it is now impossible for any other candidate to gain the 81 endorsements needed to challenge for the Labour leadership. Continue reading...
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The MP for Makerfield is on track to become the prime minister next week after receiving the support of the vast majority of Labour MPs.
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Grooming gang victims have been treated appallingly and are rightly angry. But the loss of confidence in the criminal justice system goes widerThe home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, is not personally responsible for the mess that the government finds itself in with regard to the release from prison of Shabir Ahmed, who was a ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang, earlier this month. Ahmed, who has spent most of his life in the UK, was stripped of British citizenship soon after his conviction fo
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Success against antisemitism in the UK will be achieved when schools and synagogues don’t need police protection. Let’s build bridges between communitiesWhen arsonists attacked Finchley Reform Synagogue earlier this year, the physical damage was mercifully limited. The fear travelled much further.For years, it was my community: I sang at Friday night services, taught b’nai mitzvah students, and its former rabbi officiated at my wedding. Seeing it targeted felt painfully personal, part of a patte
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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 celebrate. And in the other corn
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The former official was fired in April over Lord Mandelson's vetting to be the UK's ambassador to the US.
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Shabana Mahmood will use new powers to ban support for the group, which has been linked to death threats and intimidation on British soil.
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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 was requesting a judicial review after he was removed as the top civil servant at the Foreign Office, the FDA Union representing him said in a statement. Continue reading...
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The man, dressed in a white shirt and shorts, can be seen getting into a red car outside a house in Rotherham in the footage.
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He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault and is on trial.
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Prime-minister-in-waiting has been a key figure in overhauls behind the scenes of the game, as well 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 Burnham’s 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 significant in
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Calls have grown to deport Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed after his release from prison.
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In the US, China, Europe, Russia and elsewhere, how is the UK's expected new prime minister regarded?
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Three-year plan will deliver an extra 500 officers to patrol Jewish neighbourhoods after series of antisemitic incidentsMore than £250m will be invested by the government to increase policing in Jewish communities after a spate of violent attacks, the Home Office has announced.The funding over the next three years will deliver more than 500 additional officers across England and Wales in Jewish neighbourhoods and around schools, synagogues and community centres, while strengthening national coun
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Exclusive: Report warns an additional 50,000 people could be added to current record figure without bold policiesAndy Burnham has been warned that an additional 50,000 people in England will become homeless in the next four years without a radical “housing first” agenda of government.The incoming prime minister’s leadership team is understood to have been briefed on projections, due to be published on Monday, showing the current record levels of homelessness rising 25% by 2030 to more than 230,0