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Morgan McSweeney, once Keir Starmer's right hand man, speaks for the first time.
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Shabana Mahmood says the government accepts the "fundamental failures" identified by an inquiry.
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Shabir Ahmed is barred from deportation by the provisions in a 55-year-old piece of legislation.
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The practice saw thousands of babies taken from their mothers between 1949 and 1976.
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The PM-in-waiting brings the promise of likability and a mission voters can believe in. He’ll need all that and more to surviveThere is some uncertainty and trepidation in these liminal days before the nomination period for the next Labour leader opens. But it’s not about the “who” of the next prime minister so much as the “what”. How different can Andy Burnham be, given that he is bound by the same manifesto, assailed by the same headwinds? It’s widely agreed that he has a vision where his pred
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Reform UK leader was paid £270,000 for 12 hours’ work – but who is behind Direct Bullion and what does it do?Tell us: have you invested in gold through a specialist bullion company?Despite the demands of being the MP for Clacton and leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage has found time to develop several alternative income streams since being elected to parliament.His side hustles include being a social media influencer, presenting on GB News, and a stint recording on-demand videos for the Cameo plat
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There is cross-party agreement that the proposal for the Suffolk/Norfolk border is inappropriate.
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Plan to move part of Whitehall to Manchester wins praise but would involve major logistical challenges and costs‘It’s a stellar idea’: readers on Andy Burnham’s No 10 North plansIt first found fame as the centre of Manchester’s textile industry and later as the home of celebrated nightclub Sankeys. But now Ancoats, on the northern edge of Manchester city centre, could become the somewhat unexpected heart of British government.The site of a disused retail park, which was once home to Toys R Us, A
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Some hail the opportunities greater devolution could bring, while others question the costBurnham’s No 10 North: could two-centre government be made to work?Andy Burnham has said if he becomes prime minister, he would create a new “No 10 North” in Manchester as the “nerve centre of a rewired Britain” to oversee a devolution of power and resources across the UK.While full details of how this will work have not yet been made available, we asked Britons what they thought of the idea in principle. C
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Analysis reveals extent of impact on NHS of placating Donald Trump over price of British medicine exportsThe NHS will have to divert £45bn from essential services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the UK-US trade deal agreed last December, leading to more than 200,000 avoidable deaths of patients, analysis has found.Ministers have defended the deal as a way of helping British drug exports to the US avoid tariffs, and giving patients in England access to potentially life-extending drugs
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Most of the Senedd defends the Welsh government's Nation of Sanctuary policy in a heated debate.
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The Guardian view on yet another immigration bill: law as performance is a failing model | Editorial
Legislation drafted around an agenda of proving ‘toughness’ is a method that was tested to destruction by the ToriesAn act of parliament changing the UK’s immigration and asylum system has been passed every year since 2022. This activity has not increased public confidence that the nation’s borders are well managed, nor has it stopped the rise of radical rightwing parties running anti-immigrant campaigns.There is no reason to expect yet another law to buck that trend, but the Home Office is givi
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Parliament, media and thinktanks are united in their view that more military spending is still not enough. But sacrificing domestic projects to pay for it is indefensibleBritain should spend less on defence. It is a waste of money and should be reduced so more could be spent on supporting employment, welfare and growth.Why is there no such debate? Why should “defence” be awarded an almost religious invulnerability? At present, parliament, broadcasters, print and social media, thinktanks and pund
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The PM bats away criticism from Kemi Badenoch over military funding but leaves behind a headache for his likely successorThe search for the perfect present to welcome Andy Burnham to No 10 has been a worry for Keir Starmer. What do you give the man who seems to have everything? The support of his own MPs. The belief that Nigel Farage is beatable. The sense of being at ease with himself. Comfortable with who he is. The charisma. The ability to hold a room. Everything Keir would have wanted.He nee
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Labour leader-in-waiting wants to close loophole preventing deportation of sex offenderAndy Burnham will explore “all possible options”, if he becomes prime minister, to close a legal loophole that prevented the deportation of a “vile” Rochdale grooming gang leader.In his first significant intervention as Labour leader-in-waiting, Burnham said nothing would be “off the table” in the case of Shabir Ahmed, 73, who is expected to be released from prison on Thursday. Continue reading...
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The Labour leadership hopeful says he will "ask the home and foreign secretaries to review all possible options".
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Dan Norris says he "vigorously" denies the allegations, which include rape and sexual assault.
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Welsh ministers warn defence plans could strip up to £30m from capital projects.
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Darren Jones says government departments could "shrink" if Andy Burnham becomes prime minister.