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Various ministers are also set to work regularly from the northern branch of Downing Street.
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It’s not just a No 10 in the north, it’s an engine for growth throughout the whole UK | Andy Burnham
Power has been too centralised in Britain and tackling that is key to progress and prosperity. This initiative is ambitious: we’re remaking the stateAndy Burnham is prime minister of the United KingdomOn Monday, while the cameras were fixed on that famous black door in Downing Street, something important was happening 165 miles away. A small team of officials and advisers were walking into an office building in Manchester to set about the remaking of the British state.This was the beginning of N
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One task awaiting new energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is devising a plan to avoid a crisis by the end of the decadeWelcome to the energy secretary job, Miatta Fahnbulleh. You have a politically tricky decision to make on whether to approve production at the Jackdaw gasfield and the Rosebank oilfield. But here’s another one that can’t wait much longer: what’s the broader plan to ensure Britain avoids a gas supply crisis in 2030?By way of reminder, one of the more alarming reports published by
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Millionaires including former footballer Gary Lineker are asking Andy Burnham to tax their wealth more. More than 100 UK-based millionaires have signed an open letter to the prime minister, saying: ‘We want you to tax us. We can afford it.’ So should the government introduce a wealth tax? And why is the idea getting more popular? Nosheen Iqbal speaks to columnist and senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty – watch on YouTube Continue reading...
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The new prime minister was speaking after announcing a business rate cut for pubs, social clubs and live music venues.
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A think tank blueprint for No 10 North recommends a workforce of up to 300 staff within 18 months.
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The Guardian’s parliamentary sketch writer imagines Nigel Farage’s right-hand man’s thinking behind his book, How to Launder MoneyAnti-money-laundering laws are supposed to stop the illicit flow of money. So far, they seem to have stopped next to nothing. About 5% of the global economy is illicit and only 0.05% is stopped by AML laws.Which makes me, George, something of a rarity. The idiot member of the 1% who actually got done for conspiring to launder money. Just think, while 99% of criminals
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The prime minister says no prisoners will be released until a review has been conducted.
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The returning housing secretary received £16,876 after leaving government in September 2025.
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Andy Burnham’s first week in office has seen him announce a range of measures to help people with the cost of living crisis, and scrap several of Keir Starmer’s big policies. But critics – including former Starmer ministers – are questioning how they will be funded and whether they go far enough. Pippa and Kiran look at what’s behind Burnham’s policy blitz.Please keep sending your comments and questions to Pippa and Kiran at politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.comRead Kiran’s article on Andy Burnham’s
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Debbie Aldman says her son has not been given "proper justice".
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The Tory leader says the new prime minister needs to "lift his sights" to fix broader issues with the UK.
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Investigation has begun after row started over posters that displayed Nigel Farage's face.
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Kemi Badenoch tells the BBC she leads a "new party full of new people" as ex-MP is rejected as a candidate.
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Some hospitality firms will get a 20% discount from next April, saving an estimated £1,100.
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PC Harper, 28, was killed in 2019 when he was dragged by a car down a country road as three teenagers fled the scene of a quad bike theft in Berkshire.
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Former footballer Gary Lineker and producer Brian Eno write to the new PM telling him "we can afford it".
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Selection of economist formerly at helm of green thinktank marks continuation of decarbonising Miliband eraIn her first 48 hours as energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh was left in no doubt about the thorny policy decision at the top of her in-tray. Protesters from Fossil Free London met her outside her new offices dressed as firefighters holding placards reading: “We’re already putting out fires, don’t start new ones.”The MP for Peckham – a radical economist who is outspoken about the climate cr
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Anton Jäger has been lauded for his exceptional ability to make sense of these strange political times – and he’s only 32. The writer and academic explains why we’re living in an age of hyperpolitics‘I am acutely conscious,” said Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street on Monday, “that I am the sixth person in the last 10 years to walk up this street.” It was good to hear him say it because, beneath all the cabinet gossip and rune-reading, there is a feeling of terror about the immediate future a
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The new prime minister plans to work with influencers and social media creators to get his message out.