Andy Burnham vows to block PC Harper killers’ release
What Andy Burnham has promised Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he is “increasingly confident” that the killers of PC Andrew Harper can be prevented from being released early, as he responds to mounting public pressure over the prison early release scheme. In a post on Facebook, Burnham said he had asked the justice secretary, Alex […]
3 days ago
Burnham launches cost-of-living tour to ‘give people room to breathe’
Burnham will pledge ‘a series of measures to make life easier.’ Prime Minister Andy Burnham is preparing to embark on a cost-of-living tour of the UK, with Downing Street pledging “a series of measures to make life easier” for people struggling with rising prices in the coming days. What Burnham’s tour will focus on No […]
5 days ago
Illegal working arrests more than double under Labour
Arrests double under Labour Arrests for illegal working have more than doubled since Labour came to power, the Home Office has said, with more than 17,000 people detained in the two years since the July 2024 general election. According to the Home Office, the total is more than double the number recorded in the previous […]
1 week ago
Farage’s Reform ‘open to deal’ with Restore in desperate attempt to keep up with resurgent Labour
It’s only taken a couple of weeks of Andy Burnham as prime minister for Reform and Restore to start considering electoral pacts. Nigel Farage has said he has an ‘open mind’ towards a potential election deal with Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain. As Reform fall behind Andy Burnham’s Labour in the polls and continue to be […]
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Andy Burnham says Britain needs a written constitution
It’s far from the first time Burnham has proposed a written constitution. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said Britain may need a written constitution as he sets out a “different approach” to running the country. Speaking this week as he unveiled fresh plans for greater devolution, the former Greater Manchester mayor argued the reforms strengthen […]
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Bev Craig wins Greater Manchester mayoral race
Another win for Labour Labour’s Bev Craig has been elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, succeeding new Prime Minister Andy Burnham after seeing off Reform UK in a closely watched by-election. Craig secured a comfortable victory in the Greater Manchester mayoral election, the first electoral test of Burnham’s premiership. The contest went to a second round […]
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