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Glenn Gibbins, from Sunderland, will appear at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court next month.
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Russell Findlay has warned that organised crime groups may still have "unfinished business" with him after learning William Burns would be leaving prison.
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The prime minister holds cross-party talks as he speeds up review of social care in England.
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Exclusive: The minister for women and equalities has also been handed the role of Labour chair, in a not-so subtle bid to restore unity to Burnham’s governmentIf Bridget Phillipson is angry at losing a job – which, in the brief honeymoon period at the start of Keir Starmer’s Labour government, she called the “honour of my life” – she is doing a good job of hiding it.“It hurts to lose a job you love,” she says on Tuesday. “Being education secretary was amazing … and I’m really proud of what we ac
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Andy Burnham wants to fix social care. If he does this and nothing else he would have achieved more than most other UK leadersIt feels like the UK has a prime minister again. Not the Maybot paralysed with indecision. Not the clown-like Boris Johnson who crumbled under the weight of his own narcissism. Not the ridiculous Liz Truss. Not the steamrollered Rishi Sunak for whom everything was impossible. Not the automaton-like Keir Starmer who was never entirely sure what he wanted to do.But a prime
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Andy Burnham's comments suggest he will not personally back a fresh attempt to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.
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The shadow home secretary says he is planning to contact the French ambassador by next Monday.
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PM will not discuss details but will focus on need to find ‘common ground’ and to build political consensus Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, has said he made an “inadvertent mistake” by sharing an Instagram post of a man wearing a T-shirt featuring an image of a guillotine and the phrase “we’re only making plans for Nigel”, but he repeatedly said he would not apologise to Nigel Farage. Aletha Adu has the story.Good morning. Andy Burnham is this morning giving a speech on social care. He is
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As Labour enjoy a ‘Burnham bounce’, post by Green leader that appeared to welcome violence against Nigel Farage has left some supporters bemused It is just coincidence that a very public mishap by Zack Polanski arrived at the same time as new polls showed Labour in the lead. But it did neatly illustrate the point that while Andy Burnham is enjoying a political honeymoon, the Green leader’s now seems over.This is not to say the Green party in England and Wales is too worried about the arrival of
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The Tories and Reform had it easy when Keir Starmer was self-destructing – but a new PM with ideas exposes how vacant the opposition has becomeAndy Burnham’s recollections of Britain in the 1970s must be pretty hazy. He was nine when the decade ended. Kemi Badenoch, born in 1980, can remember nothing. Lacking first-hand experience, the Conservative leader evokes the turmoil of a bygone era with cautionary zeal borrowed from an older generation. In a speech last week, she accused the new prime mi
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Nigel Farage’s constituency takes in genteel resorts and one of England’s poorest villages. With a snap byelection approaching, what do the residents want from the Reform UK leader – or the bin who’s challenging him?‘If it’s the Tin Man, then I suppose I’ll vote for Nigel,” says a Clacton resident, a retiree on a slow stroll towards the seafront, when I ask whom she will vote for in the forthcoming byelection. “I would sooner have Farage than the Tin Man!” As political slogans go, it is as good
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In a speech, the PM is expected to say finding common ground across party lines will be key to fixing social care.
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The Green leader re-posted a photo of a man wearing a guillotine t-shirt and the name Nigel.
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The Prime Minister has announced a series of cost-of-living measure since taking office but is facing questions about how he will fund them.
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Zack Polanski reported to police over guillotine post
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She says she stands by past comments that the interest charged on Plan 2 loans is "egregious".
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Lowestoft MP Jess Asato is suing Elon Musk's xAI chatbot Grok for damages in the High Court.
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Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the vessel fired 17 shots as he was giving a BBC interview.
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After seven days in charge, how is the new UK PM doing? Send your questions to our columnist Polly Toynbee about Andy Burnham and his new government, his policy announcements so far, and what he needs to be doing next. She’ll be taking your questions from 2pm (BST).Sign in or create your Guardian account to join the discussionAndy Burnham has been prime minister of the UK for a week, during which time he has announced a slew of policies as he makes his start on shaping Labour’s narrative for the
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In the wake of the new PM’s bold pledge, Helen Pidd heads to a village for homeless people in Greater Manchester, where the former mayor first promised to take actionAndy Burnham made a surprise first announcement as prime minister: a pledge to end rough sleeping.Today in Focus host Helen Pidd heads to Greater Manchester – where Burnham was mayor for nine years – to visit one of the many homelessness projects in the area. Continue reading...