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What Andy Burnham's win in the Makerfield by-election means for the prime minister.
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Andy Burnham’s positive vision has struck a powerful blow to Reform – but the PM risks diminishing the impact by clinging on in No 10Neal Lawson is director of the cross-party campaign organisation CompassThat tingle of emotion you felt when you awoke today? That is the long-lost feeling of progressive hope. That it comes from Makerfield is all the more remarkable. Reform has been defeated in a seat that it should have won at a canter – trailing Labour, even when its voteshare is combined with t
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Andy Burnham's victory in the Makerfield by-election raises questions about Keir Starmer future as PM.
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The PM will see the stonking scale of Andy Burnham's victory - will it shift his outlook, his defiance, so frequently recently expressed?
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Andy Burnham not only retained the share of the vote Labour won in the seat in 2024 but increased it.
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Andy Burnham not only retained the share of the vote Labour won in the seat in 2024 but increased it.
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‘There will be no second chance’: Burnham’s Makerfield victory speech sets stage for a Starmer drama
There were no wild celebrations or champagne corks popping after the byelection because the result felt like the start of a whole new campaignUK politics – live updatesAndy Burnham wins huge majority in Makerfield byelection, paving way for Starmer leadership challengeWhile an election count normally feels like an ending, the culmination of long campaign, in Makerfield the declaration of Andy Burnham as the constituency’s new MP felt like just the beginning.In the days and weeks leading up to po
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Labour's Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election, paving the way for him to challenge Keir Starmer as Labour Party leader.
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The former Mayor of Greater Manchester won the Makerfield by-election - paving the way to challenge Starmer.
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The outgoing Greater Manchester mayor held off a challenge from Reform UK, behind by more than 9,000 votes.
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Donald Trump has signed a 14-point agreement with Iran, trying to bring an end to a war he helped start. Satisfied his work is done in the Middle East, Trump now wants to move onto peace in Ukraine. But is it that easy?Jenna Amatulli speaks to the Guardian’s Andrew Roth about the chances this peace deal will succeed, and why Trump is turning his attention back to UkraineArchive: AP, Reuters Continue reading...
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The Tories take Aberdeen South, while the SNP wins in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry.
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Greater Manchester mayor beats Reform UK and hardline Restore Britain to return to Westminster after nine yearsUK politics – live updatesAndy Burnham has won the crucial Makerfield byelection by a huge majority, paving the way for a challenge to Keir Starmer’s premiership.The Greater Manchester mayor beat the Reform UK candidate, Robert Kenyon, and the new hardline Restore Britain party. Continue reading...
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Byelection loss suggests voters rebelled against SNP over Peter Murrell’s theft of £400,000 in party fundsUK politics – live updatesThe Scottish National party (SNP) has conceded defeat in the formerly safe seat of Aberdeen South in a shock loss to the Scottish Conservatives.A senior source at the SNP told PA it was the “Tories’ night”, but pledged to “win it back in 2029”. Continue reading...
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Analysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU.
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Analysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU.
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Labour mayor giving advisory roles to ex-Bank of England economist and others seen as attempt to reassure marketsThree economic heavyweights have been brought in to advise Andy Burnham as he attempts to reassure the markets before his possible return to parliament on Friday and challenge to Keir Starmer.Burnham is understood to be getting advice from Andy Haldane, a former Bank of England chief economist, as well as Richard Hughes, a former chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility and Jim O
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It is understood the MP was arrested by Gloucestershire Police on Wednesday.
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Reports of agents taking 50% of women’s earnings undermine the company’s rhetoric of empowerment Since its launch a decade ago, and throughout its journey to becoming one of the UK’s most successful internet startups, OnlyFans – which was valued at more than £3bn in April – has presented itself as a vehicle for content creators’ empowerment. Revelations of the role played by middlemen in transactions on the website, which is dominated by pornographic content, undermine such claims and requi
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The UK's new defence secretary is under pressure to publish the blueprint after repeated delays.