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Burnham accepted £325,000 worth of donations before becoming PM – see full list

ANDY Burnham received donations and support worth more than £325,000 in the three months before he entered No 10 - including from Morgan…

The National (Scotland)

Andy Burnham declares £345,000 worth of donations and gifted Glastonbury Festival tickets before becoming prime minister

Records show he accepted two Brit Awards tickets worth £3,800 from Sony Music, plus four passes to Glastonbury Festival – where he was speaking last year

The Independent UK

Burnham given £325,000 worth of donations in months before becoming PM

Donors gave hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of support in the months leading up to Andy Burnham’s leadership win.

Evening Standard

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‘Complete shambles’: Exasperated Labour MPs lash out at Starmer over digital ID U-turn

Former Labour home secretary David Blunkett says scheme was doomed to ‘run into the sand’ because PM ‘failed to make the case’ for it

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves ‘pretty relaxed’ about what form of digital ID workers use

Right to work can be proved using digital ID card, e-visa or e-passport, in change to policy government insists is not a U-turn

The Guardian - UK

PMQs live: Starmer vows ‘I won’t back down’ in fight with Musk’s X over Grok AI deepfakes

Sir Keir Starmer slammed X as ‘disgraceful’ over its ability to generate AI deepfake images

The Independent UK

For God’s sake give blind and partially-sighted people a chance, says Blunkett

A tactile bronze bust of David Blunkett is on display in the House of Lords’ Royal Gallery.

Evening Standard

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Queen meets Peter Rabbit as she wishes reading charity ‘happy 100th birthday’

Camilla met authors and supporters of BookTrust including the charity’s president Sir Michael Morpurgo, Richard Osman and Dame Floella Benjamin.

Evening Standard

Blunkett backs Phillipson in Labour deputy leadership race

Former education secretary Lord Blunkett backed the current holder of the role, Bridget Phillipson, to be Labour’s deputy leader.

Evening Standard

Protests and poll turn heat on Keir Starmer over small-boat migrants and asylum hotels

YouGov poll finds that 71% of voters think the Prime Minister is handling the asylum hotel issue badly

Evening Standard

Pressure mounts on Starmer over small boat migrants and asylum hotels

The issue is top of voters’ concerns but there is little support for Sir Keir Starmer’s approach, a poll has suggested.

The Independent UK

Blunkett outlines ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ plan to fix railways in Yorkshire

He said Yorkshire’s Plan for Rail would deliver a huge boost to jobs, growth and new housing.

Evening Standard

Former Labour minister accuses football regulator opponents of filibustering

Lord Blunkett said critics were repeating points that had already been made in a bid to delay the Bill passing through the House of Lords

Evening Standard

‘Don’t be on wrong side of history’: Indefinite jail terms compared to Post Office and Infected Blood scandals

Supporters say the government’s response to the ‘industrial-scale miscarriage of justice’ is not good enough, and praised The Independent for highlighting the issue

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Budget 2024: Huge row erupts over Rachel Reeves 'raising mortgage rates' by borrowing billions

The clash over home loans erupted just days before the Budget on October 30

The Independent UK

Prisoners trapped on indeterminate jail terms not included in Labour government’s sentencing review

Prisons minister Lord Timpson has announced IPP prisoners will not have their cases addressed in the government’s planned sentencing review

Evening Standard

Ex-police chief says he didn't report wife's stolen credit card... as thief spent less than her

Fellow peers were left struggling to work out if he was joking or not...

Evening Standard

Skills training will future-proof young Londoners

Colleges, school and employers must work together to help teens develop technical knowhow and vital soft skills, says Evening Standard/WorldSkills UK Skills Forum

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London can lead the skills revolution, says Lord Blunkett

Former Education secretary was among speakers at a forum organised by the Evening Standard and campaign group WorldSkills UK

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