Burnham plans to pass law scrapping pension triple lock before next election Guarantee will remain until 2030 but MPs will vote on changes during this parliament, government says The Guardian - UK · Oct 2
Andy Burnham’s ultimate test will be whether people’s lives improve Measures of wellbeing should carry real weight in decisions about tax, spending and public services, says Sarah Davidson The Guardian - UK · Oct 2
Andy Burnham's threadbare agenda points in only one direction IF you are possessed by the perverse urge to pull people up when they are proven wrong, I would urge you to set a reminder to yourself to email me a message telling me what a fool I am for around the beginning of next summer. The National (Scotland) · Oct 2
Tell us about all your meetings with Manchester City’s owners, Andy Burnham urged The prime minister was roundly criticised this week after he said he would be ‘really concerned’ if City’s Abu Dhabi owners sold the club in the wake of City being found to have breached the Premier League’s financial rules The Independent UK · Oct 2
Welsh first minister calls on Burnham to deliver ‘new deal’ on devolution Rhun ap Iorwerth tells Plaid Cymru conference he asked PM to ‘put Wales on equal footing with Scotland as bare minimum’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 2
Plans to tamper with the pension triple lock might not be as dangerous for Labour as some believe When Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the Labour conference that he is going to change the state pension’s triple lock mechanism, the backlash was immediate. For 15 years, the triple lock has been one of the few genuinely untouchable policies in British politics. The Conversation · Oct 2
Manchester City lace up their gloves ready for another round. Bring your dinner In today’s Football Daily: Manchester City are up for a fight The Guardian - UK · Oct 2
Burnham has said the unsayable on Brexit. What happens now? Andy Burnham’s revelation that he was prepared “to go all the way” in terms of the UK’s relationship with the EU came as a shock to many. While a commitment to rejoining the EU in the next Labour manifesto is far from a given – and the prime minister’s language… The Conversation · Oct 2
I have covered the Man City scandal from the start – this is how it changed football and me INSIDE STORY: The Man City case has turned football upside down and touched other industries, including politics after prime minister Andy Burnham’s comments, but, as Miguel Delaney details after years of reporting on the scandal, the story has changed the sport and those covering it The Independent UK · Oct 2
Ed Miliband to stand in for Andy Burnham at emergency G7 talks ED Miliband will stand in for Andy Burnham on an emergency G7 call to discuss world energy markets The National (Scotland) · Oct 2
Andy Burnham urged by Lib Dems to reveal all meetings with owners of Manchester City The prime minister is facing calls from the Liberal Democrats to publish details of all his meetings with Manchester City’s owners The Guardian - UK · Oct 2
Andy Burnham is rethinking the UK’s ties with the EU. What are his options? Burnham’s decision to put the prospect of EU membership back on the table has caught attention in Brussels. But any attempt to unpick Brexit could come with conditions and difficult trade-offs. Euronews · Oct 2
Should we refuse to give the Bayeux tapestry back to France? Of course not! So why are we keeping the Parthenon marbles? It is simply wrong for the British Museum to hoard what doesn’t belong to Britain. Let the squabbling end and the sculptures be returned to Greece, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Oct 2
Polanski says he does not need to win ‘50/50’ byelection to stay Green leader Exclusive: Party leader says outcome of ‘knife-edge’ vote in Keir Starmer’s former seat will not affect his position The Guardian - UK · Oct 2
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2 Digested week: My heart sank at seeing Labour’s ‘Hope Again’ conference slogan. But then came Andy Burnham The prime minister gave far and away the most powerful, emotional and gamechanging leader’s speech of the century
The Economic Times · Oct 2 As Brazil gears up for elections, US midterms signal a transformative year for global politics and democracy Brazil is preparing for a closely watched presidential election involving incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and challenger Flavio Bolsonaro. Other countries, including Israel and the US, also have significant elections scheduled soon, which may influence global markets. Investors are particularly attentive to Brazil's fiscal concerns and the potential impacts…
The Independent UK · Oct 2 Man City case impacts 'integrity' of the game, the Football Association says The Football Association has expressed concern that the ruling against Manchester City for large-scale financial wrongdoing affects the “integrity” of soccer and says it is assessing the verdict
The Independent UK · Oct 2 Thousands could lose key disability benefits in welfare changes The plans risk reigniting tensions with backbench Labour MPs over welfare spending
France 24 · Oct 2 Manchester City appeal judgement that club breached Premier League financial rules Manchester City on Friday appealed an independent commission's findings that the club had seriously breached the Premier League's financial rules for more than a decade. The commission found the 10-time English champions had arranged phoney commercial deals with a number of its sponsors as part of a "disguised funding scheme".
The Independent UK · Oct 2 If Britain decides to rejoin the EU we’ll do everything we can to welcome them back, says Germany The leaders of France and Spain have also backed Britain returning to the European Union
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2 For too long, only the right has expanded the boundaries of what governments can do. Can Burnham change that? The PM might come across as a nice bloke but he is politically ruthless. He will need to be if he is to turn big talk into big changes, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
The Independent UK · Oct 2 FA says it will consider action against Man City after guilty verdict City are in the process of submitting an appeal and the FA says it will monitor the situation closely
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2 Recent lobbyist for Palantir had key role in helping Andy Burnham become PM Exclusive: Martha Dalton worked closely with Burnham’s team on byelection that secured his return to parliament
The Independent UK · Oct 2 Kemi Badenoch names when she thinks Andy Burnham will call a general election IN FULL
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2 Zack Polanski calls for three-year cap on rent price increases in Green party conference speech – as it happened The Green party is holding its largest-ever conference, while its leader runs as a candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection