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Andy Burnham to skip crucial assisted dying vote as legislation remains on knife edge

Just 12 MPs switching sides could block the bill, which is set to be voted on this afternoon

The Independent UK · Sep 10

Kyle Sandilands takes his pick of on-air partners as shock jock rebounds from Kiis FM – and Jackie O

The Daily Telegraph runs 16 articles about Sandilands and his new media venture in a week – while his former co-host, Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, is still in court

The Guardian - AU · Jul 31

The Labour Together key players still in Andy Burnham's UK Cabinet

ANDY Burnham’s Cabinet still features five MPs who were key players in the scandal-hit Labour Together movement, with an expert casting doubt on…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 26

The war for Burnham’s ear: politicians and wonks fight for influence over a PM

There is high emotion, a deluge of policy papers and an ‘excruciating’ jostle for jobs as Labour’s probable next leader settles back into Westminster life

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27

Andy Burnham’s long coup: the chaotic year-long project to return him to Westminster

Story of the key figures, decisions, planning and missteps in push to line up Greater Manchester mayor for PM

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26

After Starmer’s ‘purge’, could Andy Burnham lure back Labour’s bruised leftwingers?

Socialists marginalised under current PM are anxious about whether his replacement will again disappoint them

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26

Polanski says he is open to working with Burnham-led Government

But the Green Party leader caveated his answer, amid reports Mr Burnham is sounding out the direction Labour could take under his stewardship.

Evening Standard · Jun 24

Look at Keir Starmer’s tenure as prime minister. This is no ‘decent man’ who got unlucky

From Gaza to the Peter Mandelson row, his abandoned pledges to the ‘island of strangers’ claim, Starmer’s time at No 10 was truly dismal, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23

Who would be in an Andy Burnham cabinet? The runners and riders

WITH the prospect of Andy Burnham as Prime Minister looking more and more likely after Keir Starmer's resignation, questions are starting to…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 22

Why did Starmer resign? These are the key moments of his chaotic two years as prime minister

Keir Starmer took office in July 2024 following a landslide victory at the general election but has since overseen a massive decline in popularity for the government as discontent with his leadership grew

The Independent UK · Jun 22