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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) · Aug 19

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 · Aug 18

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 · Aug 18

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 · Oct 14, 2025

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 · Sep 23, 2025

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 · Aug 24, 2025

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 · Aug 24, 2025

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 · May 15, 2025

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 · Dec 9, 2024

‘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

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2024