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YOU WONT BELIEVE: No 10 - What They Never Told You

What are Andy Burnham’s key policies?

The Makerfield MP is expected to become the new prime minister on Monday

The Independent UK

No 10 ‘boys club’ briefing culture will change under Andy Burnham, says Lucy Powell

Labour’s deputy leader believes the ‘unpleasant’ culture will be different under Mr Burnham

The Independent UK

Labour was not prepared to govern in 2024, says Morgan McSweeney

PM’s former chief of staff opens up on political mistakes and shares Trump’s theories about wind turbines

The Guardian - UK

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The key flaw in Burnham’s ‘No 10 in the North’ plan

Andy Burnham is bringing Downing Street to Manchester. The landmark plans for a Northern government hub were announced in Burnham’s speech on 29 June, in which he said that “No 10 North will be at the centre of a rewired Britain.”

The Independent UK

Plans to replace destroyers scrapped to make way for drone hubs in ‘hybrid Navy’

The Royal Navy will instead procure at least six ‘common combat vessels’, which will act as command hubs for uncrewed systems, officials said.

The Independent UK

Home secretary sought to restrict minister’s access to papers as she calls for his sacking

Row between Shabana Mahmood and Mike Tapp broke out after he wrote unauthorised article about immigration

The Guardian - UK

Mahmood in standoff with Starmer over No 10 not sacking junior minister

Mike Tapp wrote unauthorised article saying new settlement rules should not cover overseas care workers

The Guardian - UK

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Officials will lobby Burnham to revive ‘war bonds’ idea to pay for higher defence spending

Senior figures, including some in No 10, want the Treasury to be allowed to borrow more for military spending

The Guardian - UK

Burnham eyes up ‘No 10 in the North’ as path to a coronation becomes clearer

Darren Jones, an ally of Keir Starmer, has ruled himself out of any Labour leadership contest

The Independent UK

In The Room: Why Starmer’s resignation speech struck a chord with an ex-No 10 adviser

In The Room co-host and former No 10 special advisor Cleo Watson has reacted to Keir Starmer’s emotional resignation speech, drawing parallels to her former boss Theresa May’s departure.

The Independent UK

Burnham team tell ministers to delay resignations to avoid chaos

Exclusive: Allies of Labour’s Makerfield candidate concerned rapid collapse of Starmer government would increase instability

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer’s legacy will be ‘managing to p*** off everyone’, ex-No 10 insider says

IN THE ROOM: From farmers and veterans to judges and pensioners, Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson ask whether the prime minister’s legacy will be defined by the very groups he alienated on the road to reform, as reported by Athena Stavrou and Maja Anushka

The Independent UK

New defence secretary to ‘reprioritise’ UK plan for military spending, say sources

Starmer ‘can’t sack him or let him resign’, says ally of Dan Jarvis after predecessor’s resignation

The Guardian - UK

No10 hits back as JD Vance blames Henry Nowak's murder on 'mass invasion of migrants'

The US politician claimed Mr Nowak would be alive if European elites had resisted ‘the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants’.

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The Independent UK

No 10 hits back after JD Vance blames Henry Nowak murder on migrant ‘invasion’

The US politician claimed Mr Nowak would be alive if European elites had resisted ‘the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants’.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson described Theresa May as a ‘giant yucca tree under whose shade everything dies’

Exclusive: Sir Conor Burns, one of Boris Johnson’s closest aides, lays bare the former prime minister’s dim view of his predecessor in new book marking 10 years since the Brexit referendum

The Independent UK

Inside the dirty tricks campaigns trying to stop Andy Burnham in race for No 10

NEWS ANALYSIS: As the phantom leadership contest rumbles on ahead of a by-election in Makerfield, political editor David Maddox looks at the dirty tricks campaigns being unleashed by Labour MPs to stop Andy Burnham making it into No 10

The Independent UK

Streeting will expose ‘human shopping trolley’ Burnham, say allies of ex-health secretary

Exclusive: Burnham has faced criticism for backtracking on his stance on Brexit and economic policies

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The Independent UK

Politics latest: Starmer under pressure over Mandelson vetting files release after fresh delay

Burnham confirmed as Labour’s Makerfield by-election candidate in make-or-break battle with Reform

The Guardian - UK

Starmer needs sharper survival strategy if he is to stay on

Tepid cabinet support and a blunted No 10 operation are making it harder for the prime minister to face down critics

The Independent UK

Why the path to No 10 is not an easy one for any of Starmer’s would-be challengers

Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner, Andy Burnham and surprise candidate Al Carns all face significant hurdles to be PM

The Guardian - UK

Labour must offer more than ‘better managed decline’ on economy, MPs urge

Soft-left Tribune group issues thinly disguised attack on Keir Starmer, calling for bold policy renewal

The Guardian - UK

Starmer faces fight to survive as Streeting and Rayner eye leadership bids

Chances of Starmer remaining in No 10 appear to be diminishing as about 40 Labour MPs call on him to quit

The Guardian - UK

Who are the main threats to Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership?

PM is determined to fight on in No 10 but various contenders to replace him have been organising for some time

The Guardian - UK

How King Charles’s speech was written – and how to read it

King’s carefully crafted address to US Congress was the result of close liaison with aides, No 10 and Foreign Office

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