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‘No inkling’ of Donaldson’s abusive behaviour prior to arrest, says DUP minister

Gordon Lyons also denied that loyalist activist Jamie Bryson has been exerting influence over Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party.

Evening Standard · Jun 26

Burnham joins campaign launch for Labour’s Manchester mayor candidate

The Makerfield MP, and likely successor to Sir Keir Starmer in Downing Street, was at the launch for Labour’s Bev Craig.

Evening Standard · Jun 26

Scottish Labour MP says Andy Burnham 'blames Westminster like John Swinney'

A SCOTTISH Labour MP has compared Andy Burnham to John Swinney and appeared to suggest voters had to bear “responsibility” for the PM being…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 26

Kate Forbes shares stage with hard-right influencers at ‘anti-woke’ conference

KATE Forbes shared the stage with populist influencers and Reform MPs at an event that has been described as the “anti-woke Davos” ...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 26

Digested week: Another PM bites the dust and it’s surprisingly moving

Plus, World Cup fever, the EU referendum 10th anniversary, feeling the heat in Westminster, and cancer conversations

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26

Labour minister 'openly declares war' on Home Secretary as she tries to get him fired

A LABOUR minister has appeared to openly mock his boss, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, after she tried and failed to get him fired ...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 26

Ignore the miserabilists: Andy Burnham as PM is a moment when things really can get better

He’s the only person who can keep Nigel Farage out of Downing Street, so let’s embrace his unique blend of optimism and realism, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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

King Charles’s tax bill: what did we learn, and what is still in the dark?

We know the monarch paid £24.6m in tax over the last two years, but we still don’t know how wealthy he actually is

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25

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 · Jun 25