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‘Complicated and expensive’: Burnham is right about the risks of nationalisation

Track record of Welsh Water shows changing ownership status is not the answer to all the woes in the utilities sector

The Guardian - UK

Energy price cap rise ‘will push millions in Great Britain into fuel poverty’

Typical bill will surge by £220 a year from Wednesday, forcing 13.5m homes to spend over 10% of income on fuel

The Guardian - UK

Tory grandee Michael Heseltine backs Andy Burnham’s No 10 North

Lord Heseltine said if the ex-mayor delivered on the broad vision he set out on Monday, it could be ‘very beneficial’ for ‘our entire economy’.

Evening Standard

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Northern Rail Project risks repeating costly HS2 failures, MPs warn

The £45bn scheme to link cities across north of England with new or upgraded lines has no convincing or properly costed plan, committee says

The Guardian - UK

Defence Secretary faces questions on £4.7bn funding gap left to Andy Burnham

The presumptive prime minister will have to identify an extra tranche of funding for defence in his first budget.

Evening Standard

Burnham left with £4.7bn bill for Starmer’s new defence investment plan

Ally of PM-in-waiting says four-year boost for the armed forces is an ‘unexploded bomb’

The Guardian - UK

Two new Scottish MPs make their maiden speeches after by-election wins

The SNP’s Lara Bird and the Conservatives’ Douglas Lumsden made their maiden speeches from the green benches on Tuesday.

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In The Room | Andy Burnham wants to be Britain’s least powerful PM

Devolution – or devo-maxxing – was the order of the day in Andy Burnham’s most significant speech yet on how he would govern.

The Independent UK

Shabana Mahmood tipped for chancellor as John Healey in frame for Home Office

IN THE ROOM: The Independent understands that Mahmood is now among the leading names being discussed for the Treasury, while Healey is being spoken of in Westminster as the frontrunner to take over at the Home Office if she is moved, writes Maja Anushka

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the defence investment plan: the UK needs security, not dependency on a wayward US

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer cuts civilian investment while deepening reliance on American power. That doesn’t feel like national renewal

The Guardian - UK

Steve Reed backs Andy Burnham’s plans to ‘go further and faster’ on devolution

The Communities Secretary said the prospective prime minister’s plans for an outpost of No 10 based in Manchester were a ‘great idea’.

Evening Standard

Starmer’s delayed defence investment swansong satisfies absolutely no one

The Dip couldn’t be more Keir if it tried: the military, the allies and probably not even Keir himself were happy

The Guardian - UK

What has Andy Burnham actually achieved on housing in Manchester?

Andy Burnham made a series of lofty, if unspecific, promises in a speech on Monday, billed as an opportunity to set out his policy agenda

The National (Scotland)

The challenges lying in wait for Burnham

Letters: Readers respond to Andy Burnham’s speech at the People’s History Museum in Manchester that laid out his vision for Britain

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Hope must be backed by legislation

Letter: Andy Burnham has a short window to demonstrate that he will follow a new path, writes Benjamin Selwyn

The Guardian - UK

The truth about the next prime minister and the bond markets

Letter: Google search activity shows Andy Burnham has not put any upward pressure on borrowing costs, says Prof Costas Milas

The National (Scotland)

John Curtice verdict on what Andy Burnham means for Scottish Labour and SNP

JOHN Curtice has given his verdict on what an Andy Burnham premiership might mean for Scottish Labour and the SNP ...

The Conversation

Why unelected power brings us a strange comfort

The UK is not usually thought of as the kind of country that’s prone to a coup d'état. Yet in the UK too, power can change hands without a general election. Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, Theresa May, Liz Truss – in each case, internal party dynamics determined who occupied 10…

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Andy Burnham: I'll cut transport fares in London to lower cost of living for millions

Exclusive: The Prime Minister-in-waiting also pledges more affordable homes including in the heart of the capital where property prices are sky-high

The Independent UK

Starmer offers cut in tuition for EU students as part of reset talks

A deal could see EU students have their fees cut from £38,000 to £9,535, in line with UK undergraduates

Evening Standard

My pitch to London: good growth to every postcode, hope in every heart

Everyone can feel the country is not where it should be. People feel it in their bills, their rent, their high streets, their transport, and at the end of every month when there is less and less left over.

The National (Scotland)

Andy Burnham 'doesn’t know what he means' with Scottish devolution plan, SNP warn

A Scottish minister has said Andy Burnham “doesn’t know what he means” with his stated plans to reshape Scottish devolution – and added “I…

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham says he will end culture of briefing against female ministers

PM hopeful tells meeting of women’s parliamentary Labour party that any staff who undermine female members of his team will be sacked

The National (Scotland)

Asylum decisions by public 'a reckless gamble with human lives', charity warns

Labour's plan to hand asylum process decisions to the public has been described as "a reckless gamble with human lives" by a leading…

The National (Scotland)

Andy Burnham makes major Scotland errors in 'tartanised' pitch to voters

ANDY Burnham's pitch to Scottish voters was a "tartanised copy and paste" job that made multiple errors about Scotland's…

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