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The Latest Breaking News from Andy Burnham

Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes

Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’

The Guardian - UK

Labour insiders form new centre-left network in bid to change party’s direction

Exclusive: Andy Burnham-backed Mainstream group will inevitably influence looming deputy leadership contest

The Guardian - UK

Contest to replace Rayner will be ‘Labour’s referendum’ on Starmer’s government, PM warned

PM told he needs to listen to members as Emily Thornberry becomes first senior MP to confirm she is considering running

The Independent UK

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Emily Thornberry ‘thinking about’ standing for deputy PM

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The Independent UK

Starmer warned deputy leadership race is make-or-break moment for Labour government

Dame Emily Thornberry said she is considering standing for the deputy leadership and that members must be listened to more

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham says government needs ‘reset’ to become more decisive

Greater Manchester mayor also suggests the cabinet needs to more ‘pluralistic’ and less London-centric

The Guardian - UK

Healey says Rayner ‘not a victim’ amid Labour reshuffle discontent

The Defence Secretary said a ‘good team’ was in place following Sir Keir Starmer’s reshuffle.

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Voices: I am surprised by the cries of ‘Keir must go’: a change of prime minister won’t solve Labour’s problems

COMMENT: As the Conservatives showed so clearly during the later years of their government, if you only change the prime minister without finding solutions to the issues the public cares about, you haven’t solved anything at all, writes John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Want more productivity, Rachel Reeves? It’s time to embrace Mancunian swagger

Manchester is closing the gap on London, with public money having helped to ‘crowd in’ a lot of private investment

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on gambling: a public reckoning with the dark side of this highly profitable industry is overdue

Editorial: Gordon Brown says gambling is undertaxed, Andy Burnham wants the power to block new gaming centres – and ministers should pay attention

The Guardian - UK

Missing out on £54m research fund ‘undermines’ northern universities, say mayors

The elected mayors warned that investment was ‘concentrated disproportionately in London and the South East’.

Evening Standard

‘All those posh apartments. It’s a playground for the rich’: is Manchester turning into London?

£6 a pint, £199 a month for gym membership, £1,200 to rent a studio flat? The Guardian’s former North of England editor asks if the city she’s worked in for 12 years is changing for the better – or worse

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham calls on Starmer to tackle ‘explosion of homelessness’

A damning report warned of an ‘explosion of homelessness’ since Covid

The Independent UK

High-street slot machines reap record takings as councils call for power to curb spread

Local authorities want government to make it easier to stop flurry of ‘adult gaming centres’ targeting poorer areas

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If ministers want to see how welfare reform can be done, come see us in Greater Manchester

Prevention beats cure in our view. Targeting issues like housing, personal debt and mental health will get people into work and cut the benefits bill, says Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham

Evening Standard

Police chief vows ‘relentless’ pursuit of grooming gangs

It comes after a largely positive report about Greater Manchester Police’s turnaround in tackling the gangs.

The Independent UK

Police force investigating more than 1,000 grooming gang suspects

Watchdog says Greater Manchester Police has made ‘significant improvements’ following years of failure.

The Independent UK

Greater Manchester Police investigating 1,000 grooming gang suspects, watchdog says

Andy Burnham said ‘never again will any child here be labelled or dismissed’ after a report found significant improvements in the force’s response to grooming gangs

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Evening Standard

GMP better on grooming gangs as more than 1,000 suspects under investigation

Watchdog says Greater Manchester Police has made ‘significant improvements’ following years of failure.

The Independent UK

Labour in chaos as rebels demand more welfare concessions

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The Guardian - UK

Who are the key Labour rebels in the revolt against Starmer’s welfare bill?

A day before the crucial vote, here are the party figures leading the debate on the prime minister’s welfare reforms

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham urges MPs to vote against Labour’s welfare reforms

Ministers hope the concessions to welfare Bill will be enough to avert a backbench rebellion

The Guardian - UK

Liz Kendall ignores call from Labour MP for welfare bill to be withdrawn – as it happened

Andy McDonald says MPs are being asked to vote without vital evidence but work and pensions secretary says employment support programmes are being improved

Evening Standard

Starmer to press on with welfare reforms as 120 Labour MPs prepare to defy him

The Prime Minister said the ‘broken’ welfare system must be fixed.

Evening Standard

We will do everything we can to save Alexander Dennis jobs, vows Swinney

It came as the bus manufacturer proposes to consolidate its UK operations in North Yorkshire and close its Falkirk factory.

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