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'It's Only £3 a Month': Why Some Britons Say Burnham's Energy Tax Cut Doesn't Go Far Enough

Andy Burnham's VAT cut on electricity bills aims to ease the cost-of-living crisis, saving UK households £45 annually. Critics argue the relief is minimal amidst rising expenses.

International Business Times UK

Andrew Harper: No early release for main perpetrator in PC's killing, says Burnham

Pc Harper died after getting caught in a strap attached to the back of a car and dragged down a country road as three teenage suspects fled the scene of a burglary

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham says he’ll end rough sleeping – here’s what’s needed to make it happen

On his first day as prime minister, Andy Burnham promised to end rough sleeping, and pledged an additional £340 million to the cause. A positive aim for society, to be sure, but what he didn’t mention is that we’ve nearly solved this before. The question isn’t whether ending rough sleeping…

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Will Andy Burnham commit to key defence spending demand?

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Ireland ‘ready to support’ closer UK-EU ties under Burnham, says deputy premier

Simon Harris said the Prime Minister ‘knows Ireland well, and Ireland knows him well’.

Evening Standard

Sarwar appointment is ‘terrible look’ for PM Burnham, John Swinney says

The Scottish First Minister spoke out after it emerged Anas Sarwar is to quit as Scottish Labour leader to join the UK Government.

Evening Standard

Here’s how Andy Burnham really could end homelessness

Utilising empty homes, capping rents and fixing the benefits system would all help, but they’d require a serious fight, says Daniel Lavelle, who writes on mental health, homelessness and social care

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Andy Burnham fails to commit to Healey’s 3 per cent defence spending demand

Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham take up their roles after a row over defence spending plagued Sir Keir Starmer’s final weeks at No 10, amid mounting public pressure for the government to prioritise Britain’s ailing military

The Independent UK

Burnham reintroduces £2 bus fare cap reversing Starmer increase

The Prime Minister said ‘no-one should be priced out’ of using public transport.

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham backs away from personal allowance increase – what we know

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The Independent UK

Andy Burnham's VAT Cut Could Save EV Drivers More Than Average Households—Here's Why

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham removes 5% VAT on domestic electricity bills to ease living costs, benefiting home EV chargers but leaving public charging costs unchanged.

International Business Times UK

Don't hammer Londoners with new £800-a-year homes tax, Andy Burnham warned

The new Prime Minister has previously backed a new property tax which could land London with an extra £7.5 billion bill

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham Approves US Use of UK Bases for Iran Strikes in First Major Foreign Policy Test

Andy Burnham approves continued US use of UK bases for Iran operations, balancing Britain's alliance with Washington and legal concerns over the conflict.

International Business Times UK

Andy Burnham latest: Streeting backs Trump on defence spending as PM reiterates Nato funding pledge

PM says ‘we will honour the commitments we’ve made as part of Nato’ as defence secretary Streeting agrees Trump is right to ask for more spending

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Chancellor John Healey faces serious challenges in funding Burnham’s grand aspirations

The UK’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, laid out a radical agenda in his short speech upon taking office. He called for a long-term strategy to reverse 40 years of Thatcherism, and the privatisation and centralisation that resulted. Wisely, he put a ten-year horizon on these objectives and it is…

The Independent UK

UK inflation falls to 15-month low in June thanks to lower petrol prices

Newly appointed chancellor John Healey says falling inflation is ‘news families want to hear’

Evening Standard

UK inflation eases to 15-month low in June after food and fuel prices fall

The rate of Consumer Prices Index was 2.6% in June, down from 2.8% in May, according to the Office for National Statistics.

The Guardian - UK

Oil price touches $95 as US-Iran conflict escalates; UK inflation cools faster than expected - as it happened

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Who's in Andy Burnham's Government? Complete list of ministers chosen by new PM

Who are the new ministers in Andy Burnham’s Government?

The Guardian - UK

How could Britain look under proportional representation? See the results for your area

These visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systems

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: How Trump’s Iran gamble has produced a crisis reshaping the global order

In today’s newsletter: A White House operating without expertise, strategy or restraint is stuck in a conflict with no easy way out, which is sending economic shockwaves far beyond its own borders

The Independent UK

Streeting and Mahmood apologise for joke about early prisoner release caught on hot mic

The Defence Secretary made the remarks in a conversation with Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and the new Justice Secretary Alex Norris

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham announces new £2 bus fare cap across England

It comes after the new prime minister vowed that his government would give people a ‘sense that help is coming’ in his first Cabinet meeting on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Burnham announces £2 bus fare cap from January

The move will partly be funded through changes to international climate finance schemes.

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham is playing the long game in an age of short attention spans

It is hard to make the case for a 10-year plan in our political culture of constant campaigning frenzy – but the new PM will try, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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