6 h. ago Starmer rocked by new Andy Burnham coup plot: PM's arch rival 'close to securing deal' over Commons seat to mount challenge

Mr Burnham has made little secret of his ambition to take the top job, and now his Commons allies say they have found a seat which is 'likely to come free' in the coming months.

Economics

19 h. ago 'We were lucky to have a true hero like you living among us for so long, Ike'

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham writes for the Manchester Evening News about his friend Ike Alterman and how meeting him remains one of the 'greatest privileges' of his life

Politics

39 h. ago Andy Burnham got a letter this week that's 'hugely significant' for Greater Manchester

"This is a hugely significant outcome for Greater Manchester"

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61 h. ago Andy Burnham unveils first Bee Network train at Manchester Piccadilly in 'new era'

The Greater Manchester Mayor has promised a 'new era' of Bee Network Rail - and a 24/7 Airport train

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63 h. ago Andy Burnham makes demand after claims government policies creating homelessness

It comes after the government set out a new plan to tackle homelessness

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64 h. ago South Manchester leisure centre giving users a 'lifeline' thanks to community action

A leisure centre in Trafford has secured its future with a 25 year lease deal

Politics

66 h. ago Andy Burnham weighs in on Manchester Town Hall's £95million overspend and delays

The grade-I listed building was supposed to reopen in 2024

Economics

2 d. ago Andy Burnham issues homelessness warning as he criticises 'next day' evictions

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said homelessness is 'fixable' and blamed the Government for 'policies that actually create' homelessness

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3 d. ago Mark Kelly reveals he had to hire personal security to deal with death threats since Trump’s attacks over ‘illegal orders’

“He is not intimidating me, and he’s not going to,” Kelly said of Trump.

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4 d. ago 'People underestimate what a wrench it would be to leave this job': Andy Burnham responds to latest Labour leadership rumours

'If the call came, I'm not going to just turn away from it'

Politics

4 d. ago Trump is remodeling Washington to fit his twisted vision of America | Judith Levine

The administration is offloading gems of US architecture while redesigning the city to match the president’s valuesWhile the original architect of Donald Trump’s ever-expanding ballroom steps down and preservationists panic over the fate of New Deal murals inside the Social Security Administration building, the president gushes about painting the granite Eisenhower Executive Office Building white, “fixing” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and erecting his own Arc de Triomphe.To peruse the plans for a Trump-era capital district alongside the General Services Administration’s list of assets identified for accelerated disposition – the federal buildings slated for off-loading – is to discern a diagram of Trump’s values.Judith Levine is a Brooklyn-based journalist, essayist and author of five books. Her Substack is Today in Fascism Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Zelensky in London as West steps up push for Ukraine peace deal

Zelensky in London as West steps up push for Ukraine peace deal  National Security News

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8 d. ago Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump – but will it? | Timothy Garton Ash

Whether using frozen Russian assets, ramping up defence production or deepening the relationship with the EU, it is up to us to secure Ukraine’s future – and our ownEurope, you have been warned. President Vladimir Putin has waged a full-scale war against Ukraine for nearly four years and this week threatened that Russia was “ready right now” for war with Europe if need be. President Donald Trump has demonstrated that the US is ready to sell out Ukraine for the sake of a dirty deal with Putin’s Russia. His new US National Security Strategy prescribes “cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations”. How much more clarity do you need?Now it’s up to us Europeans to enable Ukraine to survive armed assault from Moscow and diplomatic betrayal from Washington. In doing so, we also defend ourselves. For a year now, people have been telling me that Trump will eventually get tough on Russia. It’s been the geopolitical version of Waiting for Godot. Then his perso...

Politics

9 d. ago US considers wider sanctions on Sudanese army and RSF as ceasefire efforts falter

Trump envoy fails to secure deal as Norway prepares to host talks on how to restore civilian government in SudanThe US is considering a much broader range of sanctions on the belligerents in the war in Sudan, in a tacit acknowledgment of the inability of the US envoy Massad Boulos to persuade the parties to accept a ceasefire.Last week Donald Trump announced that work had begun to end the war after a personal request for his direct intervention from the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Andy Burnham gives update on Salford Red Devils’ liquidation – and it’s ‘not all doom and gloom’

152 years of history came to an end after a minute-long-hearing yesterday

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9 d. ago Swinney ‘waiting with expectation’ for UK ministers to secure whisky tariff deal

The Scottish First Minister said he has put ‘significant effort’ into seeking an agreement to cut the US levies.

Politics

9 d. ago Andy Burnham calls for 'pause' on plan to scrap juries in some trials

The government's plan has been controversial

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1 week ago Royal London secures £55m BPA transaction as deal pipeline expands

Royal London secures £55m BPA transaction as deal pipeline expands  Reinsurance News

Economics

1 week ago Mason Mount challenges Man Utd to aim for Champions League after Palace comeback

Mount completed his first 90 minutes in the Premier League since the start of 2023.

Sport

2 w. ago Trump 'is set to recognise Russian control over Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian territories in bid to secure deal with Putin to end war'

Officials close to the talks say the US president has dispatched his peace envoy, Steve Witkoff, along with his son-in-law, Jared Kushner , to set out the proposal to Putin in Moscow.

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