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Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Journalism is a vital part of our national infrastructure Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Government must act to protect trusted journalism Chief Executive Theo Bamber

Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council have joined forces to launch Scale Up Staffordshire

Staffordshire to get new elected mayor under landmark devolution plans

Jeffrey Donaldson exiting a vehicle

Ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson accused of 2016 rape inside Westminster

Police patrol the perimeter as a US Air Force Rockwell B-1 Lancer bomber lands at RAF Fairford

Two men re-arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran over RAF Fairford incident

John Swinney

‘Stars are aligning’ for Scottish independence, Swinney to tell SNP conference

Andy Burnham and John Swinney

Burnham to call on Swinney to work together to spread devolution across Scotland

Jenny GIlruth and John Swinney in a Holyrood corridor

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister calls for early Westminster election

Dave Doogan siting on stage

Scotland not hanging around for PM to fix ‘broken, Brexit Britain’, says Doogan

The scene outside Newry Crown Court

No emotion as judge describes Donaldson’s ‘catastrophic descent into disgrace’

Stephen Flynn speaking at a lectern

Time ahead the greatest challenge ever for independence movement, says Flynn

Jenny Gilruth smiling

SNP set for ’emphatic’ Westminster win, says Scotland’s Deputy First Minister

Police outside RAF Fairford

Seventh man arrested by counter-terrorism police in RAF Fairford investigation

Kemi Badenoch

Badenoch: Tories will turn tide on Burnham’s ‘destructive socialist agenda’

Dudley Market in High Street, Dudley

Dudley finance boss says refusing grant sends message to Westminster

Keith Brown gesturing with one arm while speaking from a lectern

SNP depute leader ‘very confident’ of winning second independence vote

John Swinney speaks during First Minister’s Questions for party leaders at the Scottish Parliament

Swinney calls on MSPs to unanimously back Scotland’s ‘right to decide’
The First Minister claimed Westminster’s position of vetoing democracy was unsustainable.
Danyel VanReenen, Press Association Scotland Reporter

First Ministers

Westminster’s time is coming to an end – SNP, Plaid and Sinn Féin leaders

People taking part in a Scottish Independence march

Independent Scotland in EU would make Scots £3,000 a year richer, claims SNP

The foot of a young baby

Local areas with highest and lowest fertility rates revealed

Northern Ireland Policing Board

Troubles legal costs almost double amount paid to victims, Chief Constable says

Gary Glitter walking outside, sheltering under a red umbrella

Gary Glitter pleads not guilty to repeated sexual abuse of girl in 70s and 80s

Defence Investment Plan row

Andy Burnham should be given Guinness World Record for U-turns, SNP says

Kemi Badenoch rules out deals with Reform as she blasts ‘dishonest’ defectors

Reform UK press conference

Ofcom investigating Sky News over ‘harassment’ of daughter, Nigel Farage says

Andy Burnham gesturing as he speaks

Tory council leaders accuse Burnham of ‘devolving blame’ for tax rises

Michael Marra

Labour leadership hopeful speaks out about dying mother’s ‘fear’ in shared ward

Stephen Flynn speaking to the media outside the Houses of Parliament

Flynn reveals he resigned as Westminster leader weeks before Holyrood election
Former Westminster leader Stephen Flynn made the comments at Edinburgh Fringe event Political Party with Matt Forde.
Rachel Keenan, Press Association Scotland Politics Reporter

Stephen Flynn

Sturgeon’s SNP book comments were a ‘mistake’, says Flynn

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage arrives to cast his vote in the Clacton by-election

Parliamentary probe into Nigel Farage’s £5m gift resumes after Clacton victory

Sonia Kumar

Crackdown on vape shops and bookies will boost high street, says MP

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage arrives to cast his vote in the Clacton by-election

Voters go to polls in Clacton by-election triggered by Farage

Nigel Farage at a Reform UK press conference in London

Farage hopes to return to Parliament as Clacton votes on his future

Rachid Bouchibne gestures toward the photographer in the street

Man in court accused of stealing actor’s £100,000 Patek Philippe watch

Andy Burnham listens to journalists

Burnham to kick off national tour to hear cost-of-living concerns

Tate Brothers

Tate brothers are too notorious to be flight risk, lawyers argue

Tornado Alert at Epsom last year

Tornado Alert going for Group One double in Germany

DUP MP Sammy Wilson

DUP MP Sammy Wilson investigated by standards commissioner

Nigel Farage at a Reform UK press conference

Farage discussed ‘liabilities’ of returning to politics in spring 2024

John Healey speaks to Treasury staff

Healey will set out first budget of Burnham premiership on October 28

Greater Manchester mayoral by-election

Giving mayors a share of tax collected will ’empower’ regions, Burnham says

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander

Mayors given fast-track route to build new trams and transport links

Andy Burnham becomes new PM

Andy Burnham uses first speech as PM to call for ‘national sense of unity’

John Swinney smiling in front of a brick wall

Swinney wants ‘constructive conversations’ with newly appointed Burnham

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham must deliver emergency budget to ‘reverse damage’, says SNP

Andy Burnham at a Labour rally in Gravesend

Scrapping digital ID will help focus on cost of living – Labour deputy leader

Composite image of Nigel Farage and Count Binface

Nigel Farage one of 34 candidates in Clacton by-election

Andy Burnham speaking from a Labour lectern

Westminster cannot dictate Scotland’s future, Swinney tells incoming PM Burnham

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham in pledge to be ‘unashamedly Labour’ as he becomes party leader

Graham Linehan court case

Graham Linehan receives settlement from Met over arrest for social media posts

Head and shoulders photo of Andy Burnham

Burnham urged to end windfall tax if he enters No 10

Nigel Farage

Parties reject by-election triggered by Farage amid scrutiny over his finances

Soldiers in line

Starmer must say what he will cut to fund £15bn defence rise, SNP says

Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner (Peter Byrne/PA)

Angela Rayner throws her support behind Burnham’s town hall powers agenda

Racing at Chepstow

BHA responds after question asked on the future of jumps racing in Wales

Swinney rejects Burnham’s claim Scots feel distant from Holyrood

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham tells Scots he offers ‘change’ from ‘broken’ Westminster politics

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