Andy Burnham
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Burnham speech live: PM to address Labour conference amid row over triple lock
PM expected to lay out plans for national care service and bid to bring energy bills down in speech in Liverpool
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What is the pension triple lock and how much would pensioners lose if it’s scrapped?
Pensioners would be thousands of pounds worse off without the policy, analysis shows
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Andy Burnham expected to tackle pensions triple lock in Labour conference speech
Andy Burnham will pledge to tackle the issues politicians “usually avoid” in his first leader’s speech at the Labour Party conference amid mounting speculation the pensions triple lock could be reformed to fund social care.
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How to grow a £25k-a-year pension as Labour eyes scrapping triple lock
If the state pension is altered it won’t grow as fast in future years – but there are ways you can help boost your income for retirement now
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Chris Mason: Burnham opens debate on huge issue of social care reform
The pitch from Andy Burnham is that there needs to be a willingness to say "the things politicians usually avoid", the BBC's political editor writes.
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State pension triple lock under pressure ahead of Budget as billions at stake
The state pension triple lock is facing renewed pressure ahead of the October Budget. Here's what could happen to pension increases and why the…
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How Liverpool really feels about Andy Burnham’s homecoming
As Andy Burnham addresses the Labour Conference in the city of his birth, Dan Haygarth asks the people of Liverpool whether their Scouse PM will benefit the city - or whether his ‘Manchesterism’ shows his priorities are elsewhere
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Minister refuses to rule out scrapping state pension triple lock
Despite being pressed on it by broadcasters, the education secretary would not say whether Mr Burnham and chancellor John Healey are considering ending the policy
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State pension triple lock under pressure ahead of Budget as billions at stake
The state pension triple lock is facing renewed pressure ahead of the October Budget. Here's what could happen to pension increases and why the…
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State pension triple lock under pressure ahead of Budget as billions at stake
The state pension triple lock is facing renewed pressure ahead of the October Budget. Here's what could happen to pension increases and why the…
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New UK household tax cut coming into effect this week
Most are set to see savings from next month – but some could lose out
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Thinktank says pension triple lock ‘fiscally unsustainable’ ahead of Burnham’s speech to conference – UK politics live
PM expected to call for a debate on the future of the mechanism that determines pension increases in his speech
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RAF Fairford incident involves 'foreign actor', says Rubio
In a television interview the US Secretary of State mentioned Iran, which has denied any involvement
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Argentina threatens UK with legal action over Falklands oil exploration
It comes just days after Mr Milei criticised the UN in his speech at the General Assembly for failing to act over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands
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State pension triple lock under pressure ahead of Budget as billions at stake
The state pension triple lock is facing renewed pressure ahead of the October Budget. Here's what could happen to pension increases and why the…
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State pension triple lock under pressure ahead of Budget as billions at stake
The state pension triple lock is facing renewed pressure ahead of the October Budget. Here's what could happen to pension increases and why the…
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State pension triple lock under pressure ahead of Budget as billions at stake
The state pension triple lock is facing renewed pressure ahead of the October Budget. Here's what could happen to pension increases and why the…
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Why you could pay income tax on your state pension even if the triple lock ends
Some pensioners will be dragged into paying income tax – but there are exemptions
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What time is Andy Burnham’s speech at Labour conference today?
The prime minister is set to rally against ‘politics-as-usual’ in his address
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State pension triple lock under pressure ahead of Budget as billions at stake
The state pension triple lock is facing renewed pressure ahead of the October Budget. Here's what could happen to pension increases and why the…
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Rubio claims suspected terror plot at UK-US airbase ‘clearly involved foreign actor’
Five suspects, all UK nationals living in London, were released on Monday but remain under investigation
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More attempts at longer migrant small boat crossings in Channel
The government says it is bearing down on dangerous small boat crossings.
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‘We have time to make our case’: Labour insiders are confident Burnham can sell his social care reforms
Analysts believe PM has a ‘golden opportunity’ to offer older people better protection in return for weakening the triple lock guarantee
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Calls grow to strip former County Durham NHS boss of 'slap in the face' OBE
Calls are growing to strip former NHS Trust boss Sue Jacques of her OBE after a “decade-long systemic failure” emerged.
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The Government’s reindustrialising Britain rhetoric risks becoming the new ‘levelling up’ - Andrew Vine
Remember levelling up? The promise that Yorkshire and the wider north were going to get the fairer economic deal we’d deserved and demanded for decades? Many in Yorkshire will recall the term with a humourless laugh. Some might even point to it as a textbook example of how governments let voters down.
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Labour conference diary: mayors are new superstars in Burnham's reign
The queue snaked well out the door and the bouncers were getting edgy. “Step back,” one said firmly, before eventually letting me in.
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The Terms of Reference for the inquiry into the Leeds maternity scandal is a major step in the right direction
The fact that the release of the Terms of Reference for the inquiry into the Leeds maternity scandal has been welcomed by bereaved and harmed families shows it is a major step in the right direction.
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'Nothing is off the table': Andy Burnham to set out major social care reforms
Andy Burnham will today set out his plans for an NHS-style social care system in his first Labour conference speech as Prime Minister.
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Newspaper headlines: 'Labour split on triple lock' and 'Plot's going on, PM?'
A number of the papers preview a speech from Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Tuesday.
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What time is the Budget and what might be in it?
Chancellor John Healey will set out his plans for UK taxes on 28 October.
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Andy Burnham to unveil public body to invest in electricity grid
The prime minister will say he wants to reduce energy costs in his first conference speech as Labour leader.
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Disabled young people to get government-funded jobs at Tesco and Lidl
The work and pensions says disabled people will be put ‘at the front of the queue’
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Andy Burnham pledges honest conversation in first Labour Party conference speech
Mr Burnham previously stated his intention to spend his remaining ‘political capital’ on fixing social care
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Five UK nationals arrested near RAF Fairford released on bail
Police say alleged offences could have been committed ‘knowingly or unknowingly’ on behalf of a foreign state
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Mahmood: I feel revulsion and fear at the sight of masked racists
The home secretary said stricter rules on migrants living in the UK will be fair after opposition
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Mahmood signals rethink on migrants right to remain
The home secretary has been under pressure to water down the proposals from some Labour MPs, including Angela Rayner.
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Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
Exclusive: After Ed Miliband told the Labour conference in Liverpool that Britain’s future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next election manifesto
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Mayors to run local apprenticeship schemes to tackle Neets crisis, John Healey says
John Healey said the mayor-run schemes would be “a bit like football scouts for apprenticeships”.
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Trump ‘surprised’ as five suspects released on bail over suspected RAF Fairford plot
Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said he would not have released the suspects on bail
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Five men arrested in RAF Fairford incident released on police bail
Police are exploring whether proxies or individuals working on behalf of a foreign state are involved.
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Andy Burnham to unveil publicly owned Great British Grid to slash UK energy costs
Burnham also intends to push for a speedier rollout of renewables alongside boosted network infrastructure
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Diesel hits 199.18p as Burnham’s upbeat first year faces reality
THEY say a week is a long time in politics.
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Pension triple lock: How could Labour scrap it, and what would it cost pensioners?
Pensioners would be thousands of pounds worse off without the policy, analysis shows
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Healey sets out plan for ‘new age of industrialisation’ to boost economy
Chancellor John Healey used his Labour Party conference speech to try to revive confidence in the UK economy.
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Best thing we can offer young people is a job, not benefits, says chancellor
John Healey's speech comes ahead of next month's Budget, as he faces pressure to bring down government borrowing costs.
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‘We have to bring the benefits bill down’: Healey signals return to welfare reform
John Healey told the Labour Party conference that it is not progressive ‘to allow a bigger and bigger benefits’ bill warning that it was ‘immoral’ to leave young people on welfare dependency
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Price of diesel in UK hits all-time high, new figures show
The previous record was set in 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Why the PM could finally drop the triple lock pension pledge
Andy Burnham said that he would make tough decisions to fund a new national care service.
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Andy Burnham announces new scheme for first-time buyers – here’s how it would work
The housing secretary said the scheme will ‘build on the lessons’ from similar initiatives
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Healey needs to cut welfare. But he’s learnt from Starmer’s failures
The chancellor used his Labour conference speech to retable Rachel Reeves’ welfare cuts – but in an authentic Labour way, political editor David Maddox writes
