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Keir Starmer’s muddled politics are reaching their limit. It’s time for him to make a choice

Veer left or double down on the right? Either way, the prime minister needs to commit and sell it to an impatient electorate, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch challenges Starmer at PMQs over winter fuel payment U-turn, Chagos deal and child benefit cap – as it happened

Tory leader says PM should apologise to pensioners and asks how U-turn will be funded

The Guardian - UK

Voices: First Sadiq, now Andy… will no one rid Keir Starmer of his turbulent mayors?

COMMENT: As the mayor of Greater Manchester proposes a ‘popular left programme’ – just days after the mayor of London defied Downing Street with a new plan for drug laws – is the prime minister under threat from colleagues with their own fiefdoms, asks John Rentoul

The Independent UK

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English mayors push for visitor levy to boost income from tourism

Group led by Steve Rotheram says introducing local tourism tax would empower regional growth

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Labour minister calls for wealth tax and public investment in June spending review

Exclusive: Ex-minister to call for wealth tax, and Andy Burnham to demand focus on housing and education

The Guardian - UK

Infected blood victims ‘left in dark’ over compensation, Andy Burnham warns

The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, who once served as health secretary, also called for criminal investigations into the scandal.

The Independent UK

'London 2, Manchester 0': Sadiq Khan taunts rival city as he revels in Crystal Palace and Spurs cup wins

But mayor scores own goal by confusing Chelsea and Arsenal women’s teams

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Slot machine firms target UK’s poorest areas and channel funds to billionaires

Exclusive: Politicians including Andy Burnham call for councils to be given powers to stop new sites opening

The Guardian - UK

Travel time to be slashed between major northern cities as new train line planned

The route would ‘punch well above its weight’ say regional mayors

The Independent UK

New Liverpool-Manchester railway line proposed

Mayors Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham, alongside former rail minister Huw Merriman, are urging the Government to support the proposal.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on better public transport for the north: good politics and good economics

Editorial: Northern metro mayors are right to demand a step change in public investment at next month’s government spending review

The Guardian - UK

Crime's up in London - but the capital's still safer than Manchester, according to latest police data

Manchester worse for total crime rate, violence, stalking and sexual offences

Evening Standard

Department for Education stifling efforts to boost skills, warns Andy Burnham

The mayor of Greater Manchester said there is an urgent need to devolve more powers over skills but he is facing resistance in Whitehall.

Evening Standard

Whitehall has left generation of teenagers with no hope, says Andy Burnham

Greater Manchester mayor says number of young people not in education, employment or training has reached unacceptable levels

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‘This is for grassroots music’: The Lottery Winners celebrate number one album

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham congratulated them and said he was a ‘big fan’.

The Guardian - UK

‘Tax exile’s half-baked scheme’: Jim Ratcliffe challenged over Man Utd plan to use public funds for £2bn stadium project

Club co-owner’s request for hundreds of millions of pounds to help regenerate local area labelled ‘outrageous’ by critics

The Guardian - UK

Manchester’s Bee Network introduces tap-in travel on buses as well as trams

Andy Burnham hails ‘truly integrated, London-style’ system with fares calculated and capped automatically

Evening Standard

North West mayors sign deal with US space firm

Liverpool City Mayor Steve Rotheram and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham signed the agreement with Axiom Space.

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Sadiq Khan: Government must not lose 'safety net' amid welfare changes

In a ‘promise to Londoners’, mayor insists he will speak up over Government’s proposed reforms to benefits system

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Starmer’s Welfare Cuts Spark Fury – Disabled Brits Could Lose £675 a Month

Sir Keir Starmer is pushing forward with controversial welfare cuts that have sparked outrage—even within his own party.

The Independent UK

Kendall promises welfare reforms ‘imminently’

The Work and Pensions Secretary – who is expected to lay out her plans on Tuesday – told MPs that reforms would be published ‘imminently’.

The National (Scotland)

‘Disgusted’: Top activist resigns from Labour over disability benefit cuts

A PROMINENT disability campaigner has resigned from the Labour Party over the UK Government’s planned benefit cuts, saying she feels “quite…

The Independent UK

MPs ‘jumping to conclusions’ over welfare reforms, suggests minister

Emma Reynolds, the economic secretary to the treasury, urged MPs to be ‘patient’.

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy says G7 considering further moves to pressure Russia into agreeing Ukraine ceasefire – as it happened

‘We have more cards we can play,’ foreign secretary tells MPs as he says G7 foreign ministers found ‘common ground’ when meeting last week

The Independent UK

Minister defends planned benefit cuts amid growing Labour backlash

Diane Abbott said planned welfare cuts are ‘not a Labour thing to do’ as backlash grows in the party over the move

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