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Donald Trump just tore Andy Burnham a new one – and it was glorious to watch -- OPINION - ESTHER KRAKUE: Andy Burnham is in for a rude awakening.

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As Britain falls apart meet the backbench 'ostriches' holding Andy Burnham to ransom -- Aaron Newbury breaks down why the Prime Minister can't and won't make meaningful changes to the...

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Brexiteers hit back at Richard Branson demands UK rejoins EU in furious rant -- The business tycoon has joined the former PM's call for Britain to rejoin the EU

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Shocking moment migrant leaves child in horror Channel crossing

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Green Party reported to equality commission over 'Muslim-only' training event

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Tony Blair's campaign to rejoin the EU reveals his massive arrogance - but he's not alone

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Earl Spencer just dropped a bomb - but the royals have a superstar to save the family

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POLL - Has Labour lost control of the UK's borders?

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Andy Burnham warned as YouGov poll shows Labour facing rural election nightmare - Andy Burnham is being urged to execute a "rural reset" as new YouGov polling reveals Labour...

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Britain's hidden £148m NHS saver revealed – and it's all around us

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Andy Burnham's UN speech reeked of hypocrisy – it's people like him who've damaged UK

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Andy Burnham humiliated as HUGE number of migrants cross Channel in single day of chaos

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China expanding secret nuclear weapon sites in terrifying warning to West

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I'm a state pensioner forced to pay HMRC £129.60 in tax — it's not fair

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Andy Burnham is sleepwalking into disaster - terrifying new threat is looming over Britain -- The world gets more frightening by the day. Someone needs to alert Andy Burnham.

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ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham was just stabbed in the back by Tony Blair - it's a gift for Reform - Reform will have a new unity and sense of purpose ahead of a Save Brexit election, if Andy...

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Labour minister claims 'you can't stop everything' after two migrant boats land in UK -- There have been two 'uncontrolled' landings of migrants boats on the UK's shores this week.

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Kemi Badenoch celebrates huge breakthrough as mega-poll shows her beating Nigel Farage -- Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives are set to overtake Reform UK, as Andy Burnham's Labour faces a...

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Tories had 14 years to change Britain and they failed – why should we trust them now?

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Home Office investigating ANOTHER undetected small boat landing as migrant crisis rages on

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Kemi Badenoch unveils major welfare crackdown to save £538m a year

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Tony Blair piles pressure on Andy Burnham to reverse Brexit 'in next 10 years'

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Brexit vindicated as EU's disastrous economic blunder is laid bare -- The EU is increasingly calling for Europe to reduce its reliance on Visa and Mastercard and...

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Nigel Farage erupts at Andy Burnham over bid to 'clamp down on free speech'

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OPINION -- Millions of people are on benefits and it's only rising under Labour

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Panic for Andy Burnham after new economy slowdown crisis

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Falklands row explodes as Javier Milei threatens to 'take matters into our own hands'

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Nightmare for Andy Burnham as Brits given £840 mortgage hammerblow

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Labour's 'day of despair' exposed in latest Channel migrant farce - 'free for all' -- 'Urgent review' launched as officials confirm arrival of at least 21 asylum seekers

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Donald Trump just saved the UK from the worst deal of all time – it's utterly crackers -- It shamefully took a US president to stop Britain sabotaging itself, writes Robert Jenrick

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Nigel Farage erupts at Kemi Badenoch in furious spat on X over Piddington -- Pair embroiled in social media row over the village that has voted to leave the UK

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Kemi Badenoch reveals major welfare crackdown – and claimants face big change -- Tory leader vows to make huge change to restrict how those on benefits use their handouts

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John Healey urged to end Labour's stealth income tax raid in October Budget

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Andy Burnham issued huge warning after new economy blow

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Andy Burnham's curt mid-air comment to me after Donald Trump meeting was deeply personal

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UK war register 'would focus on one group' if Russia starts WW3

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Labour has 'lost control' of borders after second undetected migrant dinghy reaches Kent -- Officials could not confirm whether all of those to reach the beaches had been detained.

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Andy Burnham's Chagos plan in chaos after Donald Trump lashes out -- 'Surrender' of the islands now on hold after US president blasts 'terrible' deal

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Andy Burnham vows to change 'unfair' football match rule -- Prime Minister could unpick 1980s law that stops supporters drinking in the stands

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Fury erupts as Labour sets up Big Brother-style unit to tackle Putin

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Andy Burnham looks smug after Trump meeting - but he's about to be punched in the gut

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ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham just let slip clue he is plotting an early election – you should be worried - Prime Minister knows he has no time to waste if he wants to win his own mandate, writes Jonathan...

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Andy Burnham dealt major blow as UK growth economy to slow

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French police make horror discovery on beach after dinghies set sail

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ANALYSIS - Nigel Farage just proved his power with Donald Trump – Andy Burnham must do one thing now

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Key details of personal tax allowance 'rise to £15,570' plan

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Andy Burnham makes spectacular U-turn after brutal Trump slap down

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Migrant coaches in Gosport given police escort 'greater than the King or Prime Minister'

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Politics LIVE: Andy Burnham wobbles on Chagos deal as Trump demands changes -- This is a live blog, follow for updates.

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Labour's bonkers benefits handouts finally exposed - it's barely believable -- The reason benefits keep going up may have been finally exposed, writes Aaron Newbury.

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Six arrested in Gosport after small boat protest 'turned hostile' Police in riot gear have faced off with protesters in Gosport, with officers reporting some...

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Fury erupts in UK town amid migrant dinghy chaos - 'It's a disgrace!'

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Andy Burnham makes Falkland Islands pledge after Argentina ramps up threats

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Gosport migrant landing plan abandoned in huge U-turn after protester fury -- The French have broken their silence after a dinghy was at sea for a staggering 33 hours.

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'A terrible deal!' Trump blasts Chagos giveaway in awkward moment in Burnham meeting

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Migrants to be brought to shore after RNLI rescue following 30 hour Channel crossing

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Andy Burnham general election plan exposed as insiders reveal Labour plot

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Andy Burnham thought he was onto a winner – now he's just been punched in the face

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Andy Burnham's holiday tax will destroy this many jobs - it's a shocking number -- A tourist tax is the last things Britain's hospitality sector needs, argues Allen Simpson, Chief...

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Migrant dinghy shadowed through Channel by the French for nearly 24 hours approaching UK - The dinghy is now approaching the Channel boundary line and appears to have set off close to the...

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Andy Burnham looked nervous facing Donald Trump - then President delivered verdict -- Andy Burnham faced his biggest diplomatic test yet as he met Donald Trump for the first time,...

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John Healey dealt major blow as borrowing soars ahead of Budget

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POLL - Is Andy Burnham taking small boats crisis in the English Channel seriously enough?

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Andy Burnham invites Donald Trump to UK in 2027 after Manchester swipe - The US President will be invited to Manchester for the G20 summit

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Ministers release update as UK households urged to stockpile 9 items

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Fury as 2k families with 8 kids or more get £21k boost after Labour rule change

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Andrew Neil issues stark Budget warning as Labour hit by huge blow

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Personal tax allowance 'raise to £18k' update with deadline in 8 days

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Andy Burnham eyes £3,000 boost for state pensioners - but there's a massive catch

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Andy Burnham savaged as one in five UK working age adults now on benefits

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SKETCH - I was on the plane with Andy Burnham and one thing shocked me - The Prime Minister spoke to journalists en-route to New York

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Andy Burnham provokes Brexiteer fury as he opens door to rejoin plan -- The Prime Minister has left the door open to putting the case for Britain rejoining the European...

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Andy Burnham doubles down on controversial Chagos 'surrender' -- The Prime Minister says he wants a resolution to the deal

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Live-event - Trump and Burnham go head to head in front of media - latest updates

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Andy Burnham's coming for your cash – Labour's plot to raise income tax to fund spending

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'Who is he?' Andy Burnham mocks Danny Dyer in bitter row -- The Prime Minister poked fun at the actor following his x-rated rant

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Andy Burnham says 'I trust Donald Trump' ahead of potentially awkward meeting in New York

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Andy Burnham approves Saudi request for military help against Houthis

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More illegal migrants cross the Channel in 'rare' small boat incident

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Andy Burnham humiliated as housing target in tatters and building stalls by more than 10%

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Kemi Badenoch issues terrifying Piddington warning as villages fear for their lives -- The Tory leader met more than 40 campaigning women from Piddington yesterday as Labour ploughs...

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ANALYSIS - Labour must stop dodging grooming gangs scandal – it's time for answers - Victims have already been failed once and do not deserve to be let down again, says Shadow Home...

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Falkland Islanders 'confused and concerned' after bombshell Andy Burnham statement -- EXCLUSIVE: Falkland Islanders have spoken about what they think of the Prime Minister's words...

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Reform UK makes huge announcement about UK 'holiday tax'

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ANALYSIS - Donald Trump could be about to cause Andy Burnham a massive problem

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ANALYSIS - Migrants just received £11.9bn of Universal Credit – that's not even most shocking thing - Migrant households have been handed more than £10bn in Universal Credit, Aaron Newbury reveals...

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Andy Burnham urged to hike tax that would be 'bad for jobs, bad for growth'

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Nigel Farage unveils Reform UK's new Welsh leader

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POLL - POLL: Should foreign languages be banned in election campaigns?

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Andy Burnham braced for Donald Trump showdown in New York

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Outrage as migrant households receive record £12bn in Universal Credit – 'shocking!'

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Fury as SNP's John Swinney rejects cheap flights for £18k tickets at taxpayers' expense

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Gutless Andy Burnham would rather accept illegal immigrants than fight Labour backbenchers -- OPINION - ESTHER MCVEY: The Prime Minister is showing us exactly who he is.

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Andy Burnham has a cunning Budget plan - and it could sweep him to snap election victory -- PM Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey don't just have a Budget to prepare. They also have...

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Andrew Neil brutally mocks 'embarrassing irrelevance' Ed Davey over bizarre Lib Dem chant -- The Liberal Democrat leader has been mocked over the chant in a rally speech.

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Nigel Farage 'wants to bring ICE tsar to UK' to solve immigration crisis

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Lee Anderson backs burka ban with three-word statement

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Nigel Farage makes huge announcement after massive Reform UK blow -- The Reform UK leader unveiled the party's new Welsh leader.

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Kemi Badenoch announces massive boost for struggling high streets

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Andy Burnham's government 'lying through its teeth' over compensation for WASPI women

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Broken asylum system is putting Britons at risk – appalling double attack shows why

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OPINION - Andy Burnham just gave away his biggest weakness - and I've instantly given up on him

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UK households told 'you're getting mugged' under Andy Burnham after 23% rise -- Motorists face a fresh financial squeeze as petrol and diesel prices soar by 23%, with...

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Andy Burnham's Labour plots major pension change as £240m cost wallops UK -- Millions of small pension pots could be automatically consolidated under a Labour-backed reform...

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Andy Burnham humiliated as cost of migrant hotels surge by more than a third -- The cost of housing asylum seekers in hotels has surged by 37%, reaching an average of £199 per...

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Andy Burnham set for huge tax U-turn following campaign backed by Jeremy Clarkson

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Robert Jenrick furious as top Tory forced to delete comment branding Reform 'extreme'

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Tax officials to seek out secret smokers with surprising new test planned - The tobacco black market means there are billions of pounds in unpaid revenue

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Labour minister left squirming on Sky News – 'you can't tell people the truth!'

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Andy Burnham accused of 'fiddling' while Putin threatens to 'burn Europe'

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Kemi Badenoch enjoys huge boost from Tory legend - better than Farage

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Brexit warrior ready for new battle to stop Britain returning to Brussels rule

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Reform are doing one thing other parties refuse to do - and Britain loves it

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ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham's new cost of living crisis is coming in 2027 and it's terrifying

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Andy Burnham's pension strategy 'mired in uncertainty' as Brits 'ask questions' -- The state pension is set to increase in April.

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Thousands of lethal illegal knives intercepted at UK borders in massive influx -- Push for crackdown on trade in deadly knives: 'Every one that reaches our streets puts another...

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Labour just spent 'gobsmacking' amount of taxpayers' cash on social media influencers -- Ministers are urged to 'stop splashing cash on social media personalities'

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Deadly jab warning to university parents - urged to act before it's too late

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'Total madness' as nearly £150m paid out in compensation for net zero policy

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Andy Burnham urged to find backbone and green light mega deal 'before it's too late' -- Labour's nerves about a brutal by election are showing

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Outrage as Andy Burnham gives human traffickers 'early ticket out of prison'

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Andy Burnham's £700 leaving gift exposed - and taxpayers paid for it

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I'm a tax expert - my warning on why HMRC needs strict AI limits before lives are ruined

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I will not stay silent as antisemitism infects our NHS — we must act now

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The revolt of Piddington - how a quiet village spoke volumes and exposed Labour's silence -- OPINION - NICK FERRARI: But don't expect him to listen.

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Andy Burnham versus Donald Trump in New York – this is what could go wrong -- ANALYSIS - MARTYN BROWN: Experience tells me Burnham should expect the unexpected in the Big Apple

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UK fishing faces mounting pressure as Labour urged to act -- Fishing must be treated as critical national infrastructure, MPs warn amid global uncertainty

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Falklands and Chagos Islands sovereignty issues loom over Burnham-Trump meeting

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Meet the man who terrifies Andy Burnham - and is really running the UK today

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ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham wants to drag the UK back to the 1970s – and we should all be terrified - Andy Burnham wants to drag the UK back to the 1970s, from union strangleholds to economic ruin,...

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John Healey's cruel £1.46bn inheritance tax grab begins in April - it's causing panic

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Kemi Badenoch breaks silence on huge royal row over Diana memoir

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Andy Burnham's EU reset 'doomed to fail' as PM 'panics'

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Patron Saint of the North Andy Burnham is haunted by this ugly reality

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POLL - Should Andy Burnham scrap 2050 net zero target?

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Andy Burnham faces fresh demand to reverse 'damaging' tax raid

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OPINION - If you want a perfect image of Britain's moral capitulation look at this picture - OPINION - PAUL BALDWIN: The decline in Britain's moral courage and leadership against...

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Disaster for Zack Polanski as Greens hit by double by-election defeat -- The Greens have been ousted in two council by-elections

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Andy Burnham plots snap election – only one thing can stop him ruining Britain forever -- The stakes couldn't be higher as the PM considers whether to go to the country.

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'Short-sighted!' 328-year-old British business hits back at Labour tax raid

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Andy Burnham plotting new holiday tax raid - £3k per family

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MP calls for children to spend 30 minutes outdoors every day amid mental health crisis -- Spending time outside can improve mental and physical health by lowering stress, boosting mood...

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OPINION - Treacherous Labour's migrant deal has cost £80m and counting – but it's only the start

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Nigel Farage loses it at Archbishop of Canterbury after row over award to Muslim cleric

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Taxpayers pouring £1.3m a day into British Steel but Labour lacks a plan for business

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Fury over water company that polluted rivers, pushed up bills and imposed hosepipe ban

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We're heading for repeat of 1976 crisis - but Andy Burnham's clinging to a failed creed -- OPINION - LEO MCKINSTRY: Labour clearly has no guts to tackle soaring welfare bill despite dire...

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John Healey is pulling same Budget trick as Rachel Reeves - does he think we're idiots? -- Labour is paving the way for more tax hikes in the October Budget. By talking absolute rubbish.

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Sadiq Khan brutally humiliates Zack Polanski over baffling foreign language video -- The Mayor of London poked fun at the Green Party leader after he posted a video of him speaking...

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Archbishop of Canterbury gave 'interfaith' award to Muslim scholar who praised Bin Laden

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Tories declare war on socialist trade union bosses - boot them out!

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Andy Burnham urged to stop talking about 'net zero' as phrase becomes 'lighting rod' -- The Government should remove the phrase from the department whose name includes the words, MPs...

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ANALYSIS -- There is growing support at Westminster for banning the Muslim Brotherhoood

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Andy Burnham on brink of huge decision – and we all face five more years of total misery

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ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham's pathetic love-in is a huge mistake - Donald Trump will make him regret it

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Andy Burnham given Thursday £12,570 personal tax threshold ultimatum

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Andy Burnham's living in the past – answer to UK's problems is hiding in plain sight

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Andy Burnham's condescending complacency over Piddington will haunt him – not listening

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OPINION - Andy Burnham refuses to listen - and Britain's villages are about to die a painful death - Decades of meddling have pushed rural communities to breaking point. It's time Labour listened...

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WW3 fears explode as Navy chief slaps Andy Burnham with horror Putin warning -- The Navy boss warned Britain is facing threats not seen since the Cold War and called for more...

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Andy Burnham urged to bring in new rules for Brits on benefits – 'would save £8bn' -- PIP is currently paid to people with long-term physical or mental health conditions who have...

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Xi Jinping 'taken ill' during visit to India as health fears soar

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Live-event - Andy Burnham savaged over socialist tax hikes 'squeezing businesses dry'

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Demand to end mass migration and stop 'sectarianism' distorting Britain's democracy -- A think tank close to Reform UK has unveiled sweeping proposals to stop all but the ill using...

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Andy Burnham urged to slap huge ban on gambling industry

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'The voice of the countryside has not been heard, Andy Burnham must listen'

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Piddington could see end to migrant centre plans - thanks to unlikely source

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Andy Burnham is punishing Britain with 'Old-fashioned tax-and-spend socialism'

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Andy Burnham's planning a tax bombshell that will drag us back to 70s, warns Kemi Badenoch -- She says the Labour leader risks dragging Britain back into a 1970s-style Winter of Discontent.

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Fury as Labour appoints 'socialist' trade union baron to help run Bank of England -- Chancellor John Healey picks Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, to board

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Green leader Zack Polanski backed by disgraced ex-Labour MP -- Infighting erupts as disgraced politician quits George Galloway's party to endorse Green leader...

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Burnham's Budget bloodbath - his own expert warns of 'socialist tax and spend' blitz

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Fury as Zack Polanski bizarrely campaigns in French – 'C'est aberrant!'

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Andy Burnham savaged as council forced to hike tax by staggering 94% Katie Lam hit out at the Prime Minister after Wandsworth Council was clobbered by a massive...

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Bank issues £8,129 alert to anyone with cash ISA as major change looms

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Council managers would rather QUIT than cope with Angela Rayner's decisions

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Andy Burnham is treating us with contempt over immigration chaos - he'll pay a huge price

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I went on patrol with security in UK asylum city — residents kept shouting one thing

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Labour sparks fury over 'mad policies' as UK hit with rising inflation

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Labour Minister Lisa Nandy blunt's response after village votes to quit UK in migrant row

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New state pension triple lock threat as Andy Burnham plots shock decision - gone by Spring -- Once again, the state pension triple lock has proved its worth.

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Spiteful Labour move could have just won Reform UK the next general election -- OPINION - VIRGINIA BLACKBURN: I don't think Andy Burnham has thought this one through.

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Labour nightmare worsens as new jobs crisis revealed -- Firms have halted hiring because of soaring wage costs, official figures released on Tuesday showed.

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Major warning issued about Heathrow Airport's £33bn third runway plan

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Andy Burnham set for showdown with Donald Trump next week for first time

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Nigel Farage claims there's a 'communist' plot to force you to pay for Labour campaigns -- Reform UK Leader warns it would be 'like a communist country' if the Government funded political...

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood reveals shocking new tactic used by small boat gangs

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Andy Burnham is walking into a global crisis - it's about to get very ugly

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Reform's Welsh leader quits after report to police and 'release without charge'

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How 'violent migrants' have torn apart English cathedral town and left locals terrified

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Andy Burnham given ultimatum amid pensioner tax warning -- Retirees could be dragged into paying tax on their state pension from next year

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Number claiming disability benefit soars to record high - 'costing us a fortune!' -- The number of people claiming PIP has rocketed, official figures showed.

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DWP confirms 2.2 million pensioners could pay back double winter fuel payments this year -- Figures released today by the Department for Work and Pensions reveal scale of tax blow

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Martin Lewis explains who 'will need to pay tax' after £488 State Pension change

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Andy Burnham slammed as prices for UK drivers explode - £120 increase

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