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“Reindustrialisation is about... making sure that when Britain grows again, working people grow with it”, write Labour MPs @patrickhurley.bsky.social and Euan Stainbank 🗣️How Andy Burnham can deliver True Labour reindustrialisation www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...

How Andy Burnham can deliver True Labour reindustrialisation - Politics.co.uk

On the steps of Downing Street yesterday, we heard a clear call to turn the page on forty years of economic mismanagement. Our country’s reckless experiment in extreme deindustrialisation is at the he...

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🚨Yet more reshuffle news... Stephen Kinnock as Wales sec, Chris Bryant as NI sec, Ellie Reeves as AG, Emma Reynolds as chief sec Kanishka Narayan, Hamish Falconer & Matthew Pennycook to attend cabinet Heidi Alexander, Alan Campbell and Douglas Alexander retain roles

🚨 More reshuffle news Streeting to defence, Angela Eagle to environment, Alex Norris to justice and Miatta Fahnbulleh to energy security and net zero Where we stand tonight: www.politics.co.uk/news/2026/07...

🚨 Latest reshuffle news Andy Burnham appoints new cabinet: www.politics.co.uk/news/2026/07...

Josh Self@josh.politics.co.uk · 2w ago

Andy Burnham is also the first Labour prime minister to not have a Benn (so far) serve in his cabinet It comes after Hilary Benn stood down as secretary of state for Northern Ireland

William Wedgwood Benn served as secretary of state for India (1929-1931) and secretary of state for air (1945-1946). Ramsay MacDonald + Clement Attlee
Tony Benn served as secretary of state for industry (1974-1975) and energy (1975-1979). Harold Wilson + Jim Callaghan
Hilary Benn served as secretary of state for international development (2003-2007), environment (2007-2010), Northern Ireland (2024-2026). Blair + Brown + Starmer

David and Ed Miliband: the first brothers to have held the post of foreign secretary since the Wellesleys Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, was foreign secretary from 1809 to 1812 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was foreign secretary from 1834 to 1835

Andy Burnham appoints new cabinet: who’s in and who’s out www.politics.co.uk/news/2026/07...

Andy Burnham appoints new cabinet: who’s in and who’s out - Politics.co.uk

Andy Burnham has begun appointing his cabinet, hours after entering Downing Street as Britain’s new prime minister. Burnham was formally appointed by King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Monday aftern...

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Burnham talks football and Strait of Hormuz in first call with Donald Trump www.politics.co.uk/news/2026/07...

Burnham talks football and Strait of Hormuz in first call with Donald Trump - Politics.co.uk

Andy Burnham has held his first call with Donald Trump as prime minister, congratulating the US president on a “successful World Cup” and floating a future presidential visit to Manchester. The call t...

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Starmer ally leaves government with parting shot at ‘disloyal’ MPs www.politics.co.uk/news/2026/07...

Starmer ally leaves government with parting shot at ‘disloyal’ MPs - Politics.co.uk

Steve Reed has left government within hours of Andy Burnham’s appointment as prime minister with a parting shot at “disloyal” MPs. Reed, a longstanding ally of former prime minister Keir Starmer, sai...

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🚨 Steve Reed leaves government "Keir Starmer showed loyalty to me by appointing me to his Cabinet. I make no apology for returning that loyalty. It's what is expected of functioning teams, and I hope those who did not show loyalty to Keir will now show it to you."

Andy Burnham vows to end rough sleeping ‘at the earliest opportunity’ www.politics.co.uk/news/2026/07...

Andy Burnham vows to end rough sleeping ‘at the earliest opportunity’ - Politics.co.uk

Andy Burnham has used his first speech as prime minister to launch a national drive to end rough sleeping. The announcement, delivered as Burnham addressed the nation outside 10 Downing Street, will b...

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Andy Burnham’s winding path to power: who is the new prime minister? www.politics.co.uk/news-feature...

Andy Burnham’s winding path to power: who is the new prime minister? - Politics.co.uk

Andy Burnham will today enter Downing Street as prime minister, becoming the seventh person to hold the office in a decade. Burnham is the Labour and Co-operative Party MP for Makerfield, having retur...

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Conservative frontbencher to stand down as MP at next general election www.politics.co.uk/news/2026/07...

Conservative frontbencher to stand down as MP at next general election - Politics.co.uk

A senior Conservative MP has announced that they will stand down from parliament at the next general election. Helen Grant, the shadow solicitor general, was first elected to parliament in 2010 as th...

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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 3w ago

Burnham to promise ‘more breathing space’ in first speech as prime minister www.politics.co.uk/news/2026/07...

Burnham to promise ‘more breathing space’ for Britons in first speech as PM - Politics.co.uk

Andy Burnham will vow to give Britain “more breathing space” in his first speech outside 10 Downing Street as he takes office as prime minister. The former mayor of Greater Manchester, who will becom...

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“Burnham’s first steps as Labour leader indicate his intention to preserve the soft-blue alliance that delivered Starmer's downfall and brought him to power.” www.politics.co.uk/news-feature...

Andy Burnham’s first choice - Politics.co.uk

Andy Burnham’s coronation as Labour leader and therefore prime minister is confirmed. The leadership crisis that engulfed Labour between May and July 2026 has reached a resolution. Burnham’s successio...

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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 3w ago

I reckon transport secretary @heidialexander.bsky.social is one of three Labour MPs who have nominated Andy Burnham in every one of his leadership bids - in 2010, 2015 and 2026 Guesses for the other two?

Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 4w ago

How the Clacton by-election, and Count Binface, could damage Nigel Farage Farage turned to Clacton in search of popular vindication, but humiliation awaits Latest for @politics.co.uk 👇 www.politics.co.uk/news-feature...

How the Clacton by-election, and Count Binface, could damage Nigel Farage - Politics.co.uk

Nigel Farage’s statement on Tuesday afternoon, broadcast live from Reform UK headquarters, was supposed to be sensational. After weeks of relative quiet, Farage teased his intervention with a statemen...

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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 4w ago

🚨 NEW: One in four MPs demand electoral reform commission in ‘open goal’ for Burnham The amendment to the Representation of the People Bill, tabled by Labour MP @alexsobel.co.uk, is now the most-signed amendment since the 2024 general election Full story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2026/07...

One in four MPs demand electoral reform commission in ‘open goal’ for Burnham - Politics.co.uk

More than a quarter of the House of Commons has signed an amendment calling for a national commission on electoral reform, in what backers are describing as an “open goal” for Andy Burnham, the likely...

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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 4w ago

🚨 NEW: Defence secretary wishes Count Binface ‘good luck’ in by-election showdown with Farage Dan Jarvis said Farage was in “real trouble” as he rowed in behind the satirical candidate Full story ⤵️ www.politics.co.uk/news/2026/07...

Defence secretary wishes Count Binface ‘good luck’ in by-election showdown with Farage - Politics.co.uk

The defence secretary has wished Count Binface “good luck” in the Clacton by-election after the satirical candidate vowed to challenge Nigel Farage. The intervention comes after Farage, the leader of...

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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 4w ago

In 2008, David Davis resigned as an MP over the Brown government’s 42-day terror detention proposals. He stood in the by-election as an independent on a "David Davis for Freedom" platform. Labour, Lib Dems and Tories did not stand. The then-culture secretary was not impressed:

Politics.co.uk@politics.co.uk · 4w ago

Nigel Farage resigns as MP to force by-election www.politics.co.uk/news/2026/07...

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Nigel Farage resigns as MP to force by-election www.politics.co.uk/news/2026/07...

Nigel Farage resigns as MP to force by-election - Politics.co.uk

Nigel Farage has announced that he will resign as a member of parliament and force a by-election in the constituency of Clacton. In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, the Reform UK leader vowed he wou...

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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · last mo.

Andy Burnham wields the knife, and wins the crown Some thoughts on the fall of Starmer and the definitive refutation of Michael Heseltine's famous maxim Latest for @politics.co.uk 👇 www.politics.co.uk/news-feature...

Andy Burnham wields the knife, and wins the crown - Politics.co.uk

Andy Burnham’s sensational victory in the Makerfield by-election rendered untenable the continuation of Keir Starmer’s premiership. The prime minister, to his credit, left his Downing Street bunker on...

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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · last mo.

Makerfield must be the first by-election to directly trigger the resignation of a PM Eastbourne (1990) was a factor in Thatcher's defenestration, but didn’t itself set events in motion 1/...

Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · last mo.

🚨 Keir Starmer: “Every decision I have taken has been about putting the country I love first. “That is why I will resign as leader of the Labour Party. I have spoken to His Majesty the King this morning to inform him of my decision.”

“A great deal was left unsaid during the campaign. But Burnham’s implicit message to Labour MPs was simple: if I can win Makerfield, I can win the country.” www.politics.co.uk/week-in-revi...

Andy Burnham and the meaning of Makerfield - Politics.co.uk

The news that Andy Burnham would stand as the MP for Makerfield was received with some surprise. In the throes of Labour’s May 2026 crisis, following the disastrous local and devolved parliament elect...

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The meaning of Makerfield As Burnham heads to Westminster, his principal problem is that all which was left unsaid during the campaign must now be articulated Latest long-read for @politics.co.uk 👇 www.politics.co.uk/week-in-revi...

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Politics.co.uk @politics.co.uk · 2mo ago

Some thoughts on Andy Burnham and the meaning of Makerfield for @politics.co.uk www.politics.co.uk/week-in-revi...

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“For too long we have reached for a cities-first playbook – as though towns exist to serve the economies of nearby cities rather than to drive their own”, writes @leighinghammp.bsky.social 🗣️ The government must buy British, build British and back British www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...

Leigh Ingham MP: 'The government must buy British, build British and back British' - Politics.co.uk

Forty-eight percent of people in England and Wales live in towns – nearly half the population – and it’s clear to me that the UK will not succeed unless its towns succeed. But for too long we have rea...

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Will Jennings📉🗳️@drjennings.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Little remembered that in the dying days of the 2005-2010 parliament, Brown attempted to force legislation through parliament requiring a referendum on the alternative vote by October 2011 Brown referred to a “progressive consensus in favour of change” - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 1/…

Would seem like smart politics if there's a possibility of a hung parliament at the next election (there definitely is!) to be supporting PR which would be a compelling reason for potential coalition partners (Greens, Lib Dems) to support a Labour PM over the alternatives.