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• Protesters from the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) reclaimed their site at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Tuesday morning after police had dismantled their tents and stages overnight. • The demonstration escalated as protesters attempted to breach police barricades, following a previous incident involving stone-pelting that left several police officers injured. • The unrest is part of a larger trend, with sources indicating that CJP protests are spreading across multiple states, prompting the government to review security measures.

‘Special conference’ to take place at noon where Burnham will be formally announced as Labour leaderGood morning. Today the Labour party is going to formally announce at a “special conference” that Andy Burnham is its new leader. We will get a speech from Burnham at that event, and then he is expected to give another speech at an event later this afternoon.As Kiran Stacey and Rowena Mason report, in his special conference speech Burnham will say he will lead a government that will have the ‘courage to fix the big things that politics has neglected’ and the ‘conviction to argue for our plans’. Continue reading...

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced on Saturday that a probe committee's report regarding Justice Yashwant Varma will be tabled in the Lok Sabha. • The report is scheduled to be presented during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament. • The decision follows requests from multiple Members of Parliament across various party lines, indicating broad political interest in the findings.

Information not reported through ‘appropriate channels’ and left DUP unable to formally respond, leader saysFormer and current members of the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) knew of allegations about the former leader Jeffrey Donaldson but did not share them, the party has said.Information about Donaldson was not reported through “appropriate channels” and left the party unable to formally respond, the DUP leader, Gavin Robinson, said on Monday. Continue reading...

• Senior Labour figures, including Housing Secretary Steve Reed, have expressed party unity and support for Andy Burnham following his election as MP for Makerfield. • During a program hosted by Victoria Derbyshire, Reed acknowledged the party's debt to Keir Starmer while noting that leadership changes are a natural part of political "rough and tumble." • Other party members, such as Powell, highlighted shared frustrations regarding "lost opportunities" for the Labour Party.

• Senior Labour figures, including Lucy Powell and Steve Reed, have indicated that party MPs are supporting a "coronation" of Andy Burnham as leader rather than a contested election. • A Labour party spokesperson stated that the National Executive Committee has already established a clear timetable for the leadership election process. • The party emphasizes that the government remains focused on delivering promised changes and addressing the cost-of-living crisis while the process unfolds.

Senator tells Brisbane Christian conference the party needs to ‘reconsider some things’ on abortion, contradicting Pauline Hanson’s positionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation should move to ban abortion entirely, Senator Malcolm Roberts has told a Brisbane Christian conference.His comments are at odds with those of the party’s leader Pauline Hanson, who told the National Press Club on Wednesday it was only “too late to have an abortion” after 20 weeks. Continue reading...