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Esclusiva: Marie Rimmer sostiene Keir Starmer e smentisce le speranze del sindaco della Greater Manchester per una elezione suppletiva Politica britannica live – ultimi aggiornamenti Le speranze di Andy Burnham di tornare a Westminster hanno subito un colpo martedì, quando l'MP del Merseyside, il cui seggio era stato indicato da alleati chiave per una potenziale elezione suppletiva, ha dichiarato che non si dimetterà e ha sostenuto Keir Starmer affinché rimanga in carica. Marie Rimmer, MP per St Helens South e Whiston, ha affermato che il sindaco della Greater Manchester non le parlava "da anni" e che la sua priorità è evitare il caos di una contesa per la leadership. Continua a leggere...

Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor said to have identified seats where MPs would step aside to allow leadership bidAndy Burnham has a credible plan to return to Westminster “within weeks”, his allies have said, with the Greater Manchester mayor expected to use a byelection fight to set out a new agenda for government.Burnham, who was blocked by Labour’s ruling body from running in February’s Gorton and Denton byelection, has identified several seats where MPs are prepared to step aside for his leadership bid. Continue reading...

Mark Rutte praises ‘very frank’ talks but declines to say if president discussed potential withdrawal from allianceMark Rutte, the secretary general of Nato, has said Donald Trump was “clearly disappointed” that the US’s allies had refused to join its war against Iran, following a closed-door meeting in Washington on Wednesday.Speaking to CNN after his private meeting with the US president, Rutte declined to say directly whether Trump raised his threat to withdraw from the military alliance over the Iran war, but described the exchange as a “very frank, very open” discussion between “two good friends”. Continue reading...

JP Morgan boss appears to condemn president’s tariff regime in annual letter to shareholdersMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe head of America’s largest bank has pressed the White House to strengthen America’s allies economically in order to “avoid truly adverse consequences”, in the latest instalment of an increasingly testy relationship with the Trump administration.As the Middle East conflict sparked by US and Israeli attacks on Iran enters its sixth week, Jamie Dimon, the chair and chief executive of JP Morgan Chase, said in his annual letter to shareholders that “good” US foreign policy should put America first “though not alone”. Continue reading...

President says he is open to scaling back strikes on oil and wider energy industry if Moscow reciprocates. What we know on day 1,496 Continue reading...