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A un certo punto, il sindaco del nord sembrava essere nuovamente escluso dal parlamento, ma ha compiuto solo un passo lungo il percorso verso le sue ambizioni per il No 10. Per settimane, i sostenitori di Andy Burnham avevano detto ai parlamentari di "tenere linea", che aveva in vista un seggio in parlamento e che sarebbe stato un contendente in qualsiasi gara per la leadership. Questa non è mai stata la verità completa. Il suo cammino verso No 10 – se ci riuscirà – è costellato di più tentativi falliti rispetto a quasi ogni altro politico. Due gare per la leadership, un blocco al ritorno a Gorton e Denton, e diversi parlamentari offesi nel nord-ovest che hanno dovuto passare settimane a respingere i suggerimenti secondo cui avrebbero ceduto i loro seggi a suo favore. Continua a leggere...

Andy Burnham ha annunciato che tenterà di tornare a Westminster dopo che il parlamentare laburista Josh Simons ha dichiarato che lascerà il suo seggio di Makerfield per permettere a Burnham di candidarsi in un'elezione supplementare. Ciò segue una giornata di notizie dell'ultima ora in cui il segretario alla salute, Wes Streeting, si è dimesso affermando di aver perso fiducia nel primo ministro, e Angela Rayner ha annunciato di essere stata sollevata da ogni accusa dall'HMRC. Qual è ora la posizione di Keir Starmer, della leadership del Partito Laburista e del Paese? 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...

Rhun ap Iorwerth launches party’s manifesto and says he is unconcerned by Reform UK threat in Welsh electionsUK politics live – latest updatesPlaid Cymru’s leader has promised “no more bending to Westminster’s will” as the nationalist party stands on the brink of taking office for the first time in next month’s Senedd elections.Speaking at Plaid Cymru’s manifesto launch in Wrexham on Thursday – chosen because of its football team, which has showcased Wales’s potential to the world – Rhun ap Iorwerth told a packed room of supporters there would be “no more toeing the London party line, no more defending the status quo and no more saying no to Wales”. Continue reading...

Murder investigation launched after man, 26, killed in central London on Friday nightThe Metropolitan police have launched a murder investigation after a man was stabbed in central London on Friday night.Officers were called to Abbey Orchard Street, Westminster, at 10.17pm after receiving reports that a man had been stabbed. The scene of the incident is near Parliament Square and Westminster Abbey. Continue reading...

Pardoned by Trump after violating US banking law, Ben Delo provides funding, networking, and podcasting space for a range of groups, including those with hardline views on migration and abortionA British billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate money-laundering controls on his cryptocurrency business is funding a political base in the heart of Westminster used by “anti-woke” and rightwing activists.Ben Delo, 42, who was pardoned by Donald Trump last year, has given support in kind to Rupert Lowe, the anti-migration MP challenging Nigel Farage from the right – while also connecting with mainstream figures including the Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and former cabinet minister Michael Gove. Continue reading...