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How trade unions have responded to Andy Burnham’s conference speech

Andy Burnham has delivered his first speech to Labour conference as prime minister. With a running time of over an hour, the speech saw him set out his vision for the country in some detail and was ...
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5 key takeaway’s from Andy Burnham’s speech

One of the most impressive Leader's speeches I've seen in all the Labour conferences I've attended', was how one Labour MP described Andy Burnham's first speech as Prime Minister to Labour conference.
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Campaigners hail ‘historic moment’ as Andy Burnham announces national commission on electoral reform

Andy Burnham has used his first speech at Labour conference as prime minister to announce that he will establish a national commission on voting reform. His announcement comes after he told a Labour ...
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Blow for Nigel Farage as poll finds half of voters dislike him

Just over half of voters have an unfavourable view of Nigel Farage, while Andy Burnham is the most popular national party leader, according to a poll published on Sunday. The survey by Convergent for ...
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Rachael Maskell MP: Starmer’s welfare reforms were ‘reprehensible’. Any changes Burnham makes must ‘lead with our values’.

Labour MP Rachael Maskell is among those who is optimistic. Speaking to LFF at the conference, Maskell said that the conference had been “really positive” and there has been a “real sea change” in the ...
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Rail unions and campaigners welcome Heidi Alexander’s move to look at publicly owned trains

Alexander told the conference: “For nearly three decades, most passenger trains haven’t been owned by the train operators themselves, but by rolling stock companies known as ROSCOs. ROSCOs bought the ...
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Farage draws criticism after falsely claiming that the Fairford five were Iranian nationals

The Reform leader tried to link the incident to Iranians crossing the channel in small boats, but five British nationals were arrested ...
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Labour Party conference supports wealth tax to help workers

Delegates at the Labour Party conference backed a motion supporting a wealth tax, on the second full day of the conference. ‘Rebuilding our Economy for Working People’, also known as Composite Motion ...
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Reform did not get permission from Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe to use his comments in promotional video

Reform has used inflammatory comments about immigration made by Ratcliffe and Harry Redknapp in a promotional video ...
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Last year’s Labour conference was ‘like somebody had died’. This year’s is ‘much more positive’. – interview with Neil Duncan-Jordan MP

In 2024, Neil Duncan-Jordan was elected as the Labour MP for Poole – the first time Labour had ever won the seat. Since then, he’s made a name for himself as an outspoken backbencher.
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Don’t cut benefits to fund defence spending, PCS general secretary tells Andy Burnham in interview at Labour conference

Fran Heathcote told LFF that the government shouldn't 'increase military spending at the expense of people on Universal Credit benefits' ...
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Shabana Mahmood announces UK will be opening ‘safe and legal’ routes for Afghan women fleeing persecution and ‘Palestinians who have fled the horrors of Gaza’

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced that UK will be opening "safe and legal" routes for refugees. These refugees will include "Afghan women and girls fleeing persecution under the Taliban" an ...