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Burnham targets MoD cost overruns as UK defence spending rises
New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to boost national security while demanding stricter financial accountability from t…
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Can Andy Burnham solve the UK's housing crisis?
BBC Verify has looked at the scale of the housing challenge facing Burnham when he becomes PM.
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Watered-down EU rules fail to block forced labour cotton
EU lawmakers bowed to fashion industry lobbying by removing mandatory supply chain tracing, allowing garments linked to Pakistani …
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Ribera and Chinese envoy push green shipping cooperation in Brussels
Senior EU and Chinese officials met in Brussels to signal a shared push for decarbonising maritime transport, an essential step fo…
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The Andy Burnham I know – podcast
Today in Focus hears from friends, colleagues and mentors of Andy Burnham to find out more about the man soon to be prime minister…
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Mahmood frontrunner for UK chancellor as markets reject Miliband
Shabana Mahmood is poised to become the UK's next chancellor, a move that immediately calmed government bond markets wary of a mor…
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UK plans mandatory salary disclosure in job adverts, echoing EU
The UK government is proposing mandatory salary disclosure in job adverts to combat pay discrimination, introducing rules that lar…
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UK's incoming PM Burnham shelves wealth tax to reassure business
Andy Burnham’s decision to delay wealth taxes eases business anxieties as he enters Downing Street, but leaves a £4.7bn defence fu…
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Ex-minister Szijjártó joins BYD, exposing EU ethics gap
Hungary's former trade minister Péter Szijjártó is taking an executive role at BYD, a move that exposes the lack of post-governmen…
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Incoming UK PM Burnham leaves door open to wealth tax
Andy Burnham, due to become UK prime minister on Monday, has refused to rule out a wealth tax, signalling potential fiscal shifts …
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Ella Baron on Nigel Farage and the World Cup – cartoon
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Greenland research centre halts new US ties
Greenland's top environmental research centre has suspended new American partnerships to safeguard its scientists and data amid es…
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The Guardian view on Keir Starmer’s farewell: a dignified departure and a necessary one | Editorial
The outgoing prime minister was on good form during his sometimes emotional last PMQs. But Labour MPs were right that change was n…
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UK MPs target food retailers with turnover fines and ad bans
A cross-party UK health committee has proposed sweeping regulations, including turnover-based fines and an outdoor advertising ban…
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Burnham's UK chancellor choice to signal economic intent to markets
Andy Burnham must choose a UK chancellor by Monday, a decision that will signal Britain's economic direction to wary bond markets …
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At his final PMQs, Starmer soaked up the love from all sides – and even some tenderness from Kemi
It wasn’t his performances on Wednesday lunchtimes that did for the ultimate mid-table PM – it was all the other stuff Who would h…
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UK MPs warn regional accent bias restricts labour market
British lawmakers have highlighted how employer prejudice against regional accents limits working-class social mobility, a debate …
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Andy Burnham’s path to No 10: inside the 17 July Guardian Weekly
The challenges facing Britain’s next PM. Plus: Fury amid the rubble in Venezuela Andy Burnham is to become Britain’s seventh prime…
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Ex-Hungary minister Szijjártó joins BYD after securing factory
Péter Szijjártó, the architect of Hungary’s pro-Beijing investment strategy, has joined Chinese automaker BYD just months after lo…
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India to access EU's €93.5bn Horizon fund from 2027
The European Union is opening its flagship research programme to India, cementing a strategic shift in Brussels-Delhi ties ahead o…
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Flawed UK devolution model stalls regional economic growth
As Andy Burnham makes regional devolution a centrepiece of his prime ministerial pitch, Wales's 25-year struggle with constrained …
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‘What’s the point?’ Teenagers give their verdict on Britain’s social media curfew
All the young people the Guardian spoke to disagreed with aspects of the government’s proposed block Sixteen- and 17-year-olds in …
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Burnham to become UK prime minister as unions demand wealth tax
Andy Burnham is guaranteed to become the UK's next prime minister after securing union backing, though Unite has tied its support …
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Missile shortage forces Russia to strip defences from sub base
Russia is cannibalising air defences from its primary nuclear submarine shipyards to protect frontline infrastructure, exposing th…