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“Football star turned pundit Gary Lineker was, meanwhile, among 120 UK-based millionaires who penned a letter to Burnham urging him to tax them more. The 'Proud to Pay' letter organised by the Patriotic Millionaires UK campaign group claims…”
“In a representative survey conducted by the Insa Institute for Bild, 39 percent said they thought the ban on surrogacy in Germany was right, whereas 41 percent said the ban was wrong.”
“Burnham is due to be anointed Labour leader next Friday after he received 322 nominations from Labour MPs on the first day of the leadership contest.”
“I'm only kidding. He later doubled down, pulling out a red "Trump 2028" cap and saying he was "pleased to announce my intention to – and this is a somewhat of a scoop – my intention to run for a fourth term as president of the United State…”
“Elliot Morley was last night revealed to have claimed parliamentary expenses of more than £16,000 for a mortgage that did not exist.”
“Morley continued to claim for the mortgage interest on his constituency home for more than 18 months after the loan had already been paid off.”
“Hope yesterday said he would return £41,000 in misclaimed expenses, which he used to refurbish his second home”
“hours after Communities Secretary Hazel Blears brandished a £13,300 cheque to pay Inland Revenue for tax she avoided on a London flat.”
“So far, more than £100,000 has been returned by 20 MPs from four parties as a direct result of the expenses investigation.”
“The Conservative leader also urged Brown to scrap the £10,000 communications allowance claimed by MPs”
“and to axe the number of MPs in the Commons by ten per cent.”
“Last night Brown asked the Commons members’ allowances committee to establish an independent body to review all expenses claims by MPs.”
“An open letter from the leaders of 22 of the EU's 27 members demanded the bloc's interior ministers have a video meeting 'as a matter of urgency' to agree a speedy coordinated response, and to 'prevent further uncontrolled crossings'.”
“The letter was initiated by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose country has temporarily suspended Schengen-area rules with Spain, and by her Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen, who said on Friday that the EU should consider sus…”
“Among the other signatories are German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the prime ministers of Hungary, Sweden and Poland, but not the French and Portuguese leaders, whose countries directly border Spain.”
“Spain's interior ministry said Saturday that nearly all of the 60,000 migrants who breached the border since Wednesday had left and the situation in Ceuta was nearly back to normal.”
“France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez on Saturday said his country would not seek Spain's suspension from Schengen rules, after tens of thousands of migrants entered Spain's enclave of Ceuta in North Africa.”
“Italy announced that it had suspended for a month its Schengen deal with Spain allowing for visa-free movement between borders.”
“France has stepped up controls at its southern border with Spain, Nunez said.”
“Spanish officials have stressed that, under Schengen Area rules, Ceuta and another Spanish enclave in North Africa, Melilla, have specific procedures in place applying border controls for anybody boarding air or sea transport to mainland E…”
“Irregular entry into Ceuta does not confer a right to remain in Spain, travel to the mainland, or move freely throughout Europe, they said.”
“Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia was named by the government on Monday as the next Chair of the accounting watchdog, set to take over in September.”
“The Audit Reform and Corporate Governance (ARGA) Bill, which was added to Labour’s first King’s Speech, was scrapped in January to “avoid significant new costs to firms”. The primary goal was to replace the FRC with ARGA, a body with signi…”
“The incoming Chair told MPs that giving the FRC a statutory footing was “high on the priority list”, saying it would ensure mandatory funding and statutory access to data, in contrast to the current largely voluntary arrangements.”
“We lose tax revenues generated by advisers, lawyers, bankers, auditors and head-office employees. Pension savings are increasingly invested overseas, supporting growth in other economies rather than our own,” Fine added.”
“Opposition parties in the Bundestag, such as the Greens, called for more investment in air conditioning for hospitals, care facilities and daycare centres.”
“The environment minister Carsten Schneider, said simply that Germany had plans in place to reduce emissions, and referred to the responsibility of the states and municipalities to enact heat protection plans.”
“The German Social Association (SoVD), on the other hand, sees the government as having a greater obligation to protect against heat.”
“Andy Burnham’s proposed ‘No 10 North’ would lead to a “very powerful reorganisation of government”, deputy Labour leader Lucy Powell has said.”
“According to the FT, more than 18 million voters could head to the polls in newly expanded council elections next May, giving Labour an early verdict on whether its devolution agenda is resonating with voters. Jonathan Carr-West, chief exe…”
“Local government secretary Steve Reed told the newspaper the reforms are ‘definitely’ going ahead...”
“The SMF argued that 6.5 per cent of news-related posts in the Gorton and Denton by-election amounted to misinformation, including the alleged statement by the Reform candidate Matt Goodwin that “all Mancunians are thick”.”
“The meeting was the eighth between the two leaders since Trump's return to office in early 2025 and came ahead of key electoral tests later this year for both Netanyahu and the US president: national elections in Israel and midterm polls i…”
“Miliband promised this agenda would save households £300 a year”
“The King’s Speech 2026 announced yet another new energy quango”
“"I have no doubt that people like [Björn] Höcke would be willing to deport millions of people," she added, referring to the leader of the AfD's state chapter in Thuringia.”
“Burnham had told activists that he would “stick by the Waspi women – Women Against State Pension Inequality – because they deserve some recompense for the unfairness”, which led to hopes among campaigners that he would bring a £10.5bn payo…”
“which led to hopes among campaigners that he would bring a £10.5bn payout back onto the table.”
“A payment of up to £2,950 for each person was recommended in an ombudsman report”
“while former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had previously committed to making a £58bn payout.”
“India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday after mass youth-led protests demanded his ouster in anger over a string of irregularities in potentially life-changing exams.”
“The CJP said after Pradhan's resignation that all their demands had been met in another round of talks and that they were calling off the protests that were centred on the Jantar Mantar demonstration site in central New Delhi.”
“We have done it,' CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke said to a thunderous response by hundreds of protesters.”
“Gandhi called for Modi to 'apologise' and respect students and India's future generations.”
“Burnham’s existing proposal to reform the tax would see the threshold for 100 per cent small business rates relief hiked from £12,000 to £18,000.”
“I remain confident that we will succeed in preventing the AfD from securing a parliamentary majority in the forthcoming regional elections”
“The draft bill is expected to "enter the inter-governmental coordination process in July," she told broadcaster ARD on Wednesday. The reform plans to stop payments at the child's 16th, rather than 19th, birthday and could therefore generat…”
“I appreciate there’s a lot of debate about this but it is important that the commitment in the manifesto stands.”
“This process will take about 14 days, or perhaps longer.”
“Starmer will now be tasked with finding a replacement for Healey in a fractured Labour Party where nearly 100 MPs have called for the Prime Minister to resign.”
“US President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran will begin Monday after he decided to hold off on new strikes against the Islamic republic to pursue a deal.”
“Now what we're doing is we're talking to them in the form of a negotiation. It begins tomorrow afternoon.”
“The bill has 62 Senate co-sponsors, but some Democrats are uneasy about provisions that would expand Trump's power to impose tariffs on countries buying Russian energy.”
“and said he would put the franchise back out to tender in late 2010.”
“over a £5m donation from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne”
“William Hill putting his chances at 4/1 compared to 1/6 odds for Farage”
“Shabana Mahmood is set to be named Chancellor by Andy Burnham next week when the former Manchester mayor takes the keys to Number 10, according to reports.”
“Shabana is nailed down as chancellor. That’s definitely happening.”
“The home secretary has now pipped Ed Miliband, Yvette Cooper and Wes Streeting to Rachel Reeves’ post, the Financial Times reported.”
“Andy Burnham will formally become Labour leader on Friday, before being invited by the King to form a government on Monday – hours after the World Cup final.”
“About 60,000 migrants have crossed from Morocco into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory in the past 24 hours, Ceuta's president said Friday, a figure that is equivalent to 70% of the population of the city in North Africa.”
“Reform will reverse Labour’s increase in Employer National Insurance by cutting it from 15 per cent to 13.8 per cent. But Reform will do this for British workers only.”
“he failed to mention how he planned to coax the 488,000 plus people that have spent over 15 years on benefits to choose work instead.”
“the national “Esports 2026–2030” strategy, approved last month by the Prime Minister’s Office following interministerial consultations, includes an education component aimed at “integrating” esports — competitive video gaming — “into educa…”
“the Iranian regime hanged two protesters, Abolfazl Sepahi and Amir Safari, in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on July 28.”
“Iran’s last politically motivated public execution took place in 2022, when Majidreza Rahnavard was put to death.”
“At least 88 people were publicly executed in Iran between 2011 and 2023, according to the independent Shargh newspaper.”
“An online petition against the death penalty drew about 500,000 signatures on Instagram alone within a day.”
“The Islamic Republic passed a special law during the 12-day war in June 2025.”
“According to a statement on the ban from the Department of Science, Innovation, "children will be given back their childhoods", and it will "set a new normal for future generations, kickstarting a cultural shift".”
“Starmer’s team approached those vital first 100 days in 2024 as if it was the mystery round in a game show.”
“Last week, Kerridge backed Andy Burnham’s bid to become Prime Minister because the Greater Manchester mayor has called for cuts to VAT on hospitality firms and pledged to lower business rates for pubs.”
“Kerridge said on Wednesday that the government 'knows something needs to be done'. He added: 'It feels like we are pushing on a door that is slightly open.'”
“Andy Burnham has suggested he would support more than 3.5m women who are seeking compensation, hinting at a billions of pounds spending commitment if he enters Downing Street.”
“Starmer’s government has refused to pay compensation over fears the bill could reach up to £10.5bn”
“with a 2024 report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman calling for a payment between £1,000 and £2,950 for every person affected.”
“The Waspi campaign claims 3.8m women born between 1950 and 1960 were not adequately made aware of the change in the state pension age from 60 to 65.”
“The change was first announced in 1995 under the then Conservative government”
“It rose to 66 for both men and women in 2020.”
“The Waspi campaign group vowed to “unseat” Labour at the next general election unless it paid out £10bn in compensation.”
“Following last month’s election results, Angela Madden, chairman of the group, said the government now had a “clear choice” of listening to Waspi women and compensate them fairly “or face the consequence at the next general election”.”
“In 2022, Starmer signed a pledge calling for women to receive “fair and fast” compensation”
“five months after entering power, he deemed the group’s demands unaffordable.”
“Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also promised a £58bn compensation scheme prior to the 2019 election.”
“Merz has received scathing criticism for his handling of the cabinet reshuffle... Schneider himself requested to be dismissed to put an end what the 'undignified situation'.”
“The 47-year-old sat on the parliamentary transport committee from 2009 to 2018 and subsequently served as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Transport until 2021.”
“The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is planning to buy a €3 million event venue in North Rhine-Westphalia... The AfD hopes to raise €1 million through donations, with the remaining cost covered by its own funds and a loan from the national p…”
“The markets are digesting the news that current home secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to be appointed as the UK’s next Chancellor under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.”
“killing more than 100 people.”
“Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot at an event in Bogota and later died.”
“the first thing the party in question – oneDrum, headed up by entrepreneur Jasper Westaway – will do is to lobby for at least one work from home day per month for all office workers.”
“Moran had been under intense pressure to resign after charging the taxpayer £22,500 for treating dry rot in her designated second home in Southampton – 100 miles from her Luton South constituency.”
“Nearly two thirds of voters (65 per cent) believe a new Prime Minister should call an immediate general election as opposed to 29 per cent who believe Starmer’s successor should govern without a clear mandate, according to the latest City …”
“Figures also showed that just 25 per cent of people said they would be more likely to vote for Labour with Burnham as Prime Minister while 49 per cent said it would make no difference. Around 21 per cent said they would be less likely to v…”
“Around 29 per cent of voters would back Farage’s party in an election compared to 20 per cent for Labour and 21 per cent for the Conservatives, which has failed to materially translate Kemi Badenoch’s relative popularity among voters into …”
“In head-to-heads, Burnham proves marginally more popular than Farage and Badenoch with 30 per cent saying they would prefer him to become Prime Minister compared to 29 per cent for the Reform leader and 28 per cent for the Tory leader.”
“Around 29 per cent of voters believe Wes Streeting should replace Rachel Reeves compared to 23 per cent in favour of Miliband and a similar proportion who think the Chancellor should not be changed.”
“Last summer the Left Party proposed that working hours should be cut by a quarter when temperatures are above 26C and cut in half when temperatures are above 30C.”
“has a lead of nearly 20 points over the mainstream conservatives in opinion polls in the state of Saxony-Anhalt”
“the AfD would offer a €1,500 ($1,700) subsidy to finance driving licences for apprentices”
