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Burnham promises huge change - now to find out how he will deliver it My speech analysis www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Burnham promises huge change - now to find out how he will deliver itThe next prime minister promised nothing less than the biggest change in British politics in 40 years in his first speech as Labour leader.www.bbc.co.uk

Keir Starmer's official spokesperson: "The World Cup might not be ours but the Falkland Islands definitely are” Asked who the PM would be supporting in the final, the spokesperson said: “The PM wishes both teams well for the final, especially Spain.”

EXCLUSIVE KEIR STARMER’S FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE RESIGNING *Inside “intensely personal” decision to quit *Impossible for new PM to spend less time on foreign policy *I saved the Labour Party *I was joking when I mocked Andy Burnham, in fact I like him www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Starmer: Burnham will have to spend as much time on foreign affairs as meIn an untypically candid interview, the outgoing PM tells the BBC it was "really tough" to accept his political career was over.www.bbc.co.uk

EXCLUSIVE Sir Keir Starmer will not seek to block Andy Burnham from becoming the Labour candidate in Makerfield, the BBC understands. An ally of Keir Starmer said: “Keir is focused on bringing the party together so it can tackle the issues facing working families.”

BREAKING Labour MP Catherine West says that if cabinet has not removed Keir Starmer by Monday she’ll challenge him for the leadership. She tells Radio 4's PM she already has 10 backers and is confident she’d get more www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

Election results 2026 live: Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet ministersIn a BBC interview, Catherine West says she has 10 MPs prepared to back her and iswww.bbc.co.uk

After appointment of Harriet Harman as the PM's adviser on women and girls, Gordon Brown has just arrived in Downing Street

Olly Robbins's position is that the Foreign Office was put under pressure to expedite Mandelson's case, but giving him clearance was the right call. No 10's position is the exact opposite: there was not undue pressure, but Robbins nevertheless made the wrong call at the end of the vetting process

NEW: Who was John Pond? This August 2009 email exchange which was forwarded to Jeffrey Epstein included Mandelson, the PM's PPS Jeremy Heywood, the minister/adviser Shriti Vadera and... John Pond. Two sources have told the BBC that John Pond was in fact Gordon Brown, then the PM

BREAKING Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership. She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform

EXCL: The government is to announce new powers making it easier to mobilise tens of thousands of former armed forces personnel to prepare for war. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New rules make it easier to call up reservists for warReservists will remain on call for an extra decade, with a lower threshold for being called up.www.bbc.co.uk

NEW Shabana Mahmood announces not only that Craig Guildford, the chief constable of West Midlands Police, no longer has her confidence after a "devastating" independent review, but also that the government will reintroduce the power for home secretaries to sack chief constables

EXCL: Kemi Badenoch has questioned whether businesses can afford the current minimum wage and suggested that it should not increase further www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Minimum wage should not go any higher, suggests BadenochBadenoch claimed Labour had tipped the balance too far against workers and in favour of welfare.www.bbc.co.uk

What to read into Keir Starmer's comments about Brexit this week? Well, not that much. My analysis: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Henry Zeffman: Less than meets the eye to Starmer's words on BrexitThis week, the PM was trying to set the scene for what is to come on the UK-EU relationship, sources say.www.bbc.co.uk

15 months in, Labour MPs are still craving a compelling story from Keir Starmer. Read my analysis for BBC News here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Labour MPs still crave a compelling story from StarmerFrustration is growing about the PM's ability to define the government's message - and sell it to the public.www.bbc.co.uk

Breaking: Hadush Kebatu has been deported to Ethiopia. He left the UK on a flight last night. Shabana Mahmood: “I have pulled every lever to deport Mr Kebatu and remove him off British soil. I am pleased to confirm this vile child sex offender has been deported."

Angela Rayner has helped Keir Starmer defuse left-wing discontent. What if she were replaced as deputy leader by someone whose express mandate was to represent left-wing discontent? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...

Rayner's political future under threat after stamp duty admission — my analysis www.bbc.com/news/article...

Angela Rayner's political future under threat after stamp duty admissionThe deputy prime minister has referred herself for an ethics probe by the PM's adviser.www.bbc.com

Why Starmer wants No 10 rejig after a year in power -- my analysis www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why Keir Starmer wants No 10 rejig after a year in powerThe PM's revamp aims to build clearer structures and bolster economic expertise ahead of the Budget.www.bbc.co.uk

EXCL: Kemi Badenoch is reshuffling her shadow cabinet today. And she has persuaded James Cleverly, defeated leadership candidate and former Foreign and Home Secretary, to make a frontbench comeback

STARMER'S STORMY YEAR A new BBC Radio 4 programme by me and ace producer Leela Padmanabhan, available NOW From winter fuel to welfare, tax to Trump - I've been speaking to insiders from the PM down to uncover the real story of the past 12 months www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Starmer's Stormy Year - BBC SoundsThe inside story of Keir Starmer's turbulent first year as Labour prime minister.www.bbc.co.uk