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• BBC News2026-10-15✓ Read

  Burnham asks for his Widdecombe remarks to be corrected

  The prime minister had faced calls to apologise for his comments about the alleged murder of the former minister.

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  Banks say Healey is planning Budget tax raid on their profits

  Senior banking executives have told the BBC they expect to be "on the menu" in the chancellor's Budget tax later this month.

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  Reform UK councillors filmed making racist remarks

  Reform UK has said "there is no room for racism" in its party after ITV News broadcast undercover filming, gathered over a year, of some of its councillors and candidates using racist, violent and sexist language.

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  Equality watchdog writes to Greens over ‘Zionism is racism’ motion

  The party was reported to the Equality and Human Rights Commission by MPs and antisemitism campaigners.

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  Nandy ‘minded to intervene’ in Sky’s £1.6bn takeover of ITV entertainment arm

  The culture secretary says the deal could affect free expression in the media and the variety of Britain's news landscape.

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  Farage defends Reform's vetting after councillors filmed making racist comments

  The Reform leader says "you can't vet for future comments", after undercover filming of party activists.

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  'Bring it on': Flynn challenges Burnham on independence referendum

  The SNP's Stephen Flynn tells his party's conference independence supporters are "winning the argument".

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  Burnham asks for ‘manual trawl’ of records for former Man City links

  The PM has faced fresh questions about hospitality dinners since the club was found guilty of Premier League rule breaches.

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  Former DUP leader Donaldson sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sex abuse

  Jeffrey Donaldson was convicted of 18 counts of sex abuse, including one of rape, which he committed against two women when they were children.

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• BBC News2026-10-15✓ Read

  Labour could end local coalitions with Greens over Zionism policy

  Labour says it will end power-sharing deals with councillors that do not disown the party's new stance.

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• BBC News2026-10-15✓ Read

  UK economy grew 0.1% in August ahead of Healey’s first Budget

  The uptick helped the economy grow by 0.7% over the three months to August, official figures show.

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Reform faces criticism after councillors filmed making racist comments

  Reform says all of those people filmed by ITV are under investigation having resigned or been suspended.

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  UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

  The home secretary said she would not hesitate to impose measures on other countries "refusing to co-operate".

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  We are behind you and that will not change, PM tells Zelensky

  The Ukrainian president visited London in an effort to bolster support among European allies following a row with Donald Trump.

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  Burnham rules out coalition with Greens after ‘Zionism is racism’ motion

  Andy Burnham condemns the motion approved by Green Party members and says his party would "have nothing to do with it".

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Burnham had two hospitality dinners with Man City chairman, deleted records show

  The prime minister has been under growing pressure since the club was found guilty of Premier League rule breaches.

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Why 'cool kids' won't let Swindon in Thames Valley

  Why the "popular kids" in Oxfordshire are not letting Swindon in on the Thames Valley devolution deal.

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• BBC News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Chris Mason: Lib Dems rally behind Davey as he pledges change

  The BBC's political editor Chris Mason looks at the fallout from the Lib Dem frontbench resignations.

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• BBC News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Argentina targets UK in legal claim over Falklands oil exploration

  The action filed with an international maritime tribunal is the latest development in an escalating row over the Falkland Islands.

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• BBC News2026-10-13✓ Read

  MI5 chief warns against overstating Russian interference in Brexit vote

  It comes after Andy Burnham said Moscow had tried to interfere in the 2016 referendum.

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• BBC News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Hundreds more prisoners being freed in second phase of early release scheme

  The second tranche of prisoners being released includes those serving up to two and a half years.

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• BBC News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Welsh government and Labour in mini-budget deal with £60m for ALN

  The Plaid Cymru-led administration had failed to pass its spending plans during the summer.

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• BBC News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Why are hundreds of prisoners being released early?

  More people going to prison, and for longer, is why governments including the current one have had to release prisoners early.

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• BBC News2026-10-13✓ Read

  UK growth forecast upgraded but energy prices and rates to hit in 2027

  The prediction from the IMF comes as final preparations are being made for the first Budget under Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

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• BBC News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Chronic UTIs made MP 'feel like a drug user'

  Dr Allison Gardner MP has been living with the "searing pain" of recurring infections for a decade.

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• BBC News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Why the Prime Minister wants to talk about Brexit again

  For the first time since the UK left the EU, we have a prime minister who will "unflinchingly" debate Brexit, says the BBC's political editor Chris Mason.

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• BBC News2026-10-12✓ Read

  Attorney General approval required for serious Troubles prosecutions

  It is among a series of amendments the government has tabled for its bill, which seeks to deal with the unresolved legacy of the decades-long violent conflict.

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• BBC News2026-10-12✓ Read

  Burnham to push for new post-Brexit deals at EU summit

  Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the prime minister was "unpicking" the deal the UK signed with the EU.

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• BBC News2026-10-12✓ Read

  Government expands police support to political figures who are not MPs

  Shabana Mahmood says there is "insufficient protection" for those who play a role in public life.

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• BBC News2026-10-12✓ Read

  It is inconceivable to think Russia did not try to interfere in Brexit vote, says PM

  It is "inconceivable" that Russia did not try to use the referendum to its advantage, No 10 said, but the PM believed it did not succeed in influencing the result.

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• BBC News2026-10-12✓ Read

  Rejecting closer EU ties would be dereliction of duty, PM to say

  Addressing the Commons, Burnham is expected to say that a new deal with the EU could help tackle illegal immigration and boost economic growth.

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• BBC News2026-10-11✓ Read

  Reform pledges to suspend UK’s asylum system for up to five years

  All asylum applications would be rejected and existing ones voided, with all claimants marked for deportation.

  B

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