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2026-09-15 · The Guardian

TUC warns of danger of ‘out of control political spending’ but stops short of backing caps on donations – UK politics live

🔮 We will continue to work with policymakers to clean up our politics and strengthen public trust in our democratic system. assertive

2026-09-17 · The Guardian

Tories challenge chancellor to rule out tax cuts in budget – UK politics live

🔮 The Bank of England is announcing its latest interest rate decision later – Graeme Wearden will have all the details on his business live blog – and Andrew Griffith is giving his first major speech since being appointed as shadow chancellor just over two weeks ago. assertive

2026-09-18 · The Guardian

Burnham will meet Irish PM as UK bids to get exemptions from EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ plan – UK politics live

🔮 Andy Burnham is basically a Scouser; he was born in Liverpool and supports a Liverpool football team, despite being brought up in Culcheth, a village mid-way between Liverpool and Manchester, which made him enough of a Manc to be the city’s mayor. assertive

2026-09-21 · The Guardian

Ed Davey rejects claims party is ‘sleepwalking into irrelevance’ under his leadership – UK politics live

🔮 I would say to the Devon councillor, we’ve now got six Liberal Democrat MPs in Devon. assertive

2026-09-22 · The Guardian

UK not ‘on the slide’, Burnham to tell UN as he gears up for first meeting with Trump – UK politics live

🔮 Andy Burnham is at the United Nations general assembly today and in a speech to the world (or, technically, to people in the hall and anyone watching on TV at around 2am UK time), he will say that Britain is not “on the slide”. assertive

2026-09-23 · The Guardian

PM’s new anti-disinformation unit won’t target ‘domestic politcal dissent’, defence secretary says – UK politics live

🔮 Wes Streeting, the defence secretary, has been giving interviews this morning and, speaking to GB News, he was asked about claims that Burnham’s new unit could be used against Britons who” simply disagree” with the government. assertive

2026-09-27 · The Guardian

UK politics live: Further poll boost for Labour as its conference begins

🔮 Andy Burnham says he will show he will take 'difficult but real decisions' as Labour's conference starts Good morning, and welcome to coverage of the Labour party conference. assertive

2026-09-28 · The Guardian

Chancellor John Healey to promise ‘new age of industrialisation’ in speech to Labour conference – UK politics live

🔮 He was a surprise appointment to replace Rachel Reeves, he is unveiling his budget four weeks on Wednesday, and some of the pre-briefing suggests when the budget does come, it will be a relatively low-key affair, with a lot of decisions postponed until the spending review next year. assertive

2026-09-29 · The Guardian

Burnham is told axing pension triple lock would be ‘electoral suicide’ as he prepares to address Labour conference – UK politics live

🔮 Jeremy Corbyn was Labour leader at the time, and he certainly offered voters a “Go Big” vision – but for various reasons he could not persuade the electorate. assertive

2026-09-30 · The Guardian

Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU among all ‘the options’ being considered – UK politics live

🔮 But much of the attention will be on digesting the significance of what the PM said yesterday. assertive

2026-10-04 · The Guardian

Conservatives claim ‘major victory’ as Tory conference begins after Labour scraps plans to curb jury trials – UK politics live

🔮 When the book was being planned in the early days of Kemi Badenoch’s leadership of the Conservative party, it did look as though the Tories might be finished as a party of government. assertive

2026-10-05 · The Guardian

Shadow chancellor to address Tory conference as he claims slashing red tape could cut cost of new houses by £50,000 – UK politics live

🔮 Tories accused of copying Reform UK after shadow chancellor says axing red tape could cut cost of new homes by £50k Good morning. assertive

2026-10-06 · The Guardian

Badenoch calls for UK ‘Iron Dome’ missile defence system - UK politics live

🔮 He puts it to her that the UK would need a very different missile defence system from Israel. assertive

2026-10-07 · The Guardian

Badenoch expected to announce plan to cut inheritance tax and claim UK faces ‘battle of ideas’ over spending – UK politics live

🔮 Right-leaning papers including the Telegraph, Times and Sun all report this morning that Badenoch will cut IHT, but not scrap it. assertive

2026-10-12 · The Guardian

UK politics live: Tories accuse Burnham of being ‘dangerous and divisive’ after he confirms Russian interference in Brexit campaign

🔮 Today we are getting another post-recess, potentially wide-ranging statement from the PM, but the mood might not be so cordial. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Guardian

Burnham says UK to increase supply of anti-drone missiles to Ukraine, ahead of PMQs and Zelenskyy – UK politics live

🔮 Andy Burnham is taking PMQs this afternoon, but he will regard his most important engagement as the meeting he has with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, later in No 10. assertive

2026-10-19 · The Guardian

Burnham pledges ‘big changes’ to the way the welfare system works to tackle Neets crisis – UK politics live

🔮 I will publish fuller tables shortly. assertive

2026-10-20 · The Guardian

Badenoch says Healey’s budget will be worse than Reeves’s if he doesn’t slash spending – UK politics live

🔮 John Healey, the chancellor, is delivering his first budget a week tomorrow, and this morning there are two news developments that will help to frame the way it is received. assertive

2026-10-21 · The Guardian

Labour accused of ‘climate vandalism’ by Green leader Polanski after Jackdaw gasfield approved – UK politics live

🔮 And if you want to all the technical documents relating to the decision, you will find them here. assertive

2026-10-22 · The Guardian

Chancellor to pitch budget at wealth creators – UK politics live

🔮 A week today John Healey, the chancellor, will be doing a media round defending the budget he is presenting on Wednesday next week. assertive

2026-10-28 · The Guardian

Budget 2026 live: chancellor says scrapping of gas standing charges will save 60% of homes £45 a year

🔮 He said he asked the chancellor if there would be a support scheme to help people with energy bills from January, when costs are set to rise sharply. assertive

2026-10-29 · The Guardian

Healey accused of a ‘complete failure’ to target energy bill support at those most in need – UK politics live

🔮 As Rowena Mason reports, one of the top lines was Healey saying he would cut welfare spending before the election. assertive

2026-10-30 · The Guardian

Burnham says he wants to offer more ‘regional empowerment’ ahead of devolution summit – UK politics live

🔮 Burnham admits he would have liked more radical first budget Andy Burnham has admitted his first budget as prime minister was not as radical as he would have liked because of the economic uncertainty facing the country, Kiran Stacey reports. assertive

2026-10-30 · The Guardian

Local devolution decisions rest solely with Scotland and Wales, first ministers tell Burnham

🔮 The prime minister said he hoped to have all four UK nations moving at the same pace on devolution, particularly on efforts outlined in Wednesday’s budget to give mayors in England more powers over tax revenues. assertive

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