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Laura Johnson leaves Barnet housing role after backlash over Grenfell inquiry findings
STORY Laura Johnson, the former Kensington and Chelsea housing director criticised by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, has left her senior role at the Barnet Group following objections from bereaved families and survivors. The organisation…
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Emma Hardy – 2026 Comments on the Flood and Drought Taskforce
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Andy Burnham – 2026 Speech at the Innovation Nation Summit
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Kirsty McNeill – 2026 Speech at the Institute of International and European Affairs
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Yvette Cooper – 2026 Comments on Professor Fonagy’s Review
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Andy Burnham – 2026 Comments on Dementia
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Andy Burnham – 2026 Speech to Labour Party Conference
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Keir Starmer – 2026 Resignation as MP Statement
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Greg Hands – 2026 Statement Confirming Not Standing at Next Election
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Andy Burnham – 2026 First Speech as Prime Minister
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Keir Starmer – 2026 Final Answer at PMQs
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Ed Davey – 2026 Comments on Keir Starmer at the Final PMQs
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British politics 100 years ago
Contemporary reports from Britain’s political past.
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One hundred years ago
NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 29 September 1926
29 SEPTEMBER 1926 The House of Commons decided to continue the emergency regulations in operation. Further discussion of the mining situation took…
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One hundred years ago
NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 28 September 1926
28 SEPTEMBER 1926 The coal dispute was discussed in the House of Commons, the principal speakers on the Government side being the…
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One hundred years ago
NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 27 September 1926
27 SEPTEMBER 1926 Towards the end of the final meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations at Geneva, news was…