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Andy Burnham Suggests Scrapping Triple Lock to Fund Social Care
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has used his first Labour Party conference speech as leader to set out proposals covering social care, pensions, electoral reform, public utilities and the UK’s relationship with the European Union.…
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Speeches and Parliament
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Latest speeches
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Andy Burnham – 2026 Speech to Labour Party Conference
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Shabana Mahmood – 2026 Speech to Labour Party Conference
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Jonathan Reynolds – 2026 Speech to Labour Party Conference
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John Healey – 2026 Speech to Labour Party Conference
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Ed Miliband – 2026 Speech to Labour Party Conference
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Lucy Powell – 2026 Speech to Labour Party Conference
From Parliament
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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
Latest from Government
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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…