Plus: With his Kyiv trip, Burnham has finally ironed out his ‘Andycore’
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Athena Stavrou, Political Reporter
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Athena Stavrou, Political Reporter
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Burnham: The UK must be 'bolder' about EU ties |
Andy Burnham has indicated he thinks the UK must be "bolder" in its approach to rebuild ties with the EU - but has remained committed to Sir Keir Starmer’s Brexit red lines.
The prime minister - who is visiting Ukraine today - told the President of the European Council Antonio Costa that efforts must be boosted in order to get closer to the bloc.
It comes as The Independent continues its The Way Back campaign, ten years after the UK voted to leave the European Union.
But later in the day, Downing Street insisted that Labour's red lines - which rule out rejoining the EU, the single market or customs union - are still in place.
It comes after Burnham had previously said he wanted to see the UK back in the EU within his lifetime, before later saying he was not in favour of the move during his Makerfield by-election campaign.
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With the government poised to decide on the fate of gas and oil fields such as Rosebank and Jackdaw, Dale Vince, the UK's foremost renewable energy entrepreneur, says he can now see a convincing economic case for future offshore operations
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After the A66 crash in which seven people, including two police officers, died in a collision near Middlesborough, Sean O’Grady says raising the driving age is just one thing that can be done to reduce joy riding
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The prime minister’s first suit-and-tie-less appearance since entering Downing Street – during his first foreign trip, to Ukraine – fulfils a campaign-trail promise to govern in his Manchester clothes… and Michael Day is mad for it
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Lessons from No 10: When government comms go badly wrong | Lee Cain |
In this episode of Lessons from No 10, Lee Cain explains the problem of Whitehall’s comms bloat, revisits the “slow-moving car crash” of the pandemic’s communications failures and offers an insider’s view of Burnham’s “social-first” strategy.
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Lessons from No 10: When government comms go badly wrong | Lee Cain |
In this episode of Lessons from No 10, Lee Cain explains the problem of Whitehall’s comms bloat, revisits the “slow-moving car crash” of the pandemic’s communications failures and offers an insider’s view of Burnham’s “social-first” strategy.
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What else you need to know
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- Reform UK’s deputy leader has said that couples with children should be married “in an ideal world” and that having “British-born children” should be encouraged.
- Number 10 has described the glorification of dangerous driving on social media as “utterly disgraceful” as the government ordered social media firms to take down videos “celebrating” a trend to drive in the wrong direction.
- Andy Burnham surprised a newlywed couple with a special message after the bride asked him to avoid No 10 North on their wedding day.
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Andy Burnham wants to change the voting system – so get ready
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John Rentoul, Chief Political Commentator
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John Rentoul, Chief Political Commentator
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I wrote at the weekend about a big change in our constitution that is more likely to happen than not.
The prime minister supports proportional representation, which means it is likely to be introduced after the next election, without a referendum – because all the other parties, apart from the Conservatives, are likely to put it in their manifestos.
Yet there is still the important question to be decided of which kind of proportional representation we should have.
Read the whole thing here.
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