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Read more: Thailand and Cambodia News September 2026: Maritime Dispute Enters UN-Backed TalksPaul Nowak wants a 35% bank surcharge, an overhaul of the fiscal watchdog and Thames Water placed in special administration ahead of next month's Budget.
Read more: TUC Chief Urges Burnham to Reject Choice Between Defence and Public ServicesThe levy will be set as a percentage of room costs, with no national rate announced, as hospitality leaders warn that tens of thousands of jobs could be at risk.
Read more: Mayors to Get Powers to Charge Overnight Visitor Levy on Hotel StaysScotland Yard's Special Enquiry Team will examine whether election finance law was broken, after an undercover report led two senior Reform figures to step down.
Read more: Met Police Open Criminal Inquiry Into Reform UK Over Foreign Donation ClaimsAt his second Prime Minister's Questions, Andy Burnham would not commit to 3% of GDP on defence by 2030 and warned a £4bn welfare cut would fuel homelessness.
Read more: Badenoch Presses Burnham to Cut Housing Benefit to Pay for DefenceThe Foreign Secretary announced an import ban on settlement goods and a new sanctions regime, and shifted the government's legal position on the West Bank occupation as a whole.
Read more: Miliband Tells Commons Britain Now Regards the Occupation as UnlawfulUpdated legal advice has prompted a review of plans to replace councils with unitary authorities, and next May's local elections will go ahead on existing boundaries.
Read more: Rayner Halts Council Shake-Up in Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and SuffolkAndy Burnham has promised to set out plans for "stronger public control" of essential services as he addressed the House of Commons for the first time since taking power. The prime minister said "a series of wrong turns" since the 1980s had seen economic power in the UK privatised and pointed to the
Read more: Burnham Pledges Devolution and Greater Public Control of UtilitiesSir Mel Stride and Dame Priti Patel have left the shadow cabinet as part of a significant reshuffle of the Conservative top team by leader Kemi Badenoch. Andrew Griffith will replace Sir Mel as shadow chancellor, while Tom Tugendhat will take the place of Dame Priti as shadow foreign secretary. Bade
Read more: Badenoch reshuffles Tory top team, Stride and Patel oustedThe UK has been one of Ukraine's biggest international supporters since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. The Ministry of Defence said the UK was "committed to providing the equipment Ukraine needs to defend itself against [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's illegal invasion
Read more: UK backs Ukraine '100%', Burnham says after Russian drone warningAndy Burnham has described the death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday as "a tragedy on so many levels", as he called for a "moment for reflection". Arday was found dead at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon. "It's not a moment for any rushing to judgement. It's a mom
Read more: Jason Arday death called 'a tragedy on so many levels'Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ordered an "urgent" review to identify any grooming gang members who may be eligible to be freed from jail under the government's early release scheme. The announcement comes after Tory leader Kemi Badenoch raised concerns that child sex offenders could leave jail wel
Read more: Burnham orders urgent review of grooming-related early releases
