👤 Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

2026-10-29 · The Guardian · Politics

Healey vows to cut welfare bill before next election with ‘tough’ approach to young people

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2026-10-03 · The Guardian · Politics

Badenoch returns to Conservative conference much stronger than a year ago

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2026-10-25 · The Guardian · Politics

Burnham call for debate on free movement with EU draws mixed Labour response

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2026-10-02 · The Guardian · Politics

Burnham to pass law scrapping pension triple lock before next election

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2026-10-29 · The Guardian · Politics

Nigel Farage accused of shoving female Lib Dem MP in parliament

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2026-10-25 · The Guardian · Politics

Burnham to double spending on homelessness amid drive to end rough sleeping by Christmas

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2026-09-20 · The Guardian

🔮 The party did not respond to a request for comment on whether it would seek to emulate Trump’s style of immigration enforcement under ICE which has been criticised for its brutality. assertive

2026-09-26 · The Guardian

🔮 But it will be difficult to maintain a mood of hope and optimism when Healey will have little good economic news to hold up. assertive

2026-09-29 · The Guardian

🔮 This appeared to be Burnham’s strategy for getting the public used to the idea of paying more into a system that will give them protection in old age when he floated his ambition in a Sunday morning interview. mixed

2026-10-02 · The Guardian

🔮 Andy Burnham will pass legislation to scrap the state pension triple lock in this parliament, even though the guarantee will remain until 2030, the government has said. assertive

2026-10-03 · The Guardian

🔮 At the time, the word “November” was uttered in hushed tones – this being the decisive month when rebels would be able to mount a challenge, Badenoch having served 12 months in office. assertive

2026-10-04 · The Guardian

🔮 During the encounter, Carlson repeatedly suggested the west was to blame for inviting aggression from Russia and said of the prospect that Britain could have lost to Hitler: “Who cares?” assertive

2026-10-04 · The Guardian

🔮 If it suggests more than a 10-day suspension from the Commons – and parliament agrees – the Reform UK leader could find himself facing a recall petition and second byelection in his Clacton constituency. assertive

2026-10-09 · The Guardian

🔮 Robert Jenrick has launched an extended attack on Kemi Badenoch for being part of a metropolitan elite, saying a coalition deal with the Tories would be like being “handcuffed to a zombie”. assertive

2026-10-25 · The Guardian

🔮 The prime minister made his plea for an “honest discussion” about free movement in an interview with the Sunday Times, making clear that staying out of it would no longer be a red line in talks with the EU. assertive

2026-10-25 · The Guardian

🔮 The macho military analogies began in mid-August when Healey was said by the Telegraph to be “on a war footing” to stop the drip of information that he believed had beleaguered Rachel Reeves. The Financial Times added that “military-style protocols” were being deployed, while the Spectator was excited about the use of “classified computer systems” and the i newspaper described a process where officials could sign in to only their parts of the document and could not access the sections they were not working on. This weekend, the Observer reported that Healey was “flabbergasted” by the lack of security around financial information when he became chancellor and “it was so different to how we did things in the MoD”. mixed

2026-10-25 · The Guardian

🔮 The prime minister would be expected to make the final call if there is conflict on the decision. assertive

2026-10-25 · The Guardian

🔮 As he prepared for a Downing Street summit on ending rough sleeping on Monday, Burnham said the budget would bring a further £432m commitment to helping to tackle homelessness. assertive

2026-10-26 · The Guardian

🔮 The researchers said the central forecast from the Treasury’s comparison of independent experts implied UK aid would be £410m less than anticipated – at only 0.29% of national income. assertive

2026-10-28 · The Guardian

🔮 Nigel Farage skipped the chancellor’s first budget because he was worried he would get in a “physical altercation” with another MP in a row over seating arrangements. mixed

2026-10-29 · The Guardian

🔮 John Healey had said there will be a reduction in the welfare bill before the next election, with a “tough” approach to young people who do not accept support to get a job or training. assertive

2026-10-29 · The Guardian

🔮 He claimed that he had been involved in a “physical altercation” with another MP on the day of the state opening of parliament in May, so he decided to give it a “wide berth” in order to “avoid conflict” in the chamber. It later emerged his reservation had been removed by Commons staff as it did not have the proper date stamp. However, the row then escalated as Daisy Cooper, the Lib Dem deputy leader, claimed that her party’s MPs were involved in the May incident mentioned by Farage. assertive

2026-10-30 · The Guardian

🔮 Ryan Dinnage spent time protecting Farage in April and May, but in June was convicted of having raped a woman while she slept in a caravan at the Royal Windsor horse show. assertive