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Andy Burnham suggests he would support @JoshBabarinde’s bill to add ‘Black English’ and ‘Asian English’ as ethnicity options on the census #pmqs
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BREAKING: Russell Brand has been jailed for 10 years and six months for rape and sexual assault
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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says exploitation and sexual abuse is still happening the media industry
Asked if it's a problem in the wake of the Russell Brand trial, she tells @bbclaurak "I do, and I think hand on heart, I can't say to you as the Culture Sec that this is not happening today. If I had to wager, I would say it is"
NEW: Interest rates hiked to 4% for the first time in 3 years - story by @Grahamhiscott
Chancellor John Healey says "the Iran conflict is reaching deep into the pockets of families and businesses here at home"
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NEW: Andy Burnham says the Democrats' triumph in the US mid-terms means "the world has an opportunity now" to focus on ending the Iran war and helping people with the cost of living
"That's what the voters, in my view, are saying in the United States"
🇺🇸 Democrats secure historic midterms win to take control of the House and the Senate - in a stunning blow to Trump
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NEW: Labour says it will cease co-operation with the Green Party in 11 local authorities following the row over the Zionism is racism motion
Everyone immediately trying to check their council tax bands
Help for small businesses - Healey announces the threshold for small business rate relief for retail, hospitality and leisure will rise from £12,000 to £18,000.
Means 70,000 businesses taken out of paying biz rates
NEW: John Healey announces that £100 energy bill discount will be paid to 20 million households in council tax bands A to D
Cheaper energy costs a top priority
VAT cut on electricity bills extended to July and Chx says he’s looking at axing standing charges there too
🧰 Chancellor John Healey says he’s reduced headroom to £15bn to absorb the cost of the Iran war rather than imposing massive tax hikes
He says he will keep Labour’s manifesto pledge not to hike taxes on working people
NEW: ‘Unfair’ standing charges to be removed from gas bills
Early morning Budget news from @DaveBurke12
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Liz Truss says she accepts "not very much" responsibility for the economic chaos that led to her resignation - story via @DaveBurke12 👇
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'This is just the beginning - we need to go further to earn people’s hope'
Andy Burnham writes exclusively for @DailyMirror to mark his 100 days in office
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Andy Burnham drops a hint that energy bill help is coming in the Budget on Wednesday.
Pressed by @susannareid100, he says “People will have to wait to see what comes later in the week… We’ve got to be relentless about energy bills and look at every way to get them down”
Andy Burnham says he wants to rejoin the EU “in my lifetime” but tells @GMB “I am not going to move ahead of the public…the British public will be the bosses here”
Donald Trump tries to blame Ukraine for US diesel prices - rather than his Iran war - after cutting a diesel deal with Putin
No10 says Andy Burnham expressed “complete solidarity” with Zelensky in a call tonight and said the UK would continue sanctions on Russia
Trump blasts Zelensky and demands Ukraine 'gets leader who can make a deal'
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