Category: Labour conference 2026

Bragging rights for Burnham, blues for Farage: conference season winners and losers

While the Labour and Conservative leaders will be delighted with their showing, Nigel Farage, Ed Davey and Zach Polanski have less reason for cheerAndy Burnham Continue...

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Nandy says children’s social media ban only ‘staging post’ in online safety drive

Exclusive: Culture secretary says UK will crack down further and be ‘pioneer of tech as a force for good’Lisa Nandy has warned technology firms that the government’s online safety crackdown is not finished, saying that banning...

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Burnham stakes his future on care, electoral reform and Europe in emotional Labour conference speech

PM says his plan, which includes ending pensions triple lock to fund national care service, will ‘allow us to rise again’Analysis: PM’s promises will take time to come goodKey takeaways from Burnham’s conference speechAndy...

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From Brexit to electoral reform: key takeaways from Andy Burnham’s conference speech

Ending the pensions triple lock, creating a National Care Service and making changes to leaseholds were all announced by the PM in LiverpoolUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham’s first speech to a Labour conference as...

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Burnham says he would put PR in Labour manifesto and scrap triple lock to fund social care – UK politics live

PM, in first speech to party conference as leader, insists his plans are a ‘good deal’ for older peopleBurnham to signal willingness to look at scrapping pension triple lock to fund social careAngela Rayner, the housing...

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Burnham vows to seek new ‘long-term’ relationship with EU in emotional Labour conference speech

PM also confirms plan to end pensions triple lock to pay for national care service and pledges to put electoral reform in Labour’s manifestoUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has promised a new “long-term”...

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Campaigners welcome Miliband’s claim Palestine Action ban not meant to criminalise ‘grannies’ – UK politics live

Defend Our Juries welcomes ‘honesty’ from foreign secretary and says his remarks will help in its legal challengeBurnham promises to roll back privatisation with government-backed grid planAngela Rayner, the housing secretary,...

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Andy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plans

Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representationUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham is expected to announce that he will push ahead with plans...

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Burnham is told axing pension triple lock would be ‘electoral suicide’ as he prepares to address Labour conference – UK politics live

Union leader says getting rid of triple lock not ‘the right thing’ as the PM prepares to lay out his ‘hope comes from honesty’ vision in Liverpool this afternoonBurnham promises to roll back privatisation with government-backed...

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