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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Alexandra Topping

    ‘Total class act’: Marie-France van Heel is poised to be a very different PM’s wife (opens the original)

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    The former marketing executive is expected to play a big role in promoting the UK and could be the most influential spouse in No 10 in years Sarah Brown called Gordon her hero, Samantha Cameron insisted David was “incredibly funny”, while Akshata Murty said Rishi was her best friend. When Marie-France van Heel spoke about her husband, Andy Burnham, in a rare public interview a decade ago, she joked that she had noticed his “good looks … and monobrow”. The spousal humanising of a party

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Alexandra Topping

    Nandy says children’s social media ban only ‘staging post’ in online safety drive (opens the original)

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    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 under-16s from social media platforms is only a “staging post”. Earlier this year the government announced that teenagers under the age of 16 would be banned from accessing “high-risk” social media apps, while safer platforms would be subjected to restrictio

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Alexandra Topping, political correspondent

    ‘Society needs children’: Alan Johnson calls for better-paid UK paternity leave - AOL (opens the original)

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    Parliament was in recess when Tony Blair called Alan Johnson up to his flat above No 11. The former prime minister was relaxed, padding around in his socks, while his son Leo played with his toys. Johnson, then the education secretary, spoke about his own son from his second marriage, who was a similar age. “Tony said: ‘Oh you’re a father?’” recalled Johnson. “I said: ‘Tony, I had three kids by the age of 20!’ He looked at me and said: ‘So you really are working-class …’” It may be almost a quar

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Alexandra Topping

    ‘Society needs children’: Alan Johnson calls for better-paid UK paternity leave (opens the original)

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    Exclusive: Former Labour minister says working-class fathers are being shortchanged and budget should correct it Parliament was in recess when Tony Blair called Alan Johnson up to his flat above No 11. The former prime minister was relaxed, padding around in his socks, while his son Leo played with his toys. Johnson, then the education secretary, spoke about his own son from his second marriage, who was a similar age. “Tony said: ‘Oh you’re a father?’” recalled Johnson. “I said: ‘T

  5. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Alexandra Topping

    Sagal Abdi-Wali: Labour’s candidate in Starmer’s former seat zeroes in on local issues amid Green challenge (opens the original)

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    Former Camden council leader’s message is clear: she’s ‘visible, committed and local’, and has been for a long time Sagal Abdi-Wali does not want to be the prime minister. She doesn’t even want to lead her party. Labour’s candidate for Holborn and St Pancras laughs and shakes her head with unusual vigour when asked if she would like to follow in the footsteps of the last member of parliament for the constituency, Keir Starmer. “No, no, no, no, that’s not at all, in any way, what

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