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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Hettie O'Brien

    Thursday briefing: Andy Burnham wants to remake Britain from the regions up. Can it work? (opens the original)

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    In today’s newsletter: The newish prime minister wants to shift power out of Westminster, but fragile councils, patchy financial scrutiny and dwindling local journalism could put his plans at risk Good morning. Over the summer, I interviewed more than 40 people who are trying to influence the new Labour government for the Guardian Long Read, among them thinktank researchers and politicians. The piece, published this morning, tries to work out how radical Andy Burnham intends to be. So far, his b

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Hettie O'Brien

    Thursday briefing: Andy Burnham wants to remake Britain from the regions up. Can it work? - AOL (opens the original)

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    Good morning. Over the summer, I interviewed more than 40 people who are trying to influence the new Labour government for the Guardian Long Read, among them thinktank researchers and politicians. The piece, published this morning, tries to work out how radical Andy Burnham intends to be. So far, his big idea is to give more power and money to England’s regions than ever before – and while “devolution” isn’t a word that sets pulses racing, this plan could be genuinely transformative. Yet, since

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Hettie O'Brien

    Labour’s last chance? The people shaping Andy Burnham’s grand plans for Britain - AOL (opens the original)

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    In May 2025, when Keir Starmer was still prime minister, Labour politicians, campaigners and journalists gathered at the Ministry of Sound in London to watch a series of panel talks and presentations illuminated by the lucid glow of club lights. The day-long event was organised by a campaign group called Compass, and the subjects included child poverty, the Murdoch-owned media and the rise of the radical right. “We felt as though the Labour government was failing, and needed to be pulled into th

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Hettie O'Brien

    Labour’s last chance? The people shaping Andy Burnham’s grand plans for Britain (opens the original)

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    The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical? In May 2025, when Keir Starmer was still prime minister, Labour politicians, campaigners and journalists gathered at the Ministry of Sound in London to watch a series of panel talks and presentations illuminated by the lucid glow of club lights. The day-long event was organised by a campaign group called Compass, and the subjects included child poverty, the Murdoch-owned m

  5. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Hettie O'Brien

    Wednesday briefing: ​Can Burnham ​seek a ​different ​path​ to Trump’s world order? - AOL (opens the original)

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    Good morning. In the early hours of Tuesday a plane carrying Andy Burnham, a handful of UK ministers, an excited group of British political journalists, and Burnham’s wife, Marie France, landed at a New York airport for one of Burnham’s first major outings as prime minister: a face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump. Considering the president once described Burnham as the mayor of “a town,” and the prime minister once said Trump wouldn’t be welcome in said town (Manchester), the meeting yesterday

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