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James Murray replaces Wes Streeting as Health Secretary

[UK Prime Minister @10DowningStreet]

The Rt Hon James Murray MP @JamesMurray_ldn has been appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care @DHSCgovuk.

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Keir Starmer will NOT block Andy Burnham standing in the Makerfield by-election to become an MP

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer is set to allow Andy Burnham to stand in the Makerfield by-election

No 10 ally to the BBC: "Keir is focused on bringing the party together so it can tackle the issues facing working families"

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Josh Simons steps down to pave a way for Andy Burnham, Manchester Mayor, to stand for election in the constituency

[Josh Simons @joshsimonsmp]

Read my letter to my constituents below:

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Wes Streeting has resigned as Health Secretary saying it is “now clear” that Keir Starmer “will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election saying he has lost confidence in the PM

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Another ministerial resignation as Alex Davies-Jones calls on Keir Starmer to step down.

[Alex Davies-Jones MP @AlexDaviesJones]

It is with a very heavy heart that I have offered my resignation to the Prime Minister.

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Jess Phillips the Safeguarding Minister resigns from government.

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

EXCLUSIVE: Jess Phillips, safeguarding minister, resigns from govt

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Keir Starmer tells his cabinet he is refusing to step down:

"The Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered.

"The country expects us to get on with governing. That is what I am doing and what we must do as a Cabinet"

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Keir Starmer tells a cabinet meeting he will not resign despite over 80MPs calling for him to step down.

"As I said yesterday, I take responsibility for these election results and I take responsibility for delivering the change we promised.

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The first ministerial resignation this morning, as yet another Labour MP calls for Keir Starmer to step down

[Miatta Fahnbulleh @Miatsf]

This morning I sent my letter of resignation to the Prime Minister.

I urge the Prime Minister to do the right thing for the country and the Party and set a timetable for an orderly transition.

[Aaron Quinn-O'Connor @AaronQOC]

Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney resigns from government over his advice which supported the Prime Minister appointing Peter Mandelson as US Ambassador despite his links to Jeffery Epstein

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The government has amended Keir Starmer’s amendment to an opposition motion calling for the release of all documents related to Peter Mandelson.

After opposition by Labour MPs, the release of documents will be overseen by the Intelligence and Security Committee, not the govt.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 CONFIRMED: The Government has now amended Keir Starmer’s amendment

After a Labour backlash, the Intelligence and Security Committee will decide which of Peter Mandelson’s vetting documents are withheld on national security grounds, not the Government

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Andy Burnham confirms he is attempting to run to become an MP

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

I have today written to the Chair of Labour’s National Executive Committee seeking permission to enter the selection process for a candidate for the forthcoming Gorton and Denton by-election.

Read my letter here.👇🏻

[Aaron Quinn-O'Connor @AaronQOC]

Donald Trump goes back on his words where he said that UK soldiers in Afghanistan “stayed a little off the front lines”. This was strongly criticised by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Prince Harry. Donald Trump calls British soldiers “great and very brave”.

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RT @Geri_E_L_Scott: EXCL: Angela Rayner will throw her weight behind Andy Burnham being allowed to stand in the Gorton & Denton by-election…

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Donald Trump backs down from applying additional tarrifs on the UK and other European countries who backed Greenland’s sovereignty after forming “the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland” with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte

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Robert Jenrick, who was sacked by Kemi Badenoch this morning from the Conservative Party is expected to defect to Reform UK at a press conference with Nigel Farage shortly

[Robert Jenrick @RobertJenrick]

It’s time for the truth.

[Aaron Quinn-O'Connor @AaronQOC]

Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the Shadow Cabinet and suspended the Conservative whip from him

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

I have sacked Robert Jenrick from the Shadow Cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership with immediate effect.

I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his Shadow Cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party.

The British public are tired of political psychodrama and so am I. They saw too much of it in the last government, they’re seeing too much of it in THIS government.

I will not repeat those mistakes.

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Chair of the OBR, Richard Hughes, resigned after the Office for Budget Responsibility leaked their fiscal outlook before the Chancellors speech

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: Richard Hughes has resigned as the Chair of the OBR over the early Budget leak

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Other announcements include:

- Pension contributions tax to raise £4.7billion
- Pay per mile levy on electric cars raises £1.4billion
- Gambling tax to raise - £1.1billion
- 2 child benefit cap scrapped

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The OBR releases the fiscal report early before the chancellor starts speaking. It reveals:

- £26billion in tax rises
- £22billion fiscal headroom
- Tax burden to hit a record 28% of GPD in 2031
- Income tax threshold freezes raise £8billion