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Labour has held Trinity in Wandsworth by 127 votes, defeating the Conservatives 47.5% to 43.6% and denying the Tories the seat needed for an outright council majority.
Almost 200,000 people were granted permanent UK settlement in the year ending June 2026, up 24% and the highest annual total since 2011, new Home Office figures show.
Andy Burnham has been accused of a U-turn after newly reported correspondence showed he previously backed a £500,000 political donations cap and argued that the limit should be reduced further over time.
Andy Burnham has declared an Irish unity referendum 'off the table' during his first visit to Northern Ireland as Prime Minister, prompting a sharp challenge from Sinn Féin over the Good Friday Agreement.
Israel is considering expelling British officials from the US-led Gaza coordination centre as tensions rise with Andy Burnham's Government over planned measures targeting Israeli settlements.
Russia has threatened that British military assets could be targeted in response to Ukrainian strikes using British-supported missiles, following Andy Burnham's agreement to help Kyiv produce long-range Storm Shadow weapons.
Small-boat arrivals fell 23% to around 33,000 in the year ending June 2026 while the number of supported asylum seekers living in hotels halved to 16,000, new Home Office statistics show.
More than 100 organisations have challenged Andy Burnham over the early release of domestic abuse perpetrators, warning the policy conflicts with Labour's pledge to halve violence against women and girls.
Andy Burnham has dropped support for a general cap on large political donations as Labour MPs push for tougher limits on mega-donors ahead of the Representation of the People Bill returning to the Commons.
Forty people who disappeared while they were children living in Home Office asylum hotels remain unlocated, with Parliament demanding answers over efforts to trace them.
Andy Burnham is poised to impose a trade ban on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as ministers prepare a wider response to the E1 settlement expansion.
David Dinsmore will leave his role as the Government's communications chief on 30 September, with the Cabinet Office explicitly linking the timing to the change of Prime Minister and administration.