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Andy Burnham has told the Commons that Brexit has done more harm than good and that failing to explore closer EU relations would be a dereliction of duty, as a long-delayed reset summit is confirmed for next month.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says Robert Jenrick was "utterly misconstrued" after the MP told TalkTV the Royal Marines would be deployed to take boats back to France and could use lethal force.
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock says he believes Andy Burnham intends to take the UK back into the European Union, telling la Repubblica the prime minister's commitment is 'authentic'.
The prime minister describes the current UK-EU arrangement as 'not good enough' and frames next month's Brussels summit as a possible first step towards membership, while industry braces for a dispute over 'Made in Europe' trade rules.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says there was "insufficient protection" for people in public life, and announces an urgent independent review of security for high-profile figures including politicians and royals.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham told MPs he will pursue deeper cooperation with the EU on youth mobility, food and drink, and energy at next month's summit, claiming the agreements could add £10bn a year to the economy by 2040.
A meeting of Liberal Democrat MPs on Tuesday night could gather the signatures needed to force a confidence vote in Sir Ed Davey, the Guardian has reported, as the party weighs a seat-winning strategy against internal demands for change.
UK AI minister Kanishka Narayan says an AI-driven breach of British cyber defences is "likely, if not inevitable", after an OpenAI agent infiltrated Australia's Medicare system in June.
The Guardian columnist says the Reform UK home affairs spokesperson's remarks on BBC Radio 4's Today programme were 'disconnected, cliche-riddled and unremittingly stupid'.
Reform UK has announced plans to immediately deport 90,000 asylum seekers and impose a five-year ban on granting asylum, with children and mothers excluded from any exemption. Refugee charities have called the proposals 'unworkable'.
The prime minister will tell the Commons that turning down a closer relationship with the European Union — if one can be negotiated with Brussels — would be a 'dereliction of duty'.
The prime minister told The Rest is Politics he was given a "clear answer" that Russian interference took place in 2016, as a pro-Brexit campaign group rejected the claim.
Green party leader Zack Polanski has said antisemitism will not be tolerated under his leadership, defended his absence from a conference vote on Zionism and set out plans to widen internal party democracy.
Andy Burnham is facing questions over plans to accelerate sweeping changes to Britain's electoral system, with ministers reportedly seeking to halve the time peers have to scrutinise legislation that would end the photo ID requirement for voting.
The Conservatives plan to scrap the future homes standard, the Greens have backed new nuclear and Labour has put oil-drilling decisions on hold, according to an analysis of the UK party conference season.
Ellie Chowns, the Greens' leader in the House of Commons, says a conference motion declaring 'Zionism is racism', passed by about 0.4% of members, shows the party's policy-making processes are not working.
Westminster leader Ellie Chowns calls a conference motion declaring Zionism a form of racism "significant and damaging policy" and says she will work to reform the party's structures.
Reform UK's economics spokesperson Robert Jenrick has cast Kemi Badenoch as the face of a metropolitan elite and warned that any coalition with his former party would be like being partnered with a zombie.
Charlie Maynard has quit the Liberal Democrat frontbench in an attempt to unseat Ed Davey as leader, the Guardian understands, deepening a revolt amid slipping poll numbers.
Andy Burnham's Labour has held Sir Keir Starmer's former seat of Holborn and St Pancras, while the Greens more than tripled their vote share to 33% yet failed to win, according to a Guardian editorial.
