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The Greater Manchester mayor has made no secret of his Labour leadership ambitions, but faces significant obstacles
When Andy Burnham addressed a gala dinner this week, he was as coy as he could have been in a week when speculation about his future ambitions were in overdrive. “I love this job,” the mayor of Greater Manchester said. “I am very happy where I am. I have no ambition to be … ambassador to Washington.”
It was a gag that got a big laugh. Burnham has never played the game of pretending that he doesn’t seek to enter No 10. But he also does not give the standard ambitious politician’s response of saying that no vacancy is available.
Integrated care boards in England cannot afford severance payments, leaving restructuring plan in chaos, union says
Labour’s radical reorganisation of the NHS has descended into chaos, a union has said, as a huge programme of job cuts has been halted amid a row over who will foot the £1bn bill.
The NHS’s 42 integrated care boards (ICBs) in England were due to make up to 12,500 of their 25,000 staff redundant by the end of the year as a result of health service cost-cutting.
Exclusive: Lib Dem leader says push to process cases would also ultimately save money and remove far-right target
Ed Davey has called for an emergency programme to clear the asylum backlog and treat refugees with compassion, before a Liberal Democrat conference where the party aims to target disillusioned Conservative and Labour voters.
Speaking before the gathering in Bournemouth, which begins on Saturday, Davey’s intervention on migration marks a broadening of the Lib Dem policy focus, which at the last election was carefully aimed towards a handful of areas such as health, care and pollution.
From reduced hunger to a changing palate, weight loss jabs can alter our experience and enjoyment of food
The revelation that the chef Heston Blumenthal has created a tasting menu for people on weight loss jabs may have raised eyebrows, but there is scientific evidence that drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro not only make you less hungry, but change what you want to eat.
So what do we know about how weight loss medications affect your relationship with food?
Pentagon Restricts Press Access, Enforcing New Rules
The Pentagon announced on Friday that it will only permit journalists access to its facilities under the condition that they agree to refrain from publishing certain information—an unprecedented measure that grants the Department of Defense, now rebranded as the Department of War, extensive control over the content released, reports 24brussels.
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell informed various newsrooms via email that reporters must sign a pledge not to disclose classified information or documents categorized as sensitive, even those not officially labeled as secret. This directive is set to take effect within two to three weeks and will apply to all media organizations covering the Department of War headquarters.
“The press does not run the Pentagon, the people do,” stated Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in a post on X on Friday night. He further emphasized that journalists who do not carry identification will be turned away. Hegseth’s comments reflect a significant shift in the relationship between the U.S. military and the press.
This latest move follows a controversial tightening of press access in May, driven by leaks regarding U.S. operations in Yemen. Additionally, this week, the Trump Administration has increased its confrontational stance against the media, highlighted by President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. Critics argue these actions signal a continuing erosion of press freedom in the United States.
Furthermore, reports emerged that the U.S. government exerted pressure on ABC to indefinitely suspend comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s show following his criticism of the Republican response to the assassination of ultraconservative activist Charlie Kirk. Such actions suggest a broader pattern of restricting media discourse amidst a fraught political landscape.