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Labour expected to cut EV targets for UK’s car industry despite MPs’ protests: Exclusive: Louise Haigh likely to weaken mandate for sales that forms key part of ...
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Andy Burnham issues new update over DWP benefits cuts under his premiership: Mr Burnham has suggested cutting benefits would force people into crime.
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OpinionMP urges British constellation of hundreds of AI satellites: Fred Thomas, the Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View, has called at Prime Minister’s Questions for a ...
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Burnham: Trump losing control of Congress ‘an opportunity to end Iran war’: Cost of living in UK cannot come down 'until the conflict in the Middle East is ...
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Key FactsBurnham sees opening to end Iran war after US midterms
Nov 4, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- After the Republicans’ defeat in the US midterms, Democrats are set to take control of Congress.
- Burnham said US voters wanted the world to unite and focus on issues that matter to people.
- He said he would work for de-escalation in Iran and wanted the Strait of Hormuz reopened.
- Burnham said he had made the cost of living a priority during his first three months in Downing Street and had taken steps.

Andy Burnham 'work from home' rules key update for all UK staff: Company bosses justify their reasons for any refusal - and it comes after Lords debate disabled ...
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Andy Burnham government makes major change for people working from home: A senior figure in Burnham's government said they were "putting power back into the ...
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Labour to make it harder to stop working from home : Louise Haigh made the announcement to the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) in Brighton
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-working-from-home-louise-haigh-b3050731.html

British bosses to be forced to meet with employees who request flexible working: Under new workers’ rights, employers will have to ‘properly consider’ proposed ...
theguardian.com/law/2026/sep/15/british-bosses-meeting-request-flexible-working-louise-haigh

Paid articlePaywall UK bosses must ‘sit down’ with staff if they block WFH requests: Louise Haigh tells Trades Union Congress that every request for flexibility ‘should be taken ...
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How the UK's most powerful woman overcame fraud row and beat Starmer's boys' club
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The secret role Burnham's controversial minister played in selecting his Cabinet: Louise Haigh, the former transport secretary who previously resigned over a ...
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Former Labour minister tells Starmer’s government to quit X: ‘It is unconscionable to use the site for another minute’, Louise Haigh said
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Anand Teltumbde: How India’s new labour codes dismantle worker protections: The codes legalise the exploitation of workers, formalise their precarity and ...
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Labour must back delivery drivers sacked by DPD, former cabinet minister says: Louise Haigh criticises delivery company over treatment of workers who spoke out ...
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Sharon Graham: Unite’s Labour affliation “getting harder to justify”: Back in 2021, before she was even elected general secretary of the union ...
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Sheffield MP urges Keir Starmer to "rip up tax rules" & avoid moving to right after Reform UK election success
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Kemi let Starmer off the hook again: This is Kemi’s problem: she has barely a square inch of turf on which to fight. She hasn’t scratched the hide of her ox-like ...
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Labour summons bosses of worst-performing train operators to meetings: Network Rail route directors will also attend next week as UK government aims to reform ...
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