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A new grant scheme promises to prop up local journalism. The NUJ’s answer to what’s actually killing it – platform power, not just underfunding – goes much further than anything on offer from government.

ASLEF has warned it is “putting the industry on notice” after train operators failed to act on a year-old regulator instruction to guarantee drivers access to toilet breaks.

Alison Phillips, who oversaw ThinkLabour’s rebrand from the disgraced Labour Together, is Andy Burnham’s new deputy chief of staff – the latest sign that Morgan McSweeney’s old faction still holds sway in Downing Street, despite the prime minister’s promises to govern beyond factional lines.

The Institute of Employment Rights says the 2025 act falls well short of Labour’s own promises. With Jonathan Reynolds back as business secretary, unions are already demanding a second bill.

Andy Burnham has made housing his flagship pledge. But the crisis isn’t a shortage of homes – it’s who owns them. Reversing decades of financialised property risks the very crash it was built to prevent, says Brian Green.

Richard Rose’s The Disruption of the British Party System offers a dispassionate, data-driven guide to a fractured political landscape, but its refusal to ask why things are breaking down is also its biggest limitation.

More than 80 parliamentarians have written to the new PM demanding sanctions, a full arms embargo and a ban on settlement trade. Andy Burnham apologised for Labour’s record on Gaza before taking office – now he faces a choice between the pro-Israel lobby and the millions demanding real action.

Out go Reeves, Lammy and the rest of the Starmer old guard, but with Healey at the Treasury and Mahmood at the Home Office, the new PM’s top team suggests continuity, not the break with neoliberalism Andy Burnham has promised, says Andy Walker.

Will McMahon unpacks Andy Burnham’s leadership acceptance speech, finding a warmer voice and a sharper critique of four decades of Thatcherism and globalisation – undercut by a pledge to be “a pro-business leader” that leaves the real distribution of power untouched.