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New £1 billion electric trains to ‘bring faster journeys to the North,’ Burnham says
The new trains will cut journey times by up to 10 minutes between Manchester and Leeds and up to 14 minutes between Manchester and York More
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Esther Rantzen says she is ‘too fragile’ to travel to Dignitas to end her life
The prominent campaigner for the legalisation of assisted dying insisted the law must ‘change quickly’ More
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Former Israeli prime minister backs UK’s sanctions on West Bank settlers
Ehud Olmert criticises Israeli government after it reacted furiously and shut down the UK consulate in East Jerusalem More
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Union boss urges Burnham to forge closer ties with EU to undo damage done by Tories’ ‘bad’ Brexit deal
TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said the European Union was the UK’s ‘most important market‘ More
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Andy Burnham to hand mayors unlimited powers to impose tourist tax
Hospitality bosses warn the move could put jobs at risk More
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Ex-Tory campaign boss and wife plead guilty over general election bets
Anthony Lee was the Conservative’s director of campaigning More
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Reform plans ICE-style borders agency for UK under new migration plan
Amnesty International UK accused Reform UK of scapegoating migrants to ‘justify mass deportations and expanded police surveillance’ More
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Mainstream schools to receive extra funding to support Send children
The reforms come as part of a major overhaul of the education system in England being set out by the government on Monday More
