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So just what is Andy Burnham going to do about Labour’s Black MP problem? Miatta Fahnbulleh is a start. She’s a key adviser to Burnham and has a wealth of experience developing and delivering policy to empower communities. We also know that she has worked hard to come up with new ideas to reshaping our economy inside government and out. But who else?Glance at any of the selfies the UK’s new PM takes and the numbers of Black MPs in particular behind him are embarrassing. David Lammy has long since lost the confidence of his…

So how are we feeling today? Emotionally drained? Hardly surprising. Will there ever be anything to match this summer's World Cup? We’ve eaten, drunk, slept (a bit) and breathed it for weeks.And cried a little, too, obviously. But now that it’s all over, we face a new challenge — dealing with the withdrawal symptoms. Luckily, Mike Ward has found us a whole bunch of ways to plug the gap in our lives…1. Don’t do anything hasty. Going cold turkey is never wise. There are hours of World Cup highlights to relive on the iPlayer!-->!-->…

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Emmanuel Avogo, then 16 at the time of the crime, was jailed for life with a minimum 20 years after murdering accountant Adam Khan, 26, in a machete street ambush15:48, 20 Jul 2026Updated 15:50, 20 Jul 2026Police release CCTV after 17-year-old convicted for machete attack murder_1784556589A teenager who routinely carried a blade has been caged for life after slaying an accountant in a machete street attack.Emmanuel Avogo, then 16, devised a scheme with a 16-year-old girl to "entice" Adam Khan,…

Outside Downing Street, as the new Prime Minister made his way through the crowds, shaking hands and hugging supporters, one of the most important political figures in Andy Burnham’s life was missing – and one woman hung on longest, almost refusing to let him go.Burnham’s dad Roy, an engineer who taught him as a child about how Margaret Thatcher had decimated Liverpool, was not there at the most important moment of his son’s life because he has dementia. Speaking movingly about Roy, Burnham has said that because of his…