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Andy Burnham has received an ultimatum ahead of next week as the Makerfield MP plots to become the next Labour leader and Prime Minister.

Mr Burnham, who was sworn in as the MP for Makerfield after seeing off the threat from Reform UK last week, could be handed the keys to No10 as early as July 17 if he does not face a challenge to become the next Labour Party leader.

Ex-Health Secretary Wes Streeting and the Prime Minister's top ally Darren Jones both gave Mr Burnham a boost after ruling out standing in the race to succeed Sir Keir Starmer.

The former Royal Marine commando, who was first elected to the House of Commons in 2024, gave Mr Burnham an ultimatum as the silver-haired Scotsman teased about standing himself.

He said: "Whoever wants to lead the country, tell me what you want it to be in 2029 and 2034.

"Let's be really clear on the objectives you want to get to, the outcomes you want for this country. What's the vision?"

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The Labour MP leading the Government's work on issues affecting men and boys has called for a revival of dedicated male spaces, arguing they are vital to tackling Britain's male suicide crisis.

Speaking exclusively to Gloria De Piero on GB News in his first TV interview to be broadcast on Sunday, Jake Richards said communities had lost many of the institutions that once gave men a sense of purpose, identity and belonging.

His intervention comes in the same week that former England manager Gareth Southgate released a documentary examining the pressures facing modern boys and young men.

Mr Richards, who has been tasked by the Prime Minister with leading on the Government's men and boys' agenda, said Britain should do more to support places where men can come together and talk openly about their lives.

"I definitely think that we need those cultural institutions where men have historically and continue to come together to talk about what's going on in their lives, to have that male space," he said.

"There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. And indeed, it should be embraced and backed up."

Richards said the disappearance of traditional industries and community institutions had left many men struggling to find the same sense of purpose previous generations enjoyed.

"But for boys and men, there's a specific issue, because there is this cultural pressure to be the breadwinner, to have that masculine sense of purpose of achieving," he said.

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Pat McFadden has vowed to reform Britain' benefits system in his first interview since messages he sent to Peter Mandleson were published.

Speaking to GB News, the Work and Pensions Secretary spoke on the private exchange with the New Labour architect over his frustrations with Labour’s welfare agenda.

“Every meeting I have is 'who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others'. They're asking the wrong questions,” Mr McFadden said to Lord Mandelson.

The embarrassing messages were released on Monday as part of a second tranche of files relating to the disgraced peer's short-lived appointment as US ambassador and dealings with the Government.

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Katie Lam has dismissed rumours she is set to defect to Reform, while launching a scathing attack on former colleague Robert Jenrick.

In an exclusive interview with GB News, Ms Lam accused Mr Jenrick of dishonesty and said his departure from the party had revealed a side of his character she had not previously seen.

Speaking to Gloria De Piero in an interview to be broadcast on Sunday afternoon, Ms Lam was asked about her relationship with Mr Jenrick, whom she had supported in the Conservative leadership race.

She said: “We still don't talk. I haven't spoken to him. I haven't heard from him since he left the party. It's a funny combination of the political and the professional and the personal. It is sad, and it is hurtful when anybody, when any voter, when any councillor, an MP leaves the party to go anywhere else. It's particularly difficult when somebody is being quite dishonest for quite a long time. It is really difficult if, you know, when you've been at events and you've heard somebody say all of these things that clearly can't really have been true?”

Ms Lam said the episode had left her questioning her own judgement.

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Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means Nusrat Ghani discusses her role maintaining order in the House of Commons and what really happens during heated debates such as Prime Minister’s Questions and the Budget.

She reflects on the importance of parliamentary scrutiny, why she criticised budget leaks ahead of the Chancellor’s statement, and how debates in the chamber balance passion with accountability.

Ghani also talks about her career in politics, becoming the first ethnic minority MP elected as a Deputy Speaker, her experience serving as a minister, and the challenges faced by women and people from working-class backgrounds entering politics. The conversation also touches on abuse faced by MPs online and concerns in her constituency about proposals to house asylum seekers at a military training site in Crowborough.

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ANAS Sarwar has urged people to vote Labour in Scotland, even if they don’t like Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves.

In an exclusive GB News interview Mr Sarwar said he backed the Prime Minister, while admitting "things need to improve". 

But he said the upcoming Holyrood elections were not about the PM or the Chancellor: they were about the future of Scotland.

And Mr Sarwar believes, despite the state of the polls, Labour will go on to win and depose the SNP after nearly two years in power, saying they’d mirror the fight shown by the Scottish football team.

He also spoke out to praise the Home Secretary commending the way she is tackling the immigration crisis.

Asked about Labour’s election chances he told Ms De Piero: “In six months’ time, the choice is not going to be about who the UK Labour government is.

“The choice is not going to be about who the Prime Minister is. Keir Starmer is not standing to be First Minister. Rachel Reeves is not standing to be First Minister. Nigel Farage is not standing to be First Minister. Me and John Swinney are standing to be First Minister.

“And the choice that people have in that election in six months is, do we have a third decade of the SNP in charge with record long NHS waiting lists, our schools falling down the international league tables, billions of pounds of lost and wasted money and the priorities and, for example, the cultural issues that the SNP continue to pursue, or are we going to take a different direction with me as First Minister?

“That's the choice, and I'm really confident when that choice is put in front of people in Scotland, they'll vote for that new direction. 

“So we're kind of like the Scotland team qualifying for the World Cup. The underdog, always talked down but got over the line and made history, qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in 28 years. Labour is going to do the same, winning for the first time in 20 years in Scotland.” 

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A Labour MP has called on the Government to rethink its policies on inheritance tax and net zero.

In an exclusive interview with GB News, Henry Tufnell said proposed IHT changes on farming would be worse than the Treasury had predicted.

The Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP also blasted the Government’s net zero drive saying it was “devastating” and would create poverty.

During a wide-ranging interview with Gloria De Piero, Mr Tufnell also spoke for the first time about the death of his brother Carleton, 22, who took his own-life.

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'There are lots of flags being flown, but they're not necessarily the British flag or the English flag.'

Jonathan Hinder tells Gloria De Piero he is happy to see the Union and St. George's flags flying across the country.

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Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has admitted she had 'sleepless nights' over the Government's welfare reforms and urged Sir Keir Starmer to listen to his backbench MPs.

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Choking scenes in online pornography should be made illegal to help counter “an avalanche of violence” towards young women and girls, a Labour MP has said. 

Speaking exclusively to GB News, Jess Asato told how she will go to Parliament next week and call for a change in the law to ban the scenes, which are already outlawed in other forms of "offline" pornography. 

Ms Asato, the Labour MP for Lowestoft, is also going to push for new laws which would help ensure girls aged under 18 aren’t being featured in X-rated films. 

She fears the use of underage girls in porn is opening up a “gateway” to abuse - and has demanded OFCOM imposes massive fines on those firms who fail to make proper checks, and clean up their act.

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Former Reform UK Chairman Zia Yusuf has admitted he "apologised" to Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin and his party colleagues, following his resignation from the party.

In his first exclusive sit down interview since returning to Reform, Yusuf claimed that he "regrets" sending the tweet, admitting he "made a mistake".

Discussing his fallout with the Reform party, Yusuf explained: "I feel very good, it's great to be back. In those 48 hours or so that passed after I sent that tweet, which I now regret, I was inundated with messages, emails, DMs from people who told me how important Reform was to them.

"It's much more than a political party, it is a movement, which frankly, many of these people are putting in their messages, represents the last hope the country has to turn itself around."

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Louise Haigh says Keir Starmer can learn lessons from the way Margaret Thatcher embraced conflict - as he sets about recovering from the local election defeats.

In an exclusive interview with GB News, Haigh, admitted to feeling alarm over her party's response to last week's polling performance and that action was needed to avoid an "existential crisis" at the next General Election.

Speaking to Gloria De Piero, Haigh also admitted she came to quitting politics altogether after she was axed as Transport Secretary.

But she changed her mind thanks to the support of friends, and is now determined to fight from the backbenches. She has called on the PM to "pick a side" and also urged him to introduce a wealth tax.

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Trailblazing Labour MP Marie Tidball has revealed how her parents taught her to cope with pain after heartbreakingly telling them she wanted to die when she was a very young child.

Marie, the MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, was born with a congenital disability that affected all four limbs and missed three years of school due to surgery she needed.

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James Clverly has weighed in on the debate over whether multiculturalism has succeeded or failed in the UK.

Speaking to Gloria de Piero he said: "My worry about the idea of multiculturalism is that we have multiple cultures. And I don't buy that because my view is, is the British culture is by definition multifaceted.

"There's always been multiple elements to it. And if we recognize that, we can actually say, you can be British and proudly British and you should be proudly British, and your religion is not necessarily defining factor.

"Your ethnic heritage is not necessarily a defining factor. And the reason I think it's so important is because then it allows us to say we have pretty wide parameters. We're a pretty open and liberal society. But there are rules. Abide by the rules. And you know what? Be who you want to be. Don't abide by the rules. We have a problem."

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Mike Amesbury has revealed that he now has to wear an "alcohol tag for 120 days" in an exclusive sit-down with GB News, hours before his official departure from the House of Commons.

Amesbury officially steps down as an MP today after he was handed a 10-week jail sentence for punching a constituent.

The former Labour MP’s sentence was suspended for two years, meaning he will not serve time behind bars but he has revealed that he will be forced to where an "alcohol tag" for 120 days and will be monitored for a year.

In an interview with Gloria De Piero, he explained: "That particular night I had been binge drinking, there is obviously an issue in regards to that."

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The Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, says the former Chief Whip Simon Hart has broken “an unwritten code” by releasing a book about his time in Government.

Stuart Andrew, who previously served as an Opposition Chief Whip, said he’d take secrets he’d been told by colleagues to his grave.

In an interview with Gloria De Piero, Mr Andrew, the Tory MP for Daventry, was pressed as to what he thought about Hart’s decision to publish the bombshell new memoir Ungovernable.

Speaking exclusively to GB News, he said: “I have to say I take the personal view that when people come to see me I keep it absolutely confidential. I said when I was a whip, whether it be a whip or deputy chief whip or chief whip to that when colleagues sat and talked and told me stuff, it's between me and them. And that's how I will keep it. 

“Look, I love Simon to bits, but there is a sort of unwritten code, not just within the Conservative Whips office - but all whips office. MPs, you know, they face a really challenging career. And I know that's not a popular thing to say, but, the pressures on them and their families are enormous. And there are times when things go wrong.

“I will take all of those conversations I had with colleagues, on a whole variety of issues, to my grave with me.”

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Conservative MP Andrew Gwynne to get to know the person behind the politics, and what drove him to become an MP.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Conservative MP Matt Vickers to get to know the person behind the politics, and what drove him to become an MP.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Labour MP Anna McMorrin to get to know the person behind the politics, and what drove her to become an MP.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Conservative MP Mike Penning to get to know the person behind the politics, and what drove him to become an MP.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Conservative MP Scott Benton to get to know the person behind the politics, and what drove him to become an MP. After studying theology for both his undergraduate and master's degree, faith became a huge part of Scott's life, installing a set of values that helps him navigate his politics.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Labour MP Carolyn Harris to get to know the person behind the politics, and what drove her to become an MP. She opens up about her career journey from leaving school aged 16 and at the DVLA, then working as a barmaid, to eventually becoming an MP for Swansea East in 2015.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Conservative MP Bob Stewart to get to know the person behind the politics, and what drove him to become an MP. The two discuss the lessons learnt from his career in the military, where he served as a commanding officer for a period in Northern Ireland, and then also Bosnia.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Labour MP Wes Streeting to get to know the person behind the politics; growing up in poverty, his kidney cancer diagnosis and recovery, his experience coming out and his relationship with God.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Conservative MP Miriam Cates to get to know the person behind the politics; her earliest political memory, converting to the Conservative Party as an adult, her faith and how this steers her decision-making.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Conservative MP Michael Fabricant to get to know the person behind the politics; his surprise at the difference between the Conservative Party he knew in Brighton and that he discovered at the House of Commons, and witnessing the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth to get to know the person behind the politics; joining the Labour Party as a very young man, being special advisor to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in a Labour Government in his twenties, his father's difficulty with alcoholism and now being the longest serving Shadow Health Secretary in history.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Labour MP Rosie Duffield to get to know the person behind the politics, and what drove her to become an MP. The two discuss her career before politics, a love of children and teaching, her experience living with an abusive partner and the controversy surrounding her thoughts on trans women in women-only spaces. Is this transphobia or are these women's rights?

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Labour MP Tan Dhesi - Labour MP of Slough, Shadow Minister for Railways and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group. We learn about the man behind the politics and what drove him to become an MP.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Conservative MP Dehenna Davison to get to know the person behind the politics: childhood, losing a parent as a teenager, processing emotions and finding resilience. Also discussed is the stigma attached to mental health issues, Dehenna's election experience and navigating dating apps as a politician.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Conservative MP Johnny Mercer to get to know the person behind the politics: why he was sacked from the government, his relentless desire to find different ways of doing things to arrive at new outcomes, and his public fall out with Boris Johnson for what he saw as political cowardice.

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Gloria de Piero sits down with Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft to get to know the person behind the politics, and what drove her to become an MP. Gloria had no idea how emotional the interview would turn out to be, Vicky bravely opening up about her experience with domestic abuse.

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