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Former Makerfield MP lined up for key role under Burnham

  Josh Simons resigned from seat in May to give former Greater Manchester mayor path to return to Westminster Daily Telegraph 05/07/26 Link Josh Simons is expected to lead Downing Street’s head of policy unit under Andy Burnham , Labour allies have said. The former Makerfield MP resigned from his seat in May to give the former Greater Manchester mayor a path to return to Westminster and challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the leadership. In his resignation letter, Mr Simons claimed he wanted to put his constituents first, but the 32-year-old has faced questions over whether he struck a deal with Mr Burnham to get a key role in the incoming administration . On Saturday night it was suggested that Mr Simons, who previously ran the centre-Left think tank Labour Together – founded by Morgan McSweeney and credited with Sir Keir’s leadership victory – was in line to head Downing Street’s policy unit. One Labour MP and ally of Mr Simons, told The Telegraph: “He would certainly be qualified f...
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Change law to kick out Rochdale rapist, No 10 urged

  MPs demand action as freed Pakistani grooming gang leader is protected from deportation by legal loophole Charles Hymas   Home Affairs Editor.  Murtaza Ali Shah Published 02 July 2026 9:53pm BST 5796 Gift this article free Add us as preferred source Labour is facing mounting pressure to change immigration laws immediately so that a child rapist freed from jail can be deported . Shabir Ahmed, 73, was sentenced to more than 20 years in jail after being convicted of 30 child rape offences as part of the Rochdale grooming gang. But on Thursday, the Pakistan-born rapist was released after serving 14 years. Britain stripped him of his citizenship, but cannot currently deport him because of protections granted to Commonwealth immigrants such as Ahmed under the Immigration Act 1971, as The Telegraph revealed on Monday . On Thursday, Downing Street said the Prime Minister had asked Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, to “consider what can be done” to deport Ahmed , describing ...
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Burnham has declared war on the South. Your homes and savings are no longer safe

  London and the South East already vastly subsidise the rest of the country. The answer is to liberate the North, not seize southern wealth Daily Telegraph 01/07/26 Link Andy Burnham is not so much King of the North as Slayer of the South. His government will fail, but not before inflicting immense damage on London and the Home Counties. He will ruin all that remains tolerable in our troubled nation, without fixing any of its pathologies. He will confiscate what little wealth southerners have been able to cling on to in the face of punitive taxation, stagnant wages and declining house prices, while failing to meaningfully spread opportunity to northerners. His gimmicky No 10 North , his pledge to spend much of his time in Manchester, his bogus “devolution” dedicated to unleashing dysfunctional bureaucrats to waste even more of the South’s tax pounds will prove to be a calamity. He is coming for southern homes, investments and income via his land value tax, death tax, higher capit...
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Officers who arrested Henry Nowak investigated for gross misconduct

  Police watchdog considers whether ‘race or religion’ played role in officers’ decision to handcuff teenager as he lay dying Daily Telegraph 01/07/26 Henry Nowak, 18, was stabbed to death in December last year Two police officers who arrested Henry Nowak before his death are being investigated for gross misconduct. The university student was handcuffed by police as he lay dying from stab wounds while Vickrum Digwa, his Sikh killer, was treated as a victim of racist abuse. The 18-year-old pleaded with the officers, telling them he had been stabbed, to which one of them replied: “Don’t think you have, mate.” The police watchdog said on Wednesday that this officer and another who had initially attended the scene were both under investigation for gross misconduct. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had expanded its investigation following discussions with Nowak’s family, who had made formal complaints against Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary. As well as ...
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