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The British government believes that Iran was involved in the incident at RAF Fairford, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said.
Andy Burnham says changing the triple lock on state pensions, in part to help fund social care in England, will help pensioners facing "ruinous" costs.
The British prime minister, Andy Burnham, said there were “strong indications” Iran played a part in the events at R.A.F. Fairford on Sunday, without providing details why.
B ritain’s Labour Party is on the up. After ditching Sir Keir Starmer as its leader and replacing him with Andy Burnham, the ruling party has seen a bounce in opinion polls. The theme of the annual Labour conference, held in Liverpool from September 27th to 30th, was “hope again”. The mood was buoyant. Internal rows were conducted quietly.
The governing Labour Party opens its annual conference beside the River Mersey in Liverpool on Sunday, with Burnham pledging to turn the page on a decade of economic and political turmoil that has made him the U.K.’s seventh prime minister since its 2016 vote to leave the European Union.
The Prime Minister is facing a backlash from Labour MPs, just as his predecessor did, over reforms to the welfare system.