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Tag Archives: Prime Minister Andy Burnham
Award-winning comic Mark Steel on Keir, Keegan and cancer
Award-winning stand-up Mark Steel sits down with our columnist, Andrew Fisher, for a frank, wide-ranging and often hilarious interview, the latest podcast from the Inside Croydon ‘multiverse’. As our brief extract clip illustrates, the interview switches between the poignant and … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Fisher, Andy Burnham, antisemitism, Cancer, Croydon, Croydon North, Crystal Palace FC, FA Cup final, Green Party, Keir Starmer, Kevin Keegan, Labour, Mark Steel, Patreon, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Steve Reed OBE, Wembley, Zack Polanski, Zionism
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Inside Croydon goes in search of the ‘real’ Andy Burnham
ANDREW FISHER has spent the week at the Labour Party Annual Conference in Liverpool, where the new Prime Minister continued to confound political editors and expert pundits A Blairite, a Brownite and a Corbynite walk into bar. The barman asks: … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Fisher, Andy Burnham MP, Angela Rayner MP, Croydon, Ed Miliband, Empty Dwelling Management Orders, Gaza, Gaza genocide, Help to Buy, Housing, John Healey MP, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour Party Conference, Lambeth council, Liverpool, London, Palestine, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Sir Keir Starmer, Your First Home
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Shadow of Starmer lingers over Labour Conference in Liverpool
A year ago, Andy Burnham was seen scurrying away from the Labour Party Conference, scorned by loyal Starmerites. Today, he makes a speech to the 2026 conference as Prime Minister. ANDREW FISHER reports from Liverpool exclusively for Inside Croydon on … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Fisher, Andy Burnham MP, Angela Rayner MP, Croydon, Ed Miliband, Empty Dwelling Management Orders, Gaza, Gaza genocide, Help to Buy, Housing, John Healey MP, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour Party Conference, Lambeth council, Liverpool, London, Palestine, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Your First Home
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Voluntary groups to open homeless day centre next month
New partnership of faith, charity and volunteer groups is working together to provide assistance for the homeless from the CVA Resource Centre and West Croydon Baptist Church, following the Prime Minister’s pledge to eliminate rough sleeping The first instruction that … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Burnham MP, CAYSH, Croydon CVA, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, Homelessness, Housing, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Spires, West Croydon Baptist Church
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PM Burnham says he’ll get Selhurst rail project ‘back on track’
A massive engineering scheme to untangle the tracks that cause the ‘Selhurst bottleneck’ was dumped by the Tory government. Croydon East’s MP has got it back on Westminster’s agenda. By our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON Prime Minister Andy Burnham has … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme, Croydon East, East Croydon, Natasha Irons, Selhurst, TfL, Transport
Tagged Andy Burnham, CARS, Conservative, Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme, Croydon East, Labour, London, Natasha Irons MP, Network Rail, PMQs, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Prime minister's questions, Selhurst, Selhurst Bottleneck, Tory, Transport for London
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As Brandt Report warned, we can’t afford to be small-minded
We need to break out of our cycle of doom, despair and decline to become a confident, outward-looking country again, says ANDREW FISHER Our planet is more connected than ever. We switch on the television and see events from all … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Fisher, Andy Burnham, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Labour, Nigel Farage, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Robert McNamara, small boats, The Andrew Fisher Column, The Brandt Report, The Independent Commission on International Development Issues, Tory, Willy Brandt
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Cabinet post puts Fahnbulleh’s climate credentials on the line
PETER UNDERWOOD on a less-heralded Croydon connection to the new Prime Minister’s Cabinet There is a lot of talk in the press about “Manchesterism”, new Prime Minister Andy Burnham bringing the ideas he developed while Mayor of Manchester to his … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon Council, Environment, Peter Underwood
Tagged Andy Burnham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon Council, IPPR, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Manchesterism, Mayor Jason Perry, Miatta Fahnbulleh, NEF, New Economics Foundation, Peter Underwood, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Tory
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Perry’s latest bright idea: a begging letter to new PM Burnham
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After four years of record Council Tax rises and record borrowing from central government, the borough’s bungling Mayor appears to think that the new occupier of No10 Downing Street might solve his problems. By our Town Hall … Continue reading
