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Burnham says ‘too much time is wasted in those dramas’ when asked about Scottish independence – UK politics live
The prime minister says he wants to focus on tackling the cost of living Burnham spoke of Ravenscraig, once the pride of Scotland’s steel industry that employed tens of thousands of people before it closed in 1992. He said: When it closed, it wasn’t just a works that shut, it was a whole community which saw the pillars underneath it just taken away, collapsed beneath it. That was a decision taken hundreds of miles away without any real consequences for what that would mean for people here, taken by people who would never have to live with those consequences, or see those consequences. I was the MP there for 16 years from the early 2000s, just after the pits had shut in the 1990s. It broke my heart to see the old miners shuffling into my surgery, carrying oxygen bottles, still struggling to get compensation for the damage that was done to their lungs. It pained me to drive past the wastel

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He said he wanted regions to have more power while on his first substantive trip to Scotland as prime minister.

Damages for Greens deputy over false disorder claims
Mothin Ali is handed damages over claims made by a TV presenter and a social media commentator.

We must save water as drought becomes new normal, says minister
Severe drought was declared across parts of southern England after months of low rainfall.

Reform faces questions over candidate vetting after undercover filming
Reform UK says the party has "improved and prioritised its vetting procedures".

Equality watchdog writes to Greens over 'Zionism is racism' motion
The party was reported to the Equality and Human Rights Commission by MPs and antisemitism campaigners.