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Andy Burnham, the UK's PM-in-waiting who looks set to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer as the next Labour leader, on Monday pledged to give the country the "circuit breaker" it needs for "good growth" in every corner. In his first major policy speech since returning to Westminster politics after being elected as the member of Parliament for Makerfield in a by-election, the former Mayor of Greater Manchester presented his vision for a model of "Manchesterism" involving greater devolved power for the different regions of England. The 56-year-old politician, whose leadership challenge and strong support within the governing Labour Party resulted in Starmer announcing his resignation last week, said his devolution plans will shift power out of 10 Downing Street in London to a new "No. 10 North" in northern England. "I am going to give Britain the circuit breaker it needs by building a more collaborative politics in Westminster by taking power out of the centre and putting it in the .
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been awarded a 'Living Bridge' honour for his role in championing closer bilateral relations and clinching the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Seema Malhotra, Britain's Indian-origin Minister for the Indo-Pacific in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), accepted the honour on behalf of Starmer at a ceremony in the House of Lords complex in London on Monday evening. The annual Living Bridge Awards, organised by the UK-based strategic consultancy India Business Group (IBG), also recognised New Delhi-based GMR Group multinational conglomerate, British Indian businessman G P Hinduja, KPMG UK chair Bina Mehta, and the University of Southampton for their role in bringing India and the UK closer across sectors. This deal (FTA) will assist businesses to trade with India with confidence and security taking advantage of the huge opportunities offered by the complementary nature of the two economies and India's rapid growth, said
Britain's government said on Thursday that it will support a series of local inquiries into cases of organised child sexual abuse in the wake of a furore largely stoked by the world's richest man Elon Musk. In a statement to lawmakers, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the government has also authorised what she called a rapid audit of the current scale and nature of gang-based exploitation across the country and make recommendations. The issue of so-called grooming gangs", also called rape gangs" by some, has risen up the political agenda in the UK after Musk recently took to his X platform highlighting the problem and condemning British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Musk criticised Starmer for not backing a national inquiry into the matter following a request from the local authority in the northern English town of Oldham, where police found girls under 18 were sexually exploited by groups of men in the 2000s and 2010s. Musk also alleged that Starmer failed to bring perpetrators t