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A new National Care Service. Greater public control of water, energy, and housing. A National Commission on Electoral Reform. Strengthening our relationship with Europe. Reforming the education and welfare system. Today I set out a different path for Britain. You may disagree with some or all of what I have said today. But I have given you what you often say is missing from politics. Honesty, ideas and a clear direction for the country we all love. If you agree with enough of what I have said, get behind this plan. And get behind each other. It's time to draw a line. To move beyond a decade of drift and division. To bring a spirit of unity and positivity back to our country. To unlock the working-class aspiration that is still there in every postcode. To hope again.

Camden is my home. I'm standing to give back to the community that gave me everything.

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Our latest voting intention sees a cross over. Labour move ahead by 4. Their first lead since March 2025 & highest share since Nov 24 🌹 LAB 28% (+4)
⏩ REF 24% (-2)
🌳 CON 22% (nc)
🔶 LIB DEM 12% (+1)
🟢 GREEN 8% (-3)
🟡 SNP 2% (nc) N = 2061| Dates 24-27/7| Change w 22/7

It’s the honour of my life to be Leader of the Labour Party. I will be a leader for every region and nation in this great country, and this Party will be unashamedly Labour in our priorities and in the decisions we take. Together, we will set Britain on a new path.

When I said I was going to do politics differently, I meant it. Yesterday I spent a couple of hours in Cardiff city centre inviting people to ask me anything about my plans for the UK.

Photo du Jour: @andyburnham meets Margaret Aspinall at the Houses of Parliament in London after the Hillsborough Law was passed by MPs. By Stefan Rousseau/PA

Good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart. That’s the vision I set out in my speech today.

RT @anneliese_midge: Stay classy, Kemi.

There’s something from my time as Mayor I want to continue.

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Today, vote hope.

THE CASUAL COUP by @PronouncedAlva On the campaign trail with Andy Burnham: This is a campaign on several levels. Burnham has “a tough fight” against Reform, as I hear him say repeatedly while watching him door-knocking. But he’s also fighting two other implied contests: with a Labour selectorate of MPs and members, who soon may well have to decide whether to nominate or vote for him to replace Keir Starmer; and with the electorate at large, who soon could find themselves choosing between Burnham and Nigel Farage in a general election. This is a tight by-election against Farage’s Reform, but Burnham is already being scrutinised as a prospective prime minister. With three weeks to go until polling day, Burnham has allowed me to accompany him while campaigning in Makerfield, an invitation extended only to the New Statesman. He says this by-election is the last chance to stop Reform. “If I just put it in the terms of Greater Manchester, I feel we’re on the cusp. If we don’t pull it back now, I think something changes.” On Wigan Council, Labour lost all of the seats it was defending to Reform in May. “That’s a very big statement. You can’t just see that and minimise it.” When people ask him “Why this moment?” results like that are why. As one of Andy Burnham’s closest allies put it to me: “Whatever happens, this will be in the history books.” Cover photo by Niall Hodson for the New Statesman

RT @Rory_Palmer: One of the best council leaders in recent times. Not for the first or probably last time that excellent local leadership i…

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Great to be in Lewisham, Milton Keynes, Islington and Haringey over the past few days. A vote for Labour is a vote for brilliant local candidates who will deliver for their communities. 🌹 Vote Labour tomorrow, Thursday 7th May.

Great to be in Sheffield yesterday with the brilliant @TomHunt100 and the @CenSheffLab team. 🌹A vote for Labour on 7th May is a vote for hardworking local candidates who will put their communities first.