Good morning. Andy Burnham has got PMQs today, and after that he will leave for what looks like a rather hectic Turkey/Ireland trip which tomorrow will see him address the Cop31 climate summit in the morning, before attending his first major summit with EU leaders (and some other European leaders – it’s a European Political Community event) in Dublin later in the day. Of the two events, the EPC is probably the more important for Burnham because it will give him the chance to clear the air ahead of the UK-EU summit next week, and because Burnham has made renegotiating the relationship with the EU a key aim of his premiership. But Cop31 is important too because Burnham wants to show that he remains committed to the net zero climate agenda but that he is also “pragmatic” about pursuing this in a way that helps with cost of living pressures. This morning he has an announcement that will help in this respect; Downing Street has announced the next stage in two huge offshore wind projects. On
Reform UK Senedd member given speaking ban over ‘offensive’ comments about migrants replacing white Britons – UK politics live
Reform UK leader in the Senedd, Helen Jenner, backs Joe Martin after his ban Here are some more comments on the report for the Casey commission released today looking at how social care is run in England. (See 9.56am.) This is from Natasha Curry, deputy director of research at the Nuffield Trust and one of the report’s authors. Compared to the other countries we looked at, the governance of England’s social care system is confused and complex. Overlapping and unclear roles leave dangerous uncertainty around who is responsible for important decisions, contributing to the inertia around reform E
