Immigration minister says he ‘won’t be intimidated’ to drop his views as row with home secretary escalates – UK politics live

Mike Tapp wrote a piece for the Times calling for overseas care workers to be exempt from hardline immigration changes

Alexandra Topping, a political correspondent for the Guardian, has examined whether or not Andy Burnham will lure back bruised leftwingers if he becomes prime minister, after many were left alienated during Keir Starmer’s premiership. Here is an extract from her story:

Questions are being asked in the depleted ranks of the Labour left about how radical the political shift from Starmer to Burnham could be. Multiple leftwingers said they were cautiously optimistic. Several pointed to a new blueprint for “Manchesterism” in an essay by Mathew Lawrence, who is close to Burnham and has worked with him regarding his stance on public control of utilities.

“If you read that essay you think ‘fantastic stuff’,” said Aaron Bastani, a co-founder of the leftwing media platform Novara Media. “But it’s not just about the motifs, it’s about who’s in the cabinet and who are the influential figures behind him.”

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