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• Four challenges in Andy Burnham’s in-tray (Callum Robertson)
• A plea to our new Prime Minister – abolish me! (Tim Leunig)
• Mathew on Monday: Burnham has made a promising start. Now comes the hard part (Mathew Hulbert)
• Orange with Bits (Brendan Roberts)
• If Andy Burnham isn’t the Messiah… Good (Roz Savage MP)

• "Winston and David" on stage
• The Joy of Six 1551
• Reform MP starts digging her own Standards hole
• Kevin Keegan: The humble superstar of the Seventies
• Labour councillor joins Lib Dems in Portsmouth
• Andy Burnham's Big Promises - Now Comes the Difficult Part
• Péter Magyar will ask Judit Polgár to become president of Hungary
• After Dark podcast on the R101 airship disaster
• After the murder of Ann Widdecombe, we must all be more careful of the language we use in political life

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  Andy B, and indeed all of us, should have students loans near the top of our to do list. The vast majority of graduates were never going to pay off their loan...
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