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Burnham calls for ‘more open’ public debate about defence spending – UK politics live

Politics The Guardian By Andrew Sparrow 09 Jul 2026 09:08 1 min read
Burnham calls for ‘more open’ public debate about defence spending – UK politics live

Next Labour leader, who is set to be elected unopposed, outlines foreign policy principles largely in line with Starmer Burnham promises he will not use party discipline to stifle debate There is an urgent question in the Commons at 10.30am. Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, has asked for a statement about the “Iran’s violation of the ceasefire”. And there will be two ministerial statements after business questions. An estimated 7.28 million treatments were waiting to be carried out a

Next Labour leader, who is set to be elected unopposed, outlines foreign policy principles largely in line with Starmer

Burnham promises he will not use party discipline to stifle debate

There is an urgent question in the Commons at 10.30am. Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, has asked for a statement about the “Iran’s violation of the ceasefire”.

And there will be two ministerial statements after business questions.

An estimated 7.28 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of May, relating to 6.16 million patients, NHS figures show.

This is up from 7.22 million treatments and 6.11 million patients at the end of April.

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