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EXCLUSIVE: First serving Cabinet minister endorses Andy Burnham’s bid to return to Parliament. In an interview with me for BBC Radio 4’s Week in Westminster, Bridget Phillipson said she has “certainly no intention to stand in the way of Andy being a candidate” in the Makerfield by-election. The education secretary described Burnham as a “strong candidate” - but also declined to rule herself out of running for prime minister in the future Full interview to be broadcast tomorrow at 11am when she also talks about imminent government equality guidance on single sex spaces. Other guests include @IainDale @ayeshahazarika @sarahjolney1 @matthew_elliott @claire_ainsley @rcolvile Write up in @theipaper 👇 liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/44207…

@ChaplainChloe @HugoGye @singharj @janemerrick23 @kitty_donaldson @eleanormia @whazell @HattyCollier @andyjey @cazjwheeler Thanks for everything Chloe 💪

And special thanks to the brilliant and lovely legends @HugoGye @singharj @janemerrick23 @kitty_donaldson @eleanormia @whazell @olyduff @HattyCollier @andyjey and Richard Vaughan - who enter a new phase with @cazjwheeler and will only continue to go from strength to strength ❤️🫡

RESHUFFLE NEWS 🚨 I am leaving @theipaper after almost 8 years of reporting on politics for a national newspaper I have been proud to work for - starting out as an online staff writer in 2018 and ending up as a member of the brilliant lobby team...

What happens on Thursday? +A split screen moment as Wes Streeting says he’s passed the barrier to challenge Sir Keir Starmer. +Meanwhile Andy Burnham announces he’ll stand in Manchester Rusholme. +MPs talk up Ed Miliband again. inews.co.uk/opinion/unexpe…

NEW: Andy Burnham allies claim the Manchester mayor is poised for a dramatic political comeback and an MP is ready to step aside for him as soon as tomorrow. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/44160…

If Player of the Year goes to the individual who has made the biggest difference to the destination of the title, there is only one winner: David Raya. inews.co.uk/sport/football…

EXC: The secret meeting that has blown the Labour leadership race wide open: First collaboration from @cazjwheeler and me inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

We feel compelled to respond to accusations that the milk in The i Paper's fridge is "horrid" That's according to Peter Hitchens who denied claims in Popbitch that he was spotted guzzling our semi-skimmed from the carton, as he prefers whole But what is the cream of the crop?

Milkgate, or perhaps Cow and Gate, rages madly on.

Blown away to be named Feature Writer of the Year at the British Sports Journalism Awards. I love what I do more than anything else I can imagine doing and this is the best night of my career. A complete honour.

🏆 Congratulations to Feature Writer (Long Form) of the Year @danielstorey85! 🥈 @DavidWalshST 🥉 Andy Bull #SJA2025

EXC: A Cabinet minister tells @theipaper they've lost patience with Sir Keir Starmer but that it was up to the Cabinet as a whole to move to depose him. “It’s bleak. It’s a question for the Cabinet and colleagues need to come to a view. I know what my view is," they said 🧵

EXC: Sacked Foreign Office boss Olly Robbins to fight back against Starmer in public showdown inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

“No part of the vetting process was removed, or skipped in the case of Peter Mandelson”. That's what Downing Street told me when I reported that the govt had rushed through Mandelson's vetting. It is starting to look like yet another lie. On 30 January last year Mandelson received a letter stating: “Your security clearance has been confirmed by [the] vetting unit and is valid until 29 January, 2030." But this picture of him entering Downing Street shows he was given a DV pass weeks earlier. Now we learn he never actually passed. This is scandalous.

Since January 2026, 519 individuals at some of the UK’s most sensitive bases have logged runs within restricted areas. Military staff of all ranks are logging data, from troop commanders and lieutenants to intelligence experts. Home addresses, the identity of military personnel’s relatives, and anyone with a social media account linked to those individuals, were all identifiable using the app as a starting point. The level of information gleaned from some users on the app could be utilised by adversaries for coercion or blackmail, and even help pinpoint missile or drone strikes.

Staff at overseas bases such as RAF’s Akrotiri in Cyprus and Diego Garcia, which are both heavily involved in the US’s war with Iran, were identified through the app. A senior intelligence specialist at the Cyprus base logged a run through the heart of Akrotiri’s restricted areas while another official shared a photograph on appears to show the outside of a military plane window during an operation. At Diego Garcia 25 individuals were found logging runs on routes named “The Stupid Shall Be Punished” and “Section 9 – Security Breach”.

More than 500 members of the British armed forces stationed at sensitive military sites have revealed their locations and personal details publicly, on the popular fitness app Strava. Read full article here: trib.al/fNGWJIr

👑🇺🇸 King Charles set to warn Trump about Putin's threat to Europe - by @ChaplainChloe, @RoyalReporter and @AlannahFrancis1 for @theipaper inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

NEW @cazjwheeler is the next political editor of @theipaper Great news for the i's future - Politico Playbook says this is 'a big signing of a top scoop-getter' Handover in early May

EXC: I've been talking to Cabinet ministers about whether Sir Keir Starmer survives May's local election fallout + Whether Angela Rayner really wants to lead Labour? + What the unions are saying on Starmer + Inside No 10's reshuffle thinking inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

Delighted for some very talented @theipaper colleagues being nominated for this year's @SportSJA awards Bravo @danielstorey85, @johnnyddavidson and @AlexLLennox 👏 sportsjournalists.co.uk/awards-news/sj…