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Guardian senior political correspondent. DMs open. Email: peter.walker@theguardian.com Secure email if needed: peter.walker.guardian@protonmail.com

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Burnham implores cabinet to find ways to tackle cost of living crisis

PM issues appeal at first meeting amid questions over funding for policies

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Burnham implores cabinet to find ways to tackle cost of living crisis

PM issues appeal at first meeting amid questions over funding for policies

With:Kiran Stacey
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The Guardian•JUL 22, 2026•Lead Story
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This is our last chance to beat the right - Burnham

New Labour leader pledges to lead a unified government

With:Rowena Mason
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The Guardian•JUL 18, 2026•Lead Story
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Pubs open till 5am for England’s next match

With:Jessica Elgot
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The Guardian•JUL 3, 2026
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Starmer expected to announce exit to clear way for Burnham

PM to set out plan today with autumn departure the most likely option

With:Pippa Crerar
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The Guardian•JUN 22, 2026•Lead Story
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Social media firms hit back as PM vows to ban under-16s

With:Kiran Stacey
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The Guardian•JUN 16, 2026•Lead Story
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Water cannon deployed on second night of unrest in Northern Ireland

Heavy police presence as anti-immigration protests continue

With:Rory Carroll
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The Guardian•JUN 11, 2026•Lead Story
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Rhetoric on Nowak murder ‘risks pushing policing back to the 60s’

With:Vikram Dodd
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The Guardian•JUN 4, 2026•Lead Story
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Appeals for calm as murder case prompts fears of racial tension

PM condemns Farage for trying to ‘create division’ against family’s wishes

With:Vikram Dodd
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The Guardian•JUN 3, 2026•Lead Story
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Labour plans welfare shake-up as scale of youth jobs crisis revealed

Milburn warns of lost generation, with million not working or studying

With:Richard Partington
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The Guardian•MAY 29, 2026•Lead Story
The story links a government review of the benefits system to new data showing high levels of economic inactivity among young people, framing the policy response as a necessary reaction to a structural economic challenge.
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Blair is out of touch, say PM and Burnham

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The Guardian•MAY 29, 2026
Focuses on the rejection of Tony Blair's recent criticisms by current Labour leadership and regional mayors.
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Burnham: Labour must change to regain trust

With:Jessica Elgot
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The Guardian•MAY 19, 2026•Lead Story
The report positions Andy Burnham's by-election campaign as a strategic, internal challenge to current Labour leadership, emphasizing his desire to alter the party's national trajectory.
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Farage faces watchdog inquiry into £5m gift

With:Ben Quinn
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The Guardian•MAY 14, 2026
A straightforward report on a formal parliamentary standards investigation regarding a significant donation.
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PM pushes back against Trump's Falklands threat

With:Dan Sabbagh,Sam Jones
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The Guardian•APR 25, 2026•Lead Story
The paper frames the story as a significant diplomatic clash, highlighting the UK Prime Minister's firm rejection of a transactional US policy proposition linking support for the Falklands to UK alignment on Iran.
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Civil servant ‘was denied Mandelson vetting file’

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The Guardian•APR 24, 2026
Continuing scrutiny of domestic political procedure, focusing on transparency and civil service processes.
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UK could align with EU without MPs’ scrutiny

With:Alexandra Topping
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The Guardian•APR 13, 2026
Highlights potential democratic bypass concerns regarding new legislation shaping post-Brexit UK-EU relations.
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UK pursued Russian subs surveying Atlantic cables

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The Guardian•APR 10, 2026
Reports objectively on a UK military operation monitoring Russian naval activity near critical undersea infrastructure.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Peter Walker in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.