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Tom Baldwin, a friend and former Labour adviser, also suggested Sir Keir could quit the Commons before the next election despite insisting he would stay on.

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The assisted dying Bill was first introduced in October 2024 but it fell automatically after running out of time at the end of the last Parliamentary session.

The incoming Prime Minister has repeatedly backed the introduction of a 'levy on all estates' to fund social care after first proposing the idea as Health Secretary in 2010.

The next Prime Minister signalled a lurch to the Left, saying Britain had taken a 'series of wrong turns' under Margaret Thatcher that previous Labour governments had failed to undo.

Ms Mahmood, current frontrunner for the job, has previously backed slashing pension tax relief for higher earners, arguing it was needed to fund spending plans.

A tax raid on pensions which would give Andy Burnham £20billion could follow if Shabana Mahmood is made chancellor, it was warned last night.

Sam Merriman Political Correspondent Andy Burnham last night sparked fears he will hit every Briton with a 'death tax', saying he is 'willing to expend a lot of political capital' to fund social care.

Jason Groves and Claire Ellicott and Sam Merriman Andy Burnham vowed to steer Britain back to the 1970s yesterday.

In his first speech as Prime Minister on Monday, the former Manchester mayor promised to 'bring back hope'.