Today, Andy Burnham’s Labour leadership bid has been backed by 322 Labour MPs.

If no one else enters the contest, as expected, Burnham will be declared Labour leader next week before taking office as prime minister on 20 July. Burnham is currently just one short of securing 323 nominations, which is when it is mathematically impossible for a rival to reach the 81-MP threshold needed to run against him. Adam and Chris discuss.

An interim review of Personal Independence Payments (Pip) in England and Wales had found it to be “not fit for purpose”. Last year, the UK government asked Sir Stephen Timms to review whether Pip was “fair and fit for the future”. His initial report is being published on Thursday ahead of the final recommendations due in the autumn.Adam and Alex discuss with Ben Chu Policy and Analysis Correspondent, BBC Verify.

00:18 Introduction
00:45 The Labour Leadership Contest – Andy Burnham Almost Wins
04:23 What Does Burnham Have To Do Next?
08:30 Burnham’s Gaza Apology
11:30 What To Do About Personal Independence Payments?
14:05 How Many People Claim PiP?
27:40 Making The System Financially Sustainable

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Prince Harry has completed a five-day trip to the UK, to get ready for the Invictus Games and to attend charity events.

The engagements started on Tuesday in London before moving on to Birmingham.

But as always, much of the focus was on family tensions and whether there are any signs of bridges being built between the returning Sussexes and their royal relations.

The BBC’s Royal Correspondent Daniela Relph followed every twist and turn of the visit as it unfolded.

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The NHS needs more staff. So why are healthcare grads in Wales struggling to find jobs?

For students like Lorna, years of training haven’t led to the career they expected.

She’s trained to save lives but has been left unemployed. So what’s behind this growing NHS graduate jobs crisis? And what does it mean for the rest of UK?

In this video:

00:00 – Job for life? Not anymore
01:24 – Meet Lorna, a student paramedic
01:49 – Graduate roles explained
02:48 – ‘Disappointed, angry, upset’
04:03 – NHS under pressure
05:12 – Lorna on the impact of long ambulance wait times
06:10 – Vacancies explained
06:39 – So why can’t we hire all healthcare graduates?
11:29 – Career bottlenecks
12:32 – The wider impact of the recruitment crisis
14:20 – The human Impact
14:48 – Lorna on what she’ll do next
15:29 – Grads, please get in touch

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