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Andy Burnham said military aircraft will be used to tackle wildfires as he tries to ensure the UK is "on the front foot" following a summer of devastating blazes
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The energy minister Miatta Fahnbulleh has insisted she backs Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms after she made what she described as a "light-hearted remark"
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NEW: Andy Burnham has called on Green leader Zack Polanski to reverse a motion passed by members of his party declaring Zionism a form of racism.
The PM said the motion, approved at the party's conference in Brighton, was "completely wrong" and showed "terrible judgement".
The Green leader has declined media interviews since the motion was passed and did not answer questions from a BBC reporter about the motion when approached while campaigning today.
Comes as polls close in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. More:
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Green Party is now investigating. Spox says: "Where members have expressed views that do not fit in with the party’s values, we have internal processes to investigate and an investigation is underway."
In her statement, Lubna Speitan criticises "classic distraction" attempts.
Green member behind Zionism motion named as 'close friend' of jailed al-Qaeda supporter in court bbc.in/4jI85sD
Lubna Speita, the Green Party member behind a motion which declared Zionism to be racism, was named in US court documents in 2015 as a "close friend" of a man who was jailed for 40 years after being accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at Heathrow Airport.
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Zack Polanski has said he will not accept anyone being excluded from the Green Party "because of the religious or communal body they are part of", after members adopted a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism
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The Conservatives have said they would introduce new work requirements for under-25s claiming benefits in a "tough love" approach to youth joblessness
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