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New: GBN Tonight
Tuesday 1 September 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 3 stories · 15 annotated moments · 50 of 60 min on news stories (83%)
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Andy Burnham delivered his first Commons statement as Prime Minister, declaring a new era of politics and saying Britain must be blunt about what has gone wrong. He promised to spread power to people and places to boost growth, but Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said his job would not be as easy as it looks. Separately, Burnham expressed solidarity with Germany after Berlin blamed Russia for an attempted drone attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport, which he called egregious and reckless.
Keir Starmer announced he is stepping down as MP for Holborn and St Pancras, triggering a by-election. Nigel Farage was sworn in as an MP for a second time after winning the Clacton by-election. A newborn baby girl died from stab wounds in Sheffield, with seven arrests. A British national was rescued in Nepal after deadly floods.
The Green Party fuelled speculation that its leader, Zack Polanski, might contest the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, with a spokesperson saying he has always made clear he would like to be a London MP. The programme also featured discussion of Burnham's speech and the by-election.
- 1:56 Story begins PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
- 3:17 Story begins Keir Starmer announces he will stand down as MP
- 3:17
Claim Keir Starmer announces he will stand down as MP
Keir Starmer announced via the Camden New Journal that he is standing down as MP for Holborn and St. Pancras with immediate effect, triggering a by-election, and cited a focus on international affairs and saying it was time to pass the baton.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 3:17-3:29
- 3:17
Claim Keir Starmer announces he will stand down as MP
Keir Starmer announced via the Camden New Journal that he is standing down as MP for Holborn and St. Pancras with immediate effect, triggering a by-election, and cited a focus on international affairs and saying it was time to pass the baton.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 3:17-3:29
- 3:17
Claim PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
Keir Starmer announced via the Camden New Journal that he is standing down as MP for Holborn and St. Pancras with immediate effect, triggering a by-election, and cited a focus on international affairs and saying it was time to pass the baton.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 3:17-3:29
- 3:17
Claim PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
Keir Starmer announced via the Camden New Journal that he is standing down as MP for Holborn and St. Pancras with immediate effect, triggering a by-election, and cited a focus on international affairs and saying it was time to pass the baton.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 3:17-3:29
- 3:29
Claim Keir Starmer announces he will stand down as MP
Keir Starmer announced via the Camden New Journal that he is standing down as MP for Holborn and St. Pancras with immediate effect, triggering a by-election, and cited a focus on international affairs and saying it was time to pass the baton.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 3:29-3:41
- 3:48
Claim
Nigel Farage returned to Parliament as an MP.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 3:48-3:56
- 6:07
Claim PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
Andy Burnham blamed Brexit for compounding damage.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 6:07-6:25
- 7:41
Contested quote PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
Sixteen years in the making. And he said the top line there, Britain is not where any of us would want it to be. Well I thought he was a bit of a damp squib to be honest. He's wanted this job for years and years and years. We had the summer when he was supposedly on his listening tour around the country in his polo shirt.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 7:41-7:43
- 7:58
Charged quote PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
And now he's put a suit on and a tie, come back to Parliament. And the hard truth is, it's just more of the same. It's more of the same, a little bit more fluent than wooden old Keir Starmer. But has he actually got answers to any of the problems facing the country? No. And when you listen to the questions afterwards, Richard Tice's asked him,
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 7:58-8:03
- 7:58
Claim PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
Robert Jenrick said Burnham's speech was more of the same.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 7:58-8:03
- 8:03
Charged quote PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
And the hard truth is, it's just more of the same. It's more of the same, a little bit more fluent than wooden old Keir Starmer. But has he actually got answers to any of the problems facing the country? No. And when you listen to the questions afterwards, Richard Tice's asked him, is he going to sign off on the North Sea oil and gas projects that might bring in some tax revenues and …
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 8:03-8:07
- 8:32
Claim PM hosts Macron for Downing Street talks
Government long-term borrowing costs soared to their highest levels for years.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 8:32-8:38
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- 46:59
Claim Green Party leader Zack Polanski announces by-election bid
A Green Party spokesperson said Polanski has always wanted to be a London MP.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 46:59-47:04
- 48:42
Claim Green Party leader Zack Polanski announces by-election bid
In the 2024 election, independent left candidate Andrew Feinstein received 20% and the Greens received 10% in the constituency.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 48:42-48:50
- 49:03
Claim Green Party leader Zack Polanski announces by-election bid
Polanski stated in April that he would almost certainly run in a by-election in Starmer's constituency.
GB News, New: GBN Tonight, 1 September 2026, 49:03-49:14
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