Key points
- Manchester mayor Andy Burnham speaking to Sky News
- New footage emerges of Manchester airport incident
- Priti Patel enters Tory leadership race
- Ministers expected to approve pay rises for all public sector workers
'Nobody has got all the facts' of 'very violent' Manchester incident
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is speaking with Trevor Phillips this morning, following the incident at Manchester airport.
The mayor says he had seen footage which recently surfaced showing officers being attacked before it became public.
Mr Burnham says: "It's a complicated situation, a very violent situation, actually, and there were issues on both sides.
"And that's why I asked other people not to rush to judgement because of the complexity of it.
"And simply nobody out there - everyone who's having their say - nobody has got all of the facts."
He says he wanted more of the footage to become public, but wasn't allowed to publish it.
Mr Burnham then goes on to explain there is more context that has not been seen in public.
The mayor says there was a "prior incident" that took place that led to a dispute on a plane.
He adds that there was then an incident in the arrivals area, and the footage in the public domain taking place subsequently.
Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips under way
The last episode of Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips for the Summer is under way.
Coming up:
- Manchester mayor Andy Burnham;
- Environment Secretary Steve Reed;
- Shadow paymaster general John Glen;
- Paralympic gold medallist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson;
- Israeli foreign affairs and defence committee chair Yuli Edelstein.
New footage shows moments before man kicked in head by police officer at Manchester Airport
New footage has emerged showing the alleged assault of three police officers at Manchester Airport before a man was kicked in the head.
The video, obtained by the Manchester Evening News, shows the chaotic scenes which led to an officer kicking and stamping on the head of a man who was lying face down on the floor.
A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer was suspended on Thursday after the footage was shared widely on social media, leading to protests in Rochdale and Manchester city centre.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said on Friday that the officer had been advised he was under criminal investigation for assault.
A decision will then be made on whether to refer the matter to the Crown Prosecution Service and whether the officer involved should face disciplinary proceedings.
Police are appealing for witnesses over three incidents in Manchester Airport's Terminal 2 on Tuesday, including two altercations before what they describe as an assault of three police officers.
All suffered head injuries, including a female constable who suffered a broken nose, and four men were arrested, who have since been released on bail.
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Ministers expected to approve pay rises for all public sector workers
The government is expected to agree to above-inflation pay rises for public sector workers in the coming days, amid concerns over the costs of not settling, Sky News understands.
Independent pay review bodies have already recommended the above-inflation figure to ministers for teachers and nurses of about 5.5% to keep them in line with increases in the private sector, reports have suggested.
Sky News' political editor Beth Rigby understands Chancellor Rachel Reeves will likely sign off on the independent recommendations as early as next week for all public sector staff, despite the Institute for Fiscal Studies warning such a rise could cost an extra £10bn on top of the 3% rise ministers have reportedly already budgeted for.
Speaking on her Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Rigby said government sources were worried about the other costs of not agreeing to the pay review bodies' recommendations - namely industrial action from the unions.
"[It would be] noise around a new government that they don't want, [especially] when they criticised the Conservatives so much for not settling on pay deals," she said.
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Priti Patel enters Tory leadership race
By Nick Lester, news reporter
Former home secretary Dame Priti Patel has said it is "time to put unity before personal vendetta" as she threw her hat into the ring for the Tory party leadership.
Entering the increasingly crowded field to replace Rishi Sunak, the senior Conservative MP laid the blame for their worst-ever defeat on 4 July not on the "heroic" party members, but the politicians who "fell out and left us short".
Dame Priti is the fifth candidate but the first woman to formally announce she is joining the race for the top job, with Mel Stride, Tom Tugendhat, James Cleverly and Robert Jenrick already having declared.
Announcing her decision on X, Dame Priti wrote: "I am standing to be the new leader of the Conservative Party.
"I can lead us in opposition and unite our party and get us match fit for the next election, with unity, experience and strength."
After the turmoil and bitter in-fighting which dogged the Tories in government, she stressed she had the experience and resilience to unite the party.
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Good morning
Welcome back to the Politics Hub.
Today is the last episode of Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips before it takes a summer break.
Speaking to Trevor this morning will be:
- Manchester mayor Andy Burnham;
- Environment Secretary Steve Reed;
- Shadow paymaster general John Glen;
- Paralympic gold medallist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson;
- Israeli foreign affairs and defence committee chair Yuli Edelstein.
That's all for today
We'll be pausing our coverage for today but we'll be back soon with all the latest from Westminster.
Are the Labour rebels "totally out of order"?
Labour grandee Harriet Harmen is back on the podcast and joins Beth and Ruth to unpick Keir Starmer's first PMQs as Prime Minister.
The ladies look ahead to what chancellor Rachel Reeves is going to say about the state of the country’s finances after 14 years of Conservative rule, and Harriet gives her take on the seven Labour rebels on the two-child benefit cap.
Plus, what impact will Kamala Harris have on the Democrats' chances of beating Trump's Republicans?
Analysis: Many will wonder what Labour know now that they didn't know last month
Many will be wondering what Labour know now that they didn't know a month ago,political correspondent Rob Powellsays.
He says the narrative we are hearing at the moment is "how bad everything is".
Rob says when it came to the expected £20bn black hole figure, we "needed to be a bit cautious" with that figure before we know what makes it up.
"It's likely a big chunk of that might be for instance public sector pay and that is a decision the government takes about where they put in public sector pay," he says.
"Whether they want to bring it in at 5.5% for NHS workers and teachers after inflation or whether they want to go lower."
Also, "many will be wondering what Labour know now that they didn't know a month ago during the election campaign", Rob adds.
Are you in a weak position?
Asked if he is in a weak position after retaining his seat by just 61 votes at the General Election, Mel Stride says: "I don't think so.
"I won my seat against the odds and I won it because I fought, and fought and fought really hard to preserve that.
"We've got to be focused on winning back the seats we lost.
"We've got to have much bigger aspirations than worrying about my seat and my small majority."
