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Politics live with Andrew SparrowPolitics Burnham accepts Brexit result ‘legitimate’ despite Russian interference, says No 10 – UK politics live PM ‘absolutely accepts referendum result’, says spokesperson Burnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EU LIVE Updated 22m ago Andrew Sparrow Mon 12 Oct 2026 09.22 EDTFirst published on Mon 12 Oct 2026 04.28 EDT Share Key events 25m ago AI minister Kanishka Narayan says breach of UK's cyber defences 'likely, if not inevitable' 1h ago Reform UK proposes potential 40-fold increase in illegal migration checks, with 'every organ of British state' involved 1h ago No 10 says Burnham accepts Brexit referendum result 'legitimate', despite Russian interference 1h ago Zia Yusuf says Reform UK would not send asylum seekers back to countries where they would be tortured or killed 2h ago Farage backs Ukraine - but says it's 'one of most corrupt countries on earth', and questions how UK aid is spent 2h ago Farage suggests Ukraine should not wait until end of war before holding presidential election 2h ago Farage says he does not back Trump buying diesel from Putin, but claims EU's record worse 2h ago Farage criticises Sun for being part of pro-Badenoch 'establishment ecosystem' that won't accept Tories doomed 3h ago Farage concedes Brexit has made life 'marginally harder' for some firms, but claims others have benefited 3h ago Farage calls Burnham 'a liar', saying he was wrong to say Russia interfered in Brexit referendum 3h ago Burnham says Farage 'very significantly responsible' for UK failing to move forward in past decade 4h ago Burnham says Badenoch's attack on ethnonationalism in Tory conference speech 'very brave' 4h ago Burnham says US plan to livestream execution by firing squad 'quite abhorrent in many ways' 4h ago Burnham says governments in past have not done enough to tell public about extent of Russian interference in UK politics 5h ago Farage says Reform UK would stop anyone being granted asylum for five years 5h ago Ed Davey praises Burnham for confirming Russia tried to influence Brexit referendum result 5h ago Tories accuse Burnham of being ‘dangerous and divisive’ after he confirms Russian interference in Brexit campaign Andy Burnham taking part in a Business forum in Berlin last week Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images Andy Burnham taking part in a Business forum in Berlin last week Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images From 1h ago Downing Street has said that Andy Burnham does not think Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit campaign affected the result. Asked if that was the implication of the PM’s comments to the Rest is Politics podcast (see 10.33am), the PM’s spokesperson told journalists at the lobby briefing this morning: Given everything we know about Russia, it is inconceivable they did not seek to use the referendum to their benefit. But as the minister [Stephen Doughty] said this morning, we do not believe they have succeeded. The spokesperson said the PM “absolutely accepts the referendum result”. After repeated questioning the spokesperson added: “Yes, we do believe the referendum result to be legitimate.” Key events 25m ago AI minister Kanishka Narayan says breach of UK's cyber defences 'likely, if not inevitable' 1h ago Reform UK proposes potential 40-fold increase in illegal migration checks, with 'every organ of British state' involved 1h ago No 10 says Burnham accepts Brexit referendum result 'legitimate', despite Russian interference 1h ago Zia Yusuf says Reform UK would not send asylum seekers back to countries where they would be tortured or killed 2h ago Farage backs Ukraine - but says it's 'one of most corrupt countries on earth', and questions how UK aid is spent 2h ago Farage suggests Ukraine should not wait until end of war before holding presidential election 2h ago Farage says he does not back Trump buying diesel from Putin, but claims EU's record worse 2h ago Farage criticises Sun for being part of pro-Badenoch 'establishment ecosystem' that won't accept Tories doomed 3h ago Farage concedes Brexit has made life 'marginally harder' for some firms, but claims others have benefited 3h ago Farage calls Burnham 'a liar', saying he was wrong to say Russia interfered in Brexit referendum 3h ago Burnham says Farage 'very significantly responsible' for UK failing to move forward in past decade 4h ago Burnham says Badenoch's attack on ethnonationalism in Tory conference speech 'very brave' 4h ago Burnham says US plan to livestream execution by firing squad 'quite abhorrent in many ways' 4h ago Burnham says governments in past have not done enough to tell public about extent of Russian interference in UK politics 5h ago Farage says Reform UK would stop anyone being granted asylum for five years 5h ago Ed Davey praises Burnham for confirming Russia tried to influence Brexit referendum result 5h ago Tories accuse Burnham of being ‘dangerous and divisive’ after he confirms Russian interference in Brexit campaign Andy Burnham will be giving his Commons statement at 3.30pm. It is being billed as an “international update”. After he finishes, Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, will give a statement on the security of MPs, and then Chris Bryant, the Northern Ireland secretary, will give one on Drumcree. A breach of the UK’s cyber defences is “likely, if not inevitable,” Britain’s AI minister has warned, as he unveiled new work under way aimed at preparing the country for serious incidents involving autonomous agents, the Press Association reports. PA says: Kanishka Narayan said developers must “build machines that leave us human beings in charge” as the world crosses the threshold into “the age of superintelligence”. In his first speech since his role was elevated to cabinet level, he confirmed that scientists at Britain’s AI Security Institute were running tests on the latest models, including Google’s Gemini, to ensure “robust safeguards”. It marks a reversal of the White House ban on UK access to the latest models from major American tech firms including Anthropic and OpenAI following lobbying from the minister. Google previously said it would restrict access to Gemini to only a vetted group of cyber security experts to avoid misuse by hackers, but Narayan said it would be among systems “rigorously” examined by UK scientists. The British government will also explore strengthening parts of the cyber security and resilience bill and its wider regime to ensure key services such as hospitals and utilities are better protected from emerging risks, he said. At a press conference in west London, Narayan pointed to an incident in Australia earlier this year, in which a rogue OpenAI agent hacked a government website and accessed private data. “The Australian government has said that no personal medical records are known to have been accessed, and there is no evidence of wider compromise, but the incident should concern us,” he said. The minister added: “It concerns me. It seems likely, if not inevitable, that our own cyber defences will be breached.” Kanishka Narayan giving a speech at Base One in North Acton this morning. Photograph: James Manning/PA Steven Morris is a Guardian reporter covering the west of England. Dick Cole, the leader of the Cornish political party Mebyon Kernow – which campaigns for greater self-government in the far south west of Britain– is standing down after 29 years in charge. MK, which believes that Cole is the longest-serving leader of a political party in the UK, said he will stand down at the party’s national conference in Truro later this month. He was elected MK Leader in 1997 and before this served as MK’s press and campaigns officer for five years. This means he has been an office-holder within MK for nearly 80% of his adult life. Cole said: I am extremely proud to have been able to play my part in making the case for greater self-government for Cornwall and a much better deal for communities to the west of the Tamar. He said he would continue to campaign for Cornwall and serve as the group leader of the MK group on Cornwall council. Cole has been at the forefront of the battle to win more devolution for Cornwall. Progress has been made - Andy Burnham has said he is open to giving Cornwall more powers. Reform UK has published a policy document this morning about its plans to not allow any new asylum claims for five years. (See 9.53am.) Peter Walker says what it is proposing is “a hostile environment on steroids”, adding: There would be migration checks everywhere. This would, inevitably, be vast numbers of other people caught up in it. Here is an extract from the document. A Reform UK government will direct every organ of the British state, both local and national, to make it impossible to live in Britain illegally. This will involve several large policy shifts, and many smaller changes. Overall, we expect it to produce a major increase in voluntary departures. Currently, immigration enforcement capacity is extremely weak. Just 12,791 illegal-working visits were conducted in 2025. By contrast, there were 350,000 food hygiene visits, 51,020 non-domestic fire safety audits, and 13,200 HSE workplace inspections. There were tens of thousands more across trading standards, environmental health, housing and licensing inspections. Currently, these visits do not include an immigration check. But this could be easily incorporated. Immigration checks do not require highly technical qualifications, and the officials that conduct these visits should be trained to also conduct a basic migration check. This would increase immigration enforcement capacity by a factor of at least 10, and up to 40. These checks would feed data back to Deportation Command and the Migrant Identification Centre, increasing their ability to identify illegal migrants, leading to a large increase in voluntary and enforced departures. Revenue shared with local governments generated via fines on those employing illegal workers will encourage local cooperation, which in turn will generate more data for Deportation Command. Downing Street has said that Andy Burnham does not think Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit campaign affected the result. Asked if that was the implication of the PM’s comments to the Rest is Politics podcast (see 10.33am), the PM’s spokesperson told journalists at the lobby briefing this morning: Given everything we know about Russia, it is inconceivable they did not seek to use the referendum to their benefit. But as the minister [Stephen Doughty] said this morning, we do not believe they have succeeded. The spokesperson said the PM “absolutely accepts the referendum result”. After repeated questioning the spokesperson added: “Yes, we do believe the referendum result to be legitimate.” Q: Do you accept that under your plans to deport asylum seekers, some of them could be sent back to countries where they might be tortured or killed? Zia Yusuf said that would not happen. We’re not going to be sending people back to be tortured or killed. There would be third-country options where it was not safe to send an asylum seeker back to their home country, he said. He added: We’re going to need to [have those options]. We are not idiots. Q: Do you think there might be a point where Britain should stop supporting Ukraine? Farage said that no one’s support for Ukraine was limitless. Even Andy Burnham would not suggest that his support for the country was limitless, he said. Farage suggested he was backing Ukraine now. But he went on: This is one of the most corrupt countries on earth, all right? We know that. I’ve been very, very worried about where some of our money has gone. And, goodness me, Zelenskyy’s administration has been rocked by corruption claims, which perhaps makes at some point a general election there an important t [truncated for AI cost control]