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Labour’s better than expected thrashing may allow Starmer to cling on in No 10

Greater Manchester who was [blocked by Starmer allies from returning to parliament](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/25/andy-burnham-blocked-from-byelection-race-by-labour-ruling-committee),

Pressure mounts on embattled UK PM Keir Starmer as rivals circle

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham in a potential bid to challenge Starmer. Wes Streeting, a key Starmer

Andy Burnham to make bid to return to Commons as pressure mounts on Starmer

Greater Manchester mayor, said he would seek permission to run for Labour in Makerfield after

Who is Zack Polanski, UK Greens leader and rising political star?

Greater Manchester which had been held by the governing Labour party for nearly a century

Labour MP in seat eyed by Burnham allies says she will not stand aside

Greater Manchester](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/greater-manchester) had not spoken to her “in years” – and that her priority

Burnham cleared to run for selection in pivotal by-election

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has been cleared to seek selection as Labour's candidate

UK elections – early results and takeaways; will Starmer have to resign?

Greater Manchester for the first time in almost 50 years, after Reform picked up all 14 seats

Watch: Reporter told to pose as gay for asylum claim

Greater Manchester seat with more than 50% of the vote in 2024, was pushed into

Who could challenge Keir Starmer for the UK PM’s job? Meet the candidates

Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to parliament, suggesting she would back him in a leadership contest

Wes Streeting prepares to launch leadership challenge against Keir Starmer

Greater Manchester mayor, is the favoured replacement for Starmer by many on the soft left

Most Labour members think Starmer cannot revive party fortunes, poll finds

Greater Manchester](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/greater-manchester), Andy Burnham, was the first preference for 42% of members

Daughter calls for investigation into death of man after police contact at Bristol protest

Manchester, was given the news of her father’s death in the early hours of 11 January after officers from Greater

Starmer brings in Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman to ease pressure on him to resign

Greater Manchester mayor, to be allowed to stand for parliament, but said this should not involve

More than 60 Labour MPs call on Starmer to set timetable to quit

Greater Manchester mayor to seek a seat in parliament. MPs often cited the effects of the prime

Pound heads for worst week in 18 months as Burnham lines up Labour bid

Greater Manchester mayor [announced he would run for parliament](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/labour-mp-to-stand-down-to-allow-burnham-run-for-byelection-amid-leadership-row) in the north

The rape case that became one of Britain’s greatest miscarriages of justice

Greater Manchester](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/greater-manchester) police (GMP)? And, perhaps most pressingly, did Quinn carry out further

British Jews feel ‘under siege’ and worry about kids wearing religious symbols in public

Greater Manchester, remembered heading to Heaton Park synagogue on Yom Kippur, before getting a call

Tax cuts and cost of living help proposed by Labour-linked groups allied to Streeting and Burnham

Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, have proposed large changes to government policy, giving a sense

UK’s Labour set for heavy losses in elections as Reform makes early gains

Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region, with more results to come in. In Wigan

Keir Starmer vows to prove doubters wrong in make-or-break leadership speech

Greater Manchester, is also hoping to be able to find a new byelection seat for him to return