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Andy about doing so. One Burnham ally said: “We thought the local election results would concentrate some peoples’ minds [but] until you’ve got something lined up, you haven’t. “There’s been a couple
leadership candidates](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/11/who-are-main-threats-keir-starmer-labour-leadership). In competing publications on Wednesday, two groups of Labour MPs set out their visions for what the party should be doing instead. The Labour Growth Group, whose chair, Chris Curtis
Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, claims to have found a [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) MP willing to stand down to allow him to run as the byelection candidate, and there are claims Burnham
Andy Burnham, needs a parliamentary seat to challenge Keir Starmer. Photograph: Ryan Jenkinson/Getty Images However, the prime minister’s fragile authority has been further weakened by the resignation of four ministers – three of them close
Andy Burnham – despite not being eligible – seen as [likely successors](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/22/four-top-labour-figures-could-beat-starmer-in-a-leadership-race-poll-finds). Some have argued Starmer should set out a timetable for his departure – and have suggested that a group of cabinet ministers might
Andy Burnham, the health secretary, Wes Streeting, and the former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner all claim their candidate has the necessary support to force a vote. But it may be that MPs who pledge
Burnham would also need the approval of Labour's ruling body, the National Executive – the composition of which could move in his favour this summer. But one MP's analysis would have convinced Sir Keir
leadership race. But there is no ignoring the fact that a woeful set of results for Labour would put the prime minister's wobbly future in even more doubt. The party is "dark and desperate
leadership, Starmer said he would. He repeatedly set out the argument that any attempt to remove him would be deeply damaging to both Labour and the country more widely. “I take responsibility for not walking
Andy Burnham. Photograph: Paul Ellis/Reuters Less than two years ago, [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) swept to a remarkable victory in the 2024 general election, winning an enormous majority on the promise of change
Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, has [been widely linked](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/01/andy-burnham-westminster-return-plan-within-weeks) with a planned return to Westminster, but faces a series of logistical hurdles, while the other two obvious candidates, Angela Rayner
leadership contest right now. A sigh of relief, in the immediate moment at least, for Downing Street - and for the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, as she is now advocating that the prime minister
Andy Burnham, have proposed large changes to government policy, giving a sense of how the country may change should either one succeed Keir Starmer. The Growth Group, allied to Streeting, and the Tribune group
Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, was not in parliament. “It’s why we felt so confident that Keir would not have to resign – they thought he can be bullied
leadership challenge and the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has not yet found himself a parliamentary seat to contest. "Wes doesn't have the numbers and Andy doesn't have a seat
Labour appeared on track for [smaller losses than election experts had predicted](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/labour-local-elections-keir-starmer-cling-on). The yield – effectively the interest rate – had [jumped earlier this week](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/05/uk-borrowing-costs-bond-yields-gilts-rachel-reeves), amid fears that the prime minister
Andy Burnham, is not in parliament. He is the mayor of Greater Manchester and could only return to the House of Commons if another MP stood down and he fought the election to replace them
leadership in the UK](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1e2n923v1lt) and perceived risk of looser public spending has further unsettled investors. The UK's main stock index, the FTSE 100, fell 0.5% with shares in British banks leading
leadership challenge, former Labour voters in a Birmingham constituency were last week feeling nervous about what could come next. A month ago, the group from Birmingham Yardley [had very little good to say about
Andy Burnham, the probable favourite among Labour MPs, is not in parliament. Any resolution in the coming weeks would require a sitting MP to trigger a contest by getting the backing of 80-plus colleagues